Massapoag Club of Sharon

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Nick Name	Massapoag Club
Earliest Known Date	Saturday, July 4, 1857
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Location	Sharon, MA, United States
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Description	This club appears to have played only by Massachusetts rules. Sharon MA (1860 pop. about 1400 ) is about 20 miles SW of Boston.  Walpole MA (1860 pop. about 2000) is about 3 miles NW of Sharon.  North Bridgewater MA, now a part of Brockton MA (1860 pop: about 6600), is  about 20 miles S of Boston.   Holliston MA (1860 pop about 3300) is about 15 miles NW of Sharon. Medway MA (1860 pop. about 3200) is about 15 miles W of Sharon.   June 1857 -- Massapoag 25-25-25, South Walpole 2-0-21 "Sharon Correspondence, June 16, 1857 "Mr. Editor:  The members of the 'Massapoag Base Ball Club' extended an invitation to the "South Walpole Ball Club" to meet them in this village for a trial of skill at ball playing.  The "Clubs" met on the afternoon of Saturday last, with twelve members each, every member in tip-top condition. "Five games of twenty-five talleys each were agreed upon.  The 'bat' was thrown up, the hands laid on, and the winning party took the "batter's hole.'  The sport then commenced in deadly earnest -- no 'boy's play,' but a skillful, vigorous contest of athletic men, swift of foot and ambitious to win. "The first game was played brisk and smart; the talleyman's voice soon called, a game of ball.  They counted up and declared the Massapoag Club the winners, they having got twenty-five points and the other Club two.  They took to quarters, took a dash of iced-water, cooled up and went in for the second game. "The Massapoag boys struck a vein of <XX> good luck, and worked it with skill and vigor, and were victorious, having knocked out twenty-five points, before a single talley had been chalked down by their opponents. Iced up again all round and pitched into the third game. "The 'Walpole boys' were decidedly plucky and played their best.  The game went on, neck and neck -- the outsiders cheered encouragingly each good crack they gave the ball -- victory seemed about to perch on the banner of the Walpole Club, but the Massapoags got a good inning and 'put 'em through in time,' gaining their twenty-five points to the twenty-one put up by the 'South Walpole Club.' "The game ended the contest on the field, and the players, with their tallymen and judges, adjourned to meet at the table and partake of the refreshments served up by the Massapoag Club. There everything passed off pleasantly -- they vote it a good time all around the ring -- cheered each other and the two 'Clubs' parted. "I am an outsider Mr. Editor, and do not speak with authority, but I will venture the assertion that the Massapoag Club of Sharon would not decline an invitation to play a game of ball.   OPH"   Late June, 1857 -- Massapoag 25-25-25-, Olympics of Boston 21-24-19. The club donned red flannel shirts for the game, and hitched a ride home on an empty freight train   Fall 1857 -- The Union Club of Medway is later reported to have beat the Massapoag Club. This match was apparently played for the Championship . . . of something.  (We don't yet have a newspaper account of this game.)   Summer 1858 -- The Massapoag Club in Full Flower The Sharon club beat the Old Colony Club of North Bridgewater. 59-54, on July 17; lost to the Winthrop Club of Holliston 101-61 in 6 innings on July 24, and lost a "championship" game to the Union Club in fall 1858.  [See game accounts.]
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Found by	Paul Johnson, Joanne Hulbert, Craig Waff
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1857	3 Played	2 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied
1858	4 Played	1 Won	2 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1857-06-13	Sharon		MA	Massapoag Club of Sharon	Club of South Walpole	25 - 2		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1857-06-29	Boston		MA	Massapoag Club of Sharon	Olympic Club of Boston	25 - 21		Craig Waff; Paul S. Johnson
Ballgame	1857-09-19	Sharon		MA	Union Club of Medway	Massapoag Club of Sharon	25 - 20		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-04-15	Sharon		MA	Massapoag Club of Sharon	Massapoag Club of Sharon		Sharon, MA	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1858-07-17	North Bridgewater		MA	Massapoag Club of Sharon	Old Colony Club of North Bridgewater	59 - 54		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-07-24	Holliston		MA	Winthrop Club of Holliston	Massapoag Club of Sharon	101 - 61		Joanne Hulbert, Craig Waff, Paul Johnson
Ballgame	1858-09-30	Dedham		MA	Union Club of Medway	Massapoag Club of Sharon	39 - 16		Craig Waff

Players

Player	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Club
C. F. Bryant	1858
Daniel Mahoney	1858
Dexter Packard	1858
E. Dunakin	1858
E. F. Richards	1858
G. Dunakin	1858
G. H. Tucker	1858
H. R. Hixon	1858
J. B. Middleton	1858
J. J. Dunakin	1858
J. Johnson
J. S Middleton	1858
J. S. Middleton	1858
L. Johnson	1858
O. P. Johnson	1857, 1858	Founder, Initial Officer, Key Player
W. F. Smith	1858
W. Johnson

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