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|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Location=Massachusetts
|Location=Massachusetts
|Game Tags=1700s, 1800s, US,
|Game Regions=US
|Game Eras=1700s,1800s
|Description=<p>This appears to be the name given to the game played in Massachusetts . . . and possibly beyond that . . . in the years before the Dedham rules of 1858 created the [[Massachusetts Game]].</p>
|Description=<p>This appears to be the name given to the game played in Massachusetts . . . and possibly beyond that . . . in the years before the Dedham rules of 1858 created the [[Massachusetts Game]].</p>
<p>We have about a dozen references to round ball from about 1780 to 1856 -- all in the state of Massachusetts.&nbsp; New England also has references to goal, or goal ball, base, or base ball, and bat-and-ball forf this period.&nbsp; There is no indication if or how these games differed, or whether they are direct antecedents of the Mass Game rules of 1858.</p>
<p>We have about a dozen references to round ball from about 1780 to 1856 -- all in the state of Massachusetts.  New England also has references to goal, or goal ball, base, or base ball, and bat-and-ball forf this period.  There is no indication if or how these games differed, or whether they are direct antecedents of the Mass Game rules of 1858.</p>
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Game Round Ball
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This appears to be the name given to the game played in Massachusetts . . . and possibly beyond that . . . in the years before the Dedham rules of 1858 created the Massachusetts Game.

We have about a dozen references to round ball from about 1780 to 1856 -- all in the state of Massachusetts.  New England also has references to goal, or goal ball, base, or base ball, and bat-and-ball forf this period.  There is no indication if or how these games differed, or whether they are direct antecedents of the Mass Game rules of 1858.

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