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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1848 | |||
|Year Number=10 | |||
|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA | |Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=Massachusetts, | |||
|Country=USA | |||
|State=MA | |||
|City=Barre | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
|Text=<p>"In Barre, Massachusetts [about 20 miles northwest of Worcester], the anniversary of the organization of government was celebrated by a game of ball - round or base ball, we suppose - twelve on a side. | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
<p>< | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"In Barre, Massachusetts [about 20 miles northwest of Worcester], the anniversary of the organization of government was celebrated by a game of ball - round or base ball, we suppose - twelve on a side. It took four hours to play three heats, and the defeated party paid for a dinner at the Barre Hotel."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p><em>North American and United States Gazette</em>, June 7, 1848. </p> | |||
<p><span><em>Trenton State Gazette</em> (NJ), pg. 1, June 8, 1848.</span></p> | |||
|Comment=<p>A team size of 12 and three-game match are consistent with some Mass game contests.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>This seems to have been a Philadelphia paper; why would it carry - or reprint - this central-MA story?</p> | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Submission Note=10/12/2007 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | MassachusettsMassachusetts |
| City/State/Country: | Barre, MA, USA |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "In Barre, Massachusetts [about 20 miles northwest of Worcester], the anniversary of the organization of government was celebrated by a game of ball - round or base ball, we suppose - twelve on a side. It took four hours to play three heats, and the defeated party paid for a dinner at the Barre Hotel."
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| Sources | North American and United States Gazette, June 7, 1848. Trenton State Gazette (NJ), pg. 1, June 8, 1848. |
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| Comment | A team size of 12 and three-game match are consistent with some Mass game contests. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | This seems to have been a Philadelphia paper; why would it carry - or reprint - this central-MA story? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | 10/12/2007 |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1848.10 Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA"
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