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Barre Club Round Ball Challenge to 7 Nearby MA Towns -- $100 Grand Prize

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Tags Pre-modern Rules
City/State/Country: Barre, MA, US
Game Round Ball
Age of Players Adult
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"August 11, 1855 -- Barre.  The Gazette says the Barre boys will challenge their neighbors in he towns surrounding, to play a [at?] round ball.

"The Barre boys  either have or are about to extend a challenge to one of the other of the adjoining towns for a grand game of round, of [or?] base ball, the victors to throw the glove to one of the other towns, and so on, till it is settled, which one of the seven shall be victor over the other six.

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Milford Journal

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