1848.10
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Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | MassachusettsMassachusetts |
| City/State/Country: | Barre, MA, USA |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| 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 |
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1848.10 Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA"
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