1860s.86

Ballplaying Remembered in Dedham Massachusetts

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules
Location
City/State/Country:	Dedham, MA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Massachusetts GameMassachusetts Game
Immediacy of Report	Retrospective
Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
Notables
Text	"Sixty-five years ago the boys had a ball club which was known as the "Winthrops" who played on a pasture lot beyond Mr. White's house on east Street. Ball playing was frequently enjoyed upon the fields of owners who were willing to allow public use to be made of such land. A record is here given of a game that took place at a time when the ball was thrown at the runner between bases to put him out. The score is here appended -- that the present [1930's] generation may know what a real ball game was like in the early days of the game [partial box score listed]. Masks were not invented then, so a cap pulled well down over the eyes have to do duty for a mask."
Sources	Frank Smith, A History of Dedham Massachusetts (Transcript Press, 1936), page 358.
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Submitted by	Paul S. Johnson
Submission Note	Submitted 8/1/2015
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