The morning call., 1894-10-28
HANDBAL.L,
What Champion Casey Says of the
New Rules.

Any man who loves TO witness eIlcontested
games OF handball should not miss paying a
visit this afternoon to the San Francisco ball
court on Howard street, near Fifth.
Phi Ryan, who is unQuestioDably the great
So pDorter Of the game on this coast. has ar
ranged programme for to-day whichcOuld
not be disputed for excellence by any one who
loves TO witness scientific ball. and glance at
the u mes of the PLAYERS will satisfy the most
particular OF cTanks that the sport to-day will
be A L. The programme reads:
First game-M. Mcneil and G.. Mcdonald to
play j. Rodgers and +. Ryan.
Second gam j. Nelson and j. Kirby to play
w. Fuller and ID. Connolly.
Third game-R. Shields and j. Sharkey to
play j. McNevin and D. UBrlen.
Fourth game-P. Barrett and James White 10
play z. Cussen and j. MeGee.
Fifth game-GeOrge Hutchinson and J..
kearney 10 play Al Pennoyer and J. Dillon
The father of American handbaIl, Champion
Phil Casey. has written TO ". McGurn Of Chi
eago as follows regarding the rules that caused
The failure of match in Chicago between Nc
Gurn aud Patrick Quinn, of which so much has
been said by Eastern players:
There has been no rnle in my court for five
years except the New York SUMS rules, as they
are called. Ii is a known fact that learned to
play IN the old school and under the old rules
or. in other words, go as you please These
are the rules | PLAYED Lawlor under The
rules have been changed since, ana when look
back and think how little ball-playing there is
in serving from the wall l am surprised that
some intelligent person did not change them
1T Is simply ridiculous to call handbaIl a
game played under the old rules when CON-
pared With the present rules. There are six
courts within ten miles of my place, and the
Suns rules govern all of them. In ST. Louis
aud San FraneiscO--in fact all of the courts of
any accouni In America at present are conduct
ed under the rules of the Brooklyn HandbaIl
Club. Furthermore, no match Will ever be
played in mis- court, for fun or money except
under the present rules. So much for the prog
ress Of the game III the East.
"It you ever see them play raeQuets YOU will
observe that they play from, or at least serve
from. the ace line. 1t is a fact that when
racquet was first played they served from the
players. The rules were changed so as to
stand at the ace line, and then they had TO
MAKE a line high enough on the front wall so
that the ball could not be served too sharply
aud give the player outside chance 10 play at
IL In Spain at the present day they have A
line on the front wall three feet from The floor,
and any bail striking under that is not up
forgot TO mention that the tell board In a
racquet court is sometimes eighteen inches
high, so as 10 give your opponent chance to
get play at it.
''It must be taken into consideration thai
the players OF the present day are in keeping
III they could fifty years ago. Hence the
change. cannot see where science is dis
played by going up 70 a Wall and striking the
bail so hard that il does not bound to give the
outside man a chance TO play at Ii. II looks
vicious. brutal, and should never be allowed in
any hanGball. These are my honest senti-
ments in reference TO the game, notwithstand-
ing could, l believe. play under the old as
we'll as under any rules"