# Court (Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, June 1900, historical)

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

The service wall should be approximately in the proportion of four (4) for height to five (5) for width. The side lines of the court should run at right angles to the service wall. The court should be approximately two and one-half times as long as the service wall is high, divided into two equal parts by a line running parallel with the service wall, which line is the service line. A space three feet square shall be marked in the outer court in both corners, formed by the service line and the side lines; these spaces shall be termed the "partners' boxes."

## Mentioned here

- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Court](https://handball.theperfectship.com/court.md)
- [Service line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/service-line.md)
- [Side lines](https://handball.theperfectship.com/side-lines.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)

## Relationships

- Partner relates to Wall: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Court relates to Service line: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Court relates to Wall: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Service line relates to Side lines: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Service line relates to Wall: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, June 1900](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/ymca-onewall-1900.md)

Source: "Hand Ball Rules" (single wall court), 'Revised by a Committee of the Physical Directors' Conference at Thousand Island Park, June, 1900': base text from the Official Handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America (New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1907), pp. 153-155 (Internet Archive officialhandbook03athl, Library of Congress copy); also printed in the Canadian Athletic League handbook (Toronto, 1904, pp. 79-81; IA cihm_85174) and the 1906 and 1910 handbooks (IA officialhandbook02athl pp. 185-187, officialhandbook04athl pp. 184-186). Public domain.