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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1848
|Year Number=10
|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA
|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA
|Year=1848
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=Massachusetts,
|Country=United States
|State=MA
|City=Barre
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Text=<p>"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."</p>
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
<p><i>North American and United States Gazette</i>, June 7, 1848. Provided by John Thorn, 10/12/2007.  A team size of 12 and three-game match are consistent with some Mass game contests. <b>Note:</b> This seems to have been a Philadelphia paper; why would it carry - or reprint - this central-MA story?</p>
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"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."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><em>North American and United States Gazette</em>, June 7, 1848.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><em>Trenton State Gazette</em> (NJ), pg. 1, June 8, 1848.</span></p>
|Comment=<p>A team size of 12 and three-game match are consistent with some Mass game contests.</p>
|Query=<p>This seems to have been a Philadelphia paper; why would it carry - or reprint - this central-MA story?</p>
|Submitted by=John Thorn
|Submission Note=10/12/2007
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=10
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=42.4229047, -72.1051002
}}
}}

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Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA

Salience Noteworthy
Location Massachusetts
City/State/Country: Barre, MA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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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North American and United States Gazette, June 7, 1848. 

Trenton State Gazette (NJ), pg. 1, June 8, 1848.

Comment

A team size of 12 and three-game match are consistent with some Mass game contests.

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Query

This seems to have been a Philadelphia paper; why would it carry - or reprint - this central-MA story?

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Submitted by John Thorn
Submission Note 10/12/2007



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