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|Text=<p>"The playing of round ball, as the game was formerly called, but since changed to 'base ball,' was, in 1844, much in vogue, and was an exhilarating and agreeable amusement . . . ."</p>
|Text=<p>"The playing of round ball, as the game was formerly called, but since changed to 'base ball,' was, in 1844, much in vogue, and was an exhilarating and agreeable amusement . . . ."</p>
<p>"Baseball in '44," <u>Wheeling WV Register</u>, September 20, 1885, reprinted from the <u>Bangor Whig</u>, presumably from 1844.</p>
<p>"Baseball in '44," <u>Wheeling WV Register</u>, September 20, 1885, reprinted from the <u>Bangor Whig</u>, presumably from 1844.</p>
<p>The article continues to detail a match of round ball played on Wadleigh field, near Bangor ME, between neighborhood teams representing Samuel Cony (later Governor) and Samuel Hunt.  There are few on-field details: the match was to play played to "fifty scores," the sides tossed "for inning," and when suppertime intruded on the hungry players with the score Hunt 45, Cony 40, "the expedient was adopted of finishing the game by pitching coppers," so Cony and Hunt went inside and got their last "scores" that way.  Cony flipped more heads than Hunt, and c'est la guerre.  Thanks to John Thorn for locating the text of the article [email of 2/10/2008.</p>
<p>The article continues to detail a match of round ball played on Wadleigh field, near Bangor ME, between neighborhood teams representing Samuel Cony (later Governor) and Samuel Hunt.  There are few on-field details: the match was to play played to "fifty scores," the sides tossed "for inning," and when suppertime intruded on the hungry players with the score Hunt 45, Cony 40, "the expedient was adopted of finishing the game by pitching coppers," so Cony and Hunt went inside and got their last "scores" that way.  Cony flipped more heads than Hunt, and c'est la guerre.  Thanks to John Thorn for locating the text of the article email of 2/10/2008.</p>
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"Round Ball" Played in Bangor ME: Cony's Side 50, Hunt's Side 49

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"The playing of round ball, as the game was formerly called, but since changed to 'base ball,' was, in 1844, much in vogue, and was an exhilarating and agreeable amusement . . . ."

"Baseball in '44," Wheeling WV Register, September 20, 1885, reprinted from the Bangor Whig, presumably from 1844.

The article continues to detail a match of round ball played on Wadleigh field, near Bangor ME, between neighborhood teams representing Samuel Cony (later Governor) and Samuel Hunt. There are few on-field details: the match was to play played to "fifty scores," the sides tossed "for inning," and when suppertime intruded on the hungry players with the score Hunt 45, Cony 40, "the expedient was adopted of finishing the game by pitching coppers," so Cony and Hunt went inside and got their last "scores" that way. Cony flipped more heads than Hunt, and c'est la guerre. Thanks to John Thorn for locating the text of the article email of 2/10/2008.

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