XIV
When the side "in" reaches fourteen points, the following rules must be observed :- (1) The player serving must stand quite close to the pepper-box with one foot on the wall," and the other on the "off-wall," and he may not place both feet on the "on-wall" until the player "in holes" has hit the ball. If he forgets to stand thus, and serves the ball with both feet on the "on-wall," the player "in holes," or his partner, may try to be the first to touch the ball before it falls. If they succeed in this, the player serving is out. If the player serving or his partner touch the ball first, or if it hits the ground before being touched, it counts neither way. A player may remind his partner of this rule. (2) When the ball is properly served, the player "in holes" may return the "first-cut" against any part of the front wall above the "line," with or without hitting the side walls, and it is therefore called "blackguard cut." Rule VI., except the first sentence, is suspended at this point of the game.
XV. If the players are "13 all," the game, as in rackets, may at the option of the out side be set to 5 or 3; if " 14 all" to 3. Rule XIV. must then be observed at 4 and 2 respectively.
Single Wall Game. 66 ser-