1850c.46
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Worcester Man Recalls Round Ball in the 1850s
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | HolidaysHolidays |
Location | MassachusettsMassachusetts |
City/State/Country: | Worcester, MA, United States |
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Game | Round BallRound Ball |
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Age of Players | Juvenile, Youth, AdultJuvenile, Youth, Adult |
Holiday | Fast Day |
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Text | "I will now call your attention to some of the games and amusements indulged in by Worcester boys of fifty or sixty years ago . . . . "There were various games of ball played in my day. I remember barn-ball, two and three old cat, and round ball. This last was very much like baseball of to-day . . . . "There were bases of goals, and instead of catching out, the ball was thrown at the player when running bases and if hit he knew it at once and was out. The balls were hard and thrown with force and intent to hit the runner, but an artful dodger could generally avoid being hit. "On Fast Day there was always a game of ball on he north side of the Common, played by men and older boys, and this attracted large crowd of interested lookers on."
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Sources | Nathaniel Paine, School Day Reminiscences, Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XIX (1903), pages 46 and 49. |
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