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{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|Headline=Ballplaying Interest Hits New Bedford MA |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=<p>The Worcester (MA) Spy, Sept. 1, 1858, reports that in East Brookfield on 8/27, Spencer beat

|Headline=A Three-Inning Game of Wicket at Great Barrington |State=MA

|State=MA ...l. It reports that North Brookfield defeated Hardwick, 69 to 41. Under the MA rules. Gives the names and tallies of the 15 players for North Brookfield.<

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|Place Published=Westfield, MA |Game=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Round Ball in MA in 1780

|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Base in MA in 1750

|Headline=A Truly "Grand" Game of Massachusetts Base Ball |State=MA

|Headline=Harvard Man George Hoar Writes of Playing "Simple Game We Called Base" |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Cambridge in 1781

|State=MA ...e Lawrence Club of Lawrence and the Clipper Club of Lowell "played a match game at the Fair Grounds yesterday."

|State=MA ...ral young men of this city," under "the New England method of playing this game."

|State=MA ...re challenged, then played, the BBC of Hardiwck, to a game of 100 tallies. MA Rules?</p>

|State=MA ...le, Brown &amp; Company; 1908, cited in Kittel Protoball article on the MA game.</p>

|Headline=Base Ball Would be Welcome in Lowell MA, Town of Factories |State=MA

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|State=MA |Description=<p>Students at Williams College played a game among themselves in 1858.</p>

|Regional Focus=Eastern MA |Special Interest=Massachusetts Game

|Name=First Recorded College Game at Williams College |State=MA

|Headline=Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town ...ch ("g.stanley hall" "boy life"). Hall grew up on a large farm in Ashfield MA, which is in the NW corner of the commonwealth, and about 55 miles east of

|State=MA <p>See games tabulation. MA rules for 1858 game.</p>

|Headline=Boston Sees Eight Hour Match of the Massachusetts Game |State=MA

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Mugfords of Marblehead on 2 June 1870 |State=MA

|Headline=Salem MA Ordinance Outlaws Bat-and-Ball, Cricket |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA Circa 1845

|Headline=Salem MA Diary Covers "Puerile Sports" Including Bat &amp; Ball, and "Rickets" |Game=Bat-Ball

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Worcester in 1859

|Game=Mass. Game |State=MA

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Hibernian Club of Salem on 20 June 1870 |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=<p>NYC Aug. 28, 1858. See game tabulation.</p>

|State=MA ...g. 30, 1858 reports the Young America Club of Grafton played an intersquad game.</p>

|State=MA ...t Ashland, MA between the Union of Medway, MA, and the Excelsior of Upton, MA, won by the latter.</p>

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|Description=1791 Pittsfield MA bylaw banning baseball in town |Source=Our game blog, Aug. 3, 2011

|Headline=11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side. ...n: underline;">Clipper</span> reported a match following the Massachusetts game rules played for $50 a side between Massachusetts&rsquo; Eleventh Regiment

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

{{Predecessor Game |Name=in MA in 1800undefined

|Headline=First Recorded College Game at Williams College |State=MA

|Name=Atwater Club of Westfield, MA |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game of ball in Boston in 1849

|State=MA ...n=<p>The <em>New York Clipper</em>, Aug. 13, 1859 reports on a game, under MA rules, between the Pythian and Atalanta Clubs of Boston.</p>

|State=MA ...rom Protoball Entry #1858.32 &ndash; Ballplaying Interest Hits New Bedford MA</p>

|Headline=Hartford Players Best Granville MA Players at Wicket |Game=Wicket

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{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1800

|State=MA ...that C. T. Robins, of the South Shore Club of North Weymouth, refereed the game.</p>

|Name=First Interscholastic Ball Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|Title=1755 -- 'The Bat and Ball;' A Distinct Game or a Generic Term? |Game=Bat-and-Ball,

|State=MA |Game=Wicket,

|Headline=Four Old Cat and Three Old Cat Well Known in MA ...a modification of Round Ball for a less number of players than the regular game required."</p>

|Headline=Boston Paper Reports 192-187 Squeaker in Western MA |Game=Wicket

|Headline=21st MA "played ball a good deal..." |Game=Wicket

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{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|Headline=Base Ball as Therapy in MA? |State=MA

{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

|Headline=Mass Game Survived the Civil War |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Cricket

|State=MA |Description=<p>The <em>New York Clipper</em>, Oct. 28, 1865 reports on a game played by the Freshman vs. the Sophomores of Tufts College, at "College Hil

|State=MA ...Charter Oak Club of Hartford lost 45-37 to the Pioneer Club of Springfield MA.</p>

|Description=<p>The Pitttsfield (MA) <em>Sun</em>, Aug. 10, 1865 reports on a game Aug. 8th at Chatham, NY between the Lincoln Club of Albany and the Columbia <p>The&nbsp;<em>Albany Evening Journal</em>, Aug. 9, 1865 reports on a game between the Columbia Club of Chatham and the Lincoln of Albany.</p>

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|State=MA ...t Ashland, MA between the Union of Medway, MA, and the Excelsior of Upton, MA, won by the latter.</p>

|Headline=1st MA versus 16th MA ...officers of the 16th Mass. to play a game; the challenge was accepted; the game came off yesterday, and resulted in favor of the 16th, they winning in thir

{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1829

|State=MA <p>&nbsp;They played teh NE game in 1860, 14 a side.</p>

|State=MA <p>"Bat and Ball--The Olympic was challenged by the Elm Tree Club, at a game of ball to be played on the Common, which was accepted and played this morn

|State=MA |Game=Bat-and-Ball, Cricket

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game at Ball in Cambridge in 1781

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|Headline=MA Championship: Unions 100, Winthrop 71, in 101 Innings |State=MA

|Name=How's Your Pa Club of Brooklyn v How's Your Ma Club of Brooklyn on 11 October 1865 |Away Team=How's Your Ma Club of Brooklyn

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|Headline=Thanksgiving game of 25th Massachusetts |Game=

|Headline=New Orleans Leans Toward MA Game? |Game=Base Ball,

|State=MA ...shland accepts the challenge of the Benicia of Milford to a game under the MA rules.</p>

|Headline=75 Clubs Playing Massachusetts Game in MA |State=MA

|Headline=In Western MA, Election Day Saw Town vs. Town Wicket Matches |Game=Wicket

|State=MA <p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Traveler</em>, May 14, 1856, reports on a game to 100 tallies, "this morning" on the Commons, where the "Olympic Ball Comp

...base ball club was defeated by the Comet club of Thompsonville in a match game, on Saturday, by a score of 85 to 24."</p> |Sources=<p>The Springfield [MA]&nbsp;<em>Republican</em>, May 15, 1867</p>

|State=MA ...ll Game" reports that the Bay State Club defeated the Excelsiors by 9, the game played on the Boston Commons on Tuesday, June 3. See games tab.</p>

|State=MA |Description=<p>In 1860 they played the New England game, 14 a side.</p>

|State=MA <p>The 1869 game with the Red Stockings was played here.</p>

|Headline=Sergeant from 15th MA Plays Round Ball with 34th NY |Game=Round Ball,

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|Name=Pioneer Club of Springfield v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 4 October 1858 |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Williamstown in 1796

|Headline=Otis MA Bests Lee MA at Wicket, 236 - 232 |State=MA

|Headline=Sharon MA Victory in Boston Seen As State Championship |State=MA

|State=MA ...outing of Essex County citizens. The Hawkswood won, 27-22 in a nine inning game.</p>

|State=MA ...ook defeated the BBC of Smithville 60-54 "last Saturday" at Coldbrook, the game to 60 tallies.</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Name=game with wickets in Sheffield in 1800

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|Title=Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game' |Game=Baseball, Wicket Ball