# Rule 6 Three short serves (The Sun Four-Wall Rules, 1889, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

The striker failing to strike the ball over the ace line three times in succession is a hand out.

## Mentioned here

- [Short line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-line.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Hand-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hand-out.md)
- [Ace](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ace.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/6.md)

## Relationships

- 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 7 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Ace: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Hand-out relates to Ace: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [The Sun Four-Wall Rules, 1889](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/sun-fourwall-1889.md)

Source: "Following are the set rules of the game", in 'All About Handball', The Sun (New York), 17 March 1889, p. 7 (Chronicling America, sn83030272); reprinted in the Wichita Daily Eagle, 9 April 1889, p. 3 (sn85032490). Public domain.