James's Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 5 Three short serves
HistoricalJames's Four-Wall Rules, 1873 (historical)
The striker failing to strike the ball over the ace line three times in succession is a hand out.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Action
- Place
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Short line relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Short line relates to Ace: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Ace: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Hand-out relates to Ace: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.