OFFICIAL RULES OF SOFTBALL 1935. Approved by the Joint Rules Committee on Softball of the National Recreation Association 315 Fourth Avenue New York City. [cover title]

[New York?]: Published for the Committee by Horace Partridge, Treman-King and Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods Co, 1935. Glossy paper wrappers. 22 cm. 16pp. Ads for sporting goods inside front cover and both sides of rear cover, including uniforms for men and "girls." The official rules printed here were intended to codify instructions for teams from all over the country. According to an article in the Journal of Health and Physical Education [American Physical Education Assoc., 1940, p. 151], the National Recreation Association had originally drawn up rules for the game in 1927, but they were not consistently used. When teams met for a national tournament at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, "it was found that the rules varied so much that most teams were handicapped." In January 1934, the National Recreation Association and several other groups met to agree on a uniform set of rules, altering them again in 1935. "By 1936 for the first time there was only one set of rules. (Inventory #: 69348)