# Rule 9 Stopping the ball on its way to the front wall (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/

If the striker or his partner stops the ball intentionally while on its way to the front wall, it is a hand out.

## Mentioned here

- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Hand-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hand-out.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/9.md)

## Relationships

- Partner relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- 4 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

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.