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- 1780s.6 + (<p>Writing on early baseball in the … <p>Writing on early baseball in the year 1883, W. W. Newell says:</p></br><p>"The present scientific game . . . was known in Massachusetts, twenty years ago, as the 'New York game.' A ruder form of Base-ball has been played in some Massachusetts towns for a century; while in other parts of New England no game with the ball was formerly known except "Hockey." There was great local variety in these sports."</p></br><p>Newell, William W., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Games and Songs of American Children</span> (Dover, New York, 1963 - originally published 1883) page 184. <strong>Note:</strong> The omission of wicket - and arguably cricket - from Newell's account is interesting here. The claim that hockey was seen as a ball game is also interesting.</p>ount is interesting here. The claim that hockey was seen as a ball game is also interesting.</p>)