In Stockbridge in 1821

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Date of Game	1821
Game	Drive Ball
Location	Stockbridge, MA, United States
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Description	From Saratoga, at the age of twelve, I was transferred to a school at Stockbridge, Mass., under the direction of a very capable  instructor, Mr. Jared Curtis, or, as he was always called, Major Curtis. In what service he had won his military rank I never knew.  In this school the scholastic influences were, I think, less potent with me than at Saratoga; but those which proceeded from contact  with “the other fellows” were exceedingly energetic. We certainly found a great deal of time for out-door sports, and this was divided  between base-ball, driveball, one, two, and three hole-cat, hop-scotch, and marbles.
Sources	F. A. P. Barnard, "How I was Educated," The Forum (1886) p. 223
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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