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|Headline=Base Ball Game Reaches <u>Really</u> Modern Duration; Score is 52 to 38
|Headline=Base Ball Game Reaches <u>Really</u> Modern Duration; Score is 52 to 38
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Country=US
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Text=<p>Having more energy than what it takes to score 21 runs, the [NJ] Pioneer Club's intramural game in September 1855 took 3 and a quarter hours, and eight innings. Final score: single men, 52, marrieds 38. <strong>Note:</strong> this seems like an early exception to the 21-run rule; are there earlier ones? <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, Volume 25, number 31 (Saturday, September 15, 1855), page 367, column 3. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Text=<p>[A] Having more energy than what it takes to score 21 runs, the [NJ] Pioneer Club's intramural game in September 1855 took 3 and a quarter hours, and eight innings. Final score: single men, 52, marrieds 38.</p>
<p>In December, the Putnams undertook to play a game to 62 runs, and started at 9AM to give themselves ample time. But "they found it impossible to get through; they played twelve innings and made 31 and 36." <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, (Saturday, December 8, 1855), page 511, column 3. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
<p>[B] In December, the Putnams undertook to play a game to 62 runs, and started at 9AM to give themselves ample time. But "they found it impossible to get through; they played twelve innings and made 31 and 36."&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Spirit of the Times</em>, Volume 25, number 31 (Saturday, September 15, 1855), page 367, column 3.</p>
<p><em>Spirit of the Times</em>, (Saturday, December 8, 1855), page 511, column 3.</p>
|Query=<p><strong>Note:</strong> these results&nbsp;seems like deliberate&nbsp;exceptions to the 21-run rule; are there others?</p>
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Submission Note=Facsimiles provided September 2008.
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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}}

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[A] Having more energy than what it takes to score 21 runs, the [NJ] Pioneer Club's intramural game in September 1855 took 3 and a quarter hours, and eight innings. Final score: single men, 52, marrieds 38.

[B] In December, the Putnams undertook to play a game to 62 runs, and started at 9AM to give themselves ample time. But "they found it impossible to get through; they played twelve innings and made 31 and 36." 

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Spirit of the Times, Volume 25, number 31 (Saturday, September 15, 1855), page 367, column 3.

Spirit of the Times, (Saturday, December 8, 1855), page 511, column 3.

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Note: these results seems like deliberate exceptions to the 21-run rule; are there others?

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note Facsimiles provided September 2008.



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