1854.2
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First New England Team, the Olympics, Forms to Play Round Ball
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | Boston, MA, United States |
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| Game | Round BallRound Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Retrospective |
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| Text | "The first regularly organized team in New England was the Boston Olympics of 1854. The Elm Trees followed in 1855 and the Green Mountains two years later."
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| Sources | Seymour, Harold, Baseball: the Early Years [Oxford University Press, 1989], p. 27. [No ref given.] It seems plausible, given similarity of phrasing, that this finding comes from George Wright's November 1904 review of baseball history. See#1854.3 below. There is also similar treatment in Lovett, Old Boston Boys, (Riverside Press, 1907), page 129. |
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| Query | Is there any detailed indication, or educated guess, as to what rules the Olympics uses in 1854? Edit with form to add a query |
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1854.2 First New England Team, the Olympics, Forms to Play Round Ball"
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