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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1859
|Year Number=31
|Headline=New Orleans Leans Toward MA Game?
|Headline=New Orleans Leans Toward MA Game?
|Year=1859
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=US South
|Location=Louisiana,
|Text=<p>"New Orleans experiences a boom in 1859 when 7 teams were started and two more followed the next year. These early New Orleans LA nines first used Massachusetts rules, but by 1860 they had all switched to NABBP rules." Somers, Dale, <u>The Rise of Sports in New Orleans 1850-1900</u> (Publisher?, Baton Rouge, 1972), footnote 73 on pages 49-50. Provided by David Nevard, email of 6/11/2007.</p>
|Country=United States
<p><b>Caution:</b>  Richard Hershberger [email of 10/19/2009] notes that, in examining the article on the MA game, he found that the sides had ten players each, but seems otherwise to reflect Association rules. He notes that outside of match games, it was not unusual for clubs to depart from the having nine players on a side.</p>
|State=LA
|City=New Orleans
|Game=Base Ball,
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"New Orleans experiences a boom in 1859 when 7 teams were started and two more followed the next year. These early New Orleans LA nines first used Massachusetts rules, but by 1860 they had all switched to NABBP rules."&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>Somers, Dale,&nbsp;<span>The Rise of Sports in New Orleans 1850-1900</span>&nbsp;(Louisiana State Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), footnote 73 on pages 49-50.&nbsp;</p>
|Warning=<p>Richard Hershberger [email of 10/19/2009] notes that, in examining the article on the MA game, he found that the sides had ten players each, but seems otherwise to reflect Association rules. He notes that outside of match games, it was not unusual for clubs to depart from the having nine players on a side.</p>
|Submitted by=David Nevard
|Submission Note=6/11/2007
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=31
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=29.9510658, -90.0715323
}}
}}

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New Orleans Leans Toward MA Game?

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Location Louisiana
City/State/Country: New Orleans, LA, United States
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
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"New Orleans experiences a boom in 1859 when 7 teams were started and two more followed the next year. These early New Orleans LA nines first used Massachusetts rules, but by 1860 they had all switched to NABBP rules." 

 

Sources

Somers, Dale, The Rise of Sports in New Orleans 1850-1900 (Louisiana State Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), footnote 73 on pages 49-50. 

Warning

Richard Hershberger [email of 10/19/2009] notes that, in examining the article on the MA game, he found that the sides had ten players each, but seems otherwise to reflect Association rules. He notes that outside of match games, it was not unusual for clubs to depart from the having nine players on a side.

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Submitted by David Nevard
Submission Note 6/11/2007



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