1853.19

Boston Clubs Play for Ten Boxes of Cigars

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules
Location
City/State/Country:	Boston, MA, United States
Modern Address
Game	Massachusetts GameMassachusetts Game
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	"The Aurora Ball Club and Olympic Ball Club will play best 3 in 5 games at Base ball on Tremont street mall on Friday next at half past 5 o'clock for 10 boxes of Havana Cigars. The public are invited to be present. A sufficient force will be in attendance to prevent confusion." [Full Item]
Sources	Boston Herald, September 7, 1853.
Warning	The rules for this match are not known.
Comment	Four years later, the Olympic Club's written rules show similarity to the Dedham rules for the Massachusetts Game that appeared in 1858. Best-of-three and best-of-five formats are later seen in matches in MA and upstate NY; the "best-of" format may have been common in the game or games that evolved into the Mass Game. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Was a form of unpleasant "confusion" anticipated? Like what? Do we know any more about the Aurora Club? Edit with form to add a query
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External Number
Submitted by	David Nevard,
Submission Note	October 4, 2014
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