HANDBALL AND HOW TO PLAY IT
CONTENTS
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS
THE COURT
QUALIFICATIONS OF A PLAYER
HOW TO SUCCEED
RULES AND EXPLANATIONS
SOME OF THE LEADING PLAYER
EGAN'S HANDBALL COURT
AMATEUR HANDBALL TOURNAMENT
REVISED HANDBALL RULES OF THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AMERICA
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS.
Although the game of handball is generally conceded to be of Irish origin, and has been played with more or less fervor throughout the little green isle for a century at least, the invigorating pastime has, within a very recent date, become a great favorite with the lovers of sport in America, and is fast being incorporated as a regular athletic exercise at all of our prominent clubs and educational institutions. The cause of its increasing popularity is easily explained. While it requires time, patience, and considerable skill before the game can be fully mastered, the method is so simple and the rules so easy to comprehend that even the beginner feels himself thoroughly at home in the court.
As a healthful and exhilarating exercise there is no game extant that develops a person's physical quality so well as handball. The best evidence of this is the splendid condition of those who are now regular patrons of the game. It calls into play every muscle in the body, will tend to teach one to look quickly, while the running that is necessary will certainly improve the wind if anything does. As a means of placing a baseball player into condition for his season's work, the old Irish game, as it is generally termed, presents opportunities not afforded by any other exercise. In the earlier days of the National Baseball League it was quite a common occurrence to see its players practising at handball. Some of the crack players then were Pitcher James Devlin, George Bechtel, of the old Athletics; Nat Hicks, the famous catcher of the Mutuals, of New York; Robert Ferguson, of the Atlantics; James McCormick and Michael J. Kelly, of the Chicagos. At the present time the "men of the diamond," who dislike to do any more work than is absolutely necessary, do not seem to appreciate the merits of handball as an athletic invigorator, because there is some labor attached to it; therefore, out of the mass of men actively identified with that pastime, only a few can be rated as being experts. The most prominent of these, and certainly the ablest, is Richard Buckley, the noted catcher.
Quite opposite to the baseball players are the boxers. All the skilled men with the gloves are beginning to look up to handball as one of the best ways to keep in form, or to prepare for an important event. It was the magnificent physical appearance of Phil Casey, after 30 years of active life in the courts, that induced the backers of John L. Sullivan to select the world's champion handball player as the trainer of that great pugilist for his fight with James Corbett. It was expected that the Irish pastime would do as much good for Sullivan as it had done Casey, but the former must have thought differently, for he practised the game only very little. On the other hand Corbett, before and since the memorable fight which elevated him to the leading position in the pugilistic ranks, frequently taken a hand at the game, and he considers the benefits derived from the exercise to be far greater than can be obtained at any other sport.
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ORIGIN AND BENEFITS
THE COURT
QUALIFICATIONS OF A PLAYER
HOW TO SUCCEED
RULES AND EXPLANATIONS
SOME OF THE LEADING PLAYER
EGAN'S HANDBALL COURT
AMATEUR HANDBALL TOURNAMENT
REVISED HANDBALL RULES OF THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AMERICA
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS.
Although the game of handball is generally conceded to be of Irish origin, and has been played with more or less fervor throughout the little green isle for a century at least, the invigorating pastime has, within a very recent date, become a great favorite with the lovers of sport in America, and is fast being incorporated as a regular athletic exercise at all of our prominent clubs and educational institutions. The cause of its increasing popularity is easily explained. While it requires time, patience, and considerable skill before the game can be fully mastered, the method is so simple and the rules so easy to comprehend that even the beginner feels himself thoroughly at home in the court.
As a healthful and exhilarating exercise there is no game extant that develops a person's physical quality so well as handball. The best evidence of this is the splendid condition of those who are now regular patrons of the game. It calls into play every muscle in the body, will tend to teach one to look quickly, while the running that is necessary will certainly improve the wind if anything does. As a means of placing a baseball player into condition for his season's work, the old Irish game, as it is generally termed, presents opportunities not afforded by any other exercise. In the earlier days of the National Baseball League it was quite a common occurrence to see its players practising at handball. Some of the crack players then were Pitcher James Devlin, George Bechtel, of the old Athletics; Nat Hicks, the famous catcher of the Mutuals, of New York; Robert Ferguson, of the Atlantics; James McCormick and Michael J. Kelly, of the Chicagos. At the present time the "men of the diamond," who dislike to do any more work than is absolutely necessary, do not seem to appreciate the merits of handball as an athletic invigorator, because there is some labor attached to it; therefore, out of the mass of men actively identified with that pastime, only a few can be rated as being experts. The most prominent of these, and certainly the ablest, is Richard Buckley, the noted catcher.
Quite opposite to the baseball players are the boxers. All the skilled men with the gloves are beginning to look up to handball as one of the best ways to keep in form, or to prepare for an important event. It was the magnificent physical appearance of Phil Casey, after 30 years of active life in the courts, that induced the backers of John L. Sullivan to select the world's champion handball player as the trainer of that great pugilist for his fight with James Corbett. It was expected that the Irish pastime would do as much good for Sullivan as it had done Casey, but the former must have thought differently, for he practised the game only very little. On the other hand Corbett, before and since the memorable fight which elevated him to the leading position in the pugilistic ranks, frequently taken a hand at the game, and he considers the benefits derived from the exercise to be far greater than can be obtained at any other sport.
HANDBALL AND HOW TO PLAY IT
CONTENTS
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS
THE COURT
QUALIFICATIONS OF A PLAYER
HOW TO SUCCEED
RULES AND EXPLANATIONS
SOME OF THE LEADING PLAYER
EGAN'S HANDBALL COURT
AMATEUR HANDBALL TOURNAMENT
REVISED HANDBALL RULES OF THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AMERICA
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS.
Although the game of handball is generally conceded to be of Irish origin, and has been played with more or less fervor throughout the little green isle for a century at least, the invigorating pastime has, within a very recent date, become a great favorite with the lovers of sport in America, and is fast being incorporated as a regular athletic exercise at all of our prominent clubs and educational institutions. The cause of its increasing popularity is easily explained. While it requires time, patience, and considerable skill before the game can be fully mastered, the method is so simple and the rules so easy to comprehend that even the beginner feels himself thoroughly at home in the court.
As a healthful and exhilarating exercise there is no game extant that develops a person's physical quality so well as handball. The best evidence of this is the splendid condition of those who are now regular patrons of the game. It calls into play every muscle in the body, will tend to teach one to look quickly, while the running that is necessary will certainly improve the wind if anything does. As a means of placing a baseball player into condition for his season's work, the old Irish game, as it is generally termed, presents opportunities not afforded by any other exercise. In the earlier days of the National Baseball League it was quite a common occurrence to see its players practising at handball. Some of the crack players then were Pitcher James Devlin, George Bechtel, of the old Athletics; Nat Hicks, the famous catcher of the Mutuals, of New York; Robert Ferguson, of the Atlantics; James McCormick and Michael J. Kelly, of the Chicagos. At the present time the "men of the diamond," who dislike to do any more work than is absolutely necessary, do not seem to appreciate the merits of handball as an athletic invigorator, because there is some labor attached to it; therefore, out of the mass of men actively identified with that pastime, only a few can be rated as being experts. The most prominent of these, and certainly the ablest, is Richard Buckley, the noted catcher.
Quite opposite to the baseball players are the boxers. All the skilled men with the gloves are beginning to look up to handball as one of the best ways to keep in form, or to prepare for an important event. It was the magnificent physical appearance of Phil Casey, after 30 years of active life in the courts, that induced the backers of John L. Sullivan to select the world's champion handball player as the trainer of that great pugilist for his fight with James Corbett. It was expected that the Irish pastime would do as much good for Sullivan as it had done Casey, but the former must have thought differently, for he practised the game only very little. On the other hand Corbett, before and since the memorable fight which elevated him to the leading position in the pugilistic ranks, frequently taken a hand at the game, and he considers the benefits derived from the exercise to be far greater than can be obtained at any other sport.
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS
THE COURT
QUALIFICATIONS OF A PLAYER
HOW TO SUCCEED
RULES AND EXPLANATIONS
SOME OF THE LEADING PLAYER
EGAN'S HANDBALL COURT
AMATEUR HANDBALL TOURNAMENT
REVISED HANDBALL RULES OF THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AMERICA
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
ORIGIN AND BENEFITS.
Although the game of handball is generally conceded to be of Irish origin, and has been played with more or less fervor throughout the little green isle for a century at least, the invigorating pastime has, within a very recent date, become a great favorite with the lovers of sport in America, and is fast being incorporated as a regular athletic exercise at all of our prominent clubs and educational institutions. The cause of its increasing popularity is easily explained. While it requires time, patience, and considerable skill before the game can be fully mastered, the method is so simple and the rules so easy to comprehend that even the beginner feels himself thoroughly at home in the court.
As a healthful and exhilarating exercise there is no game extant that develops a person's physical quality so well as handball. The best evidence of this is the splendid condition of those who are now regular patrons of the game. It calls into play every muscle in the body, will tend to teach one to look quickly, while the running that is necessary will certainly improve the wind if anything does. As a means of placing a baseball player into condition for his season's work, the old Irish game, as it is generally termed, presents opportunities not afforded by any other exercise. In the earlier days of the National Baseball League it was quite a common occurrence to see its players practising at handball. Some of the crack players then were Pitcher James Devlin, George Bechtel, of the old Athletics; Nat Hicks, the famous catcher of the Mutuals, of New York; Robert Ferguson, of the Atlantics; James McCormick and Michael J. Kelly, of the Chicagos. At the present time the "men of the diamond," who dislike to do any more work than is absolutely necessary, do not seem to appreciate the merits of handball as an athletic invigorator, because there is some labor attached to it; therefore, out of the mass of men actively identified with that pastime, only a few can be rated as being experts. The most prominent of these, and certainly the ablest, is Richard Buckley, the noted catcher.
Quite opposite to the baseball players are the boxers. All the skilled men with the gloves are beginning to look up to handball as one of the best ways to keep in form, or to prepare for an important event. It was the magnificent physical appearance of Phil Casey, after 30 years of active life in the courts, that induced the backers of John L. Sullivan to select the world's champion handball player as the trainer of that great pugilist for his fight with James Corbett. It was expected that the Irish pastime would do as much good for Sullivan as it had done Casey, but the former must have thought differently, for he practised the game only very little. On the other hand Corbett, before and since the memorable fight which elevated him to the leading position in the pugilistic ranks, frequently taken a hand at the game, and he considers the benefits derived from the exercise to be far greater than can be obtained at any other sport.
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| BN ID: | 2940015691894 |
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| Publisher: | Leila's Books |
| Publication date: | 09/17/2012 |
| Series: | Spaulding Athletic Series , #13 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
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