1851.3

Wicket Players in MA Found Liable

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location	MassachusettsMassachusetts
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Game	WicketWicket
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Age of Players	YouthYouth
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Text	"In a recent case which occurred at Great Barrington, an action was brought against some 12 or 15 young men, by an old man, to recover damages for a spinal injury received by him and occasioned by a wicket ball, which frightened his horse and threw him from his wagon. The boys were playing tin the street. . . . . If this were fully understood, there would be less of the dangerous and annoying practice so common in our streets."
Sources	"Caution to Ball Players n the Street," The Pittsfield Sun, volume 51, issue 2647 (June 12, 1851), page 2.
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Submitted by	John Thorn, 6/10/2006
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