1855.37

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

Salience	Prominent
Tags	Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules
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City/State/Country:	Barre, MA, US
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Game	Round Ball, Base BallRound Ball, Base Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	"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. A grand prize of one hundred dollars, more or less, to be raised, by general contributions and awarded to the party which shall be finally successful. The six surrounding and adjoining towns are Hardwick, Dana, Petersham, Hubbardstown, Oakham, and New Braintree. The seventh is Barre, which is in the centre, and equidistant from them all."
Sources	Milford Journal.
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Comment	Barre MA is about 60 miles W of Boston. Hardwick, Hubbardstown, Oakham, New Braintree and Petersham are 8-10 miles from Barre. Dana MA may have disappeared. Edit with form to add a comment
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