1860.83

Long Ball

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location	MassachusettsMassachusetts
City/State/Country:	Grafton, MA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
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Text	[A] "BASE BALL. A closely contested game of base ball was played in Grafton on Friday afternoon last, between the Hassanamisco Club of Grafton and the Benecia Club of Milford...The playing commenced at nine o'clock in the morning, and at twelve o'clock the Milford boys were ahead about 2 to 1. The playing continued in the afternoon until six, when the game stood as follows: Milford 41, Grafton 29. The Grafton Club claimed the game, however, as the Milford boys refused to continue playing the next day." [B] Three other games that year for which game times were published last five to six hours.
Sources	[A] Boston Herald, Sep. 3, 1860 [B] Boston Herald, June 21, Aug. 10, and Sep. 5, 1860
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Comment	By 1860, most Massachusetts Rules games were being played to 75 runs, instead of the 100 specified in the rules adopted in 1858. A match for the state championship was abandoned, unfinished, after four days' play. Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	3/27/1860
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