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|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

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

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|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

{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1780

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

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|Headline=Natick MA Company Introduces the "Figure 8" Base Ball Stitching |State=MA

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|State=MA ...he two sides of the Frankiln BBC. It was 11 a side, evidently under the MA game rules, as the score was 100-73.</p>

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|Game=Massachusetts Game |Text=<p>The men of the Wisconsin 3d challenged our men to a game of base ball &amp; this afternoon it was played &amp; at the end the tally

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|State=MA ...ription=<p>The Greenfield Gazette, Aug. 13, 1866, gives the box score of a game where the Notunck BBC of Greenfield defeated the Mountain of Conway, 54-25.

|Headline=Newburyport MA Bans Cricket and Other Ball Games |State=MA

|Headline=The MA Ball: Smaller, Lighter, "Double 8" Cover Design |Game=Base Ball,

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

|State=MA ...rday last at Athol. Gives the club roster, and officers. 14 a side in this game.</p>

|Headline=Tenth MA Plays Inter-regimental Games of Base Ball and Wicket in VA ...re to have a grand match of Base Ball to day. a few days ago they played a game of Wicket with the 37^th and our boys beat them handsomely . . .

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|State=MA |Description=<p>College clubs. First game between colleges. Under MA rules. See Chron 1859.1</p>

|Headline=1000 Watch November Base Ball in New Bedford MA. Brr. |State=MA

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|State=MA <p>A game was played by the Bunker Hill Club in Somerville in 1857.</p>

...club of Thompsonville defeated the Eagle Club of Windsor Locks in a match game at Thompsonville, on Saturday, the score standing 31 to 30."</p> |Sources=<p>The Springfield [MA]&nbsp;<em>Republican</em>, Sept. 11, 1867</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Ball in MA in 1778

|Headline=Philadelphia Man Interested in Forming MA Game Club ...decoration: underline;">Tribune</span> to-day indicates your Massachusetts game is the best we shall be glad to introduce it here."</p>

|Headline=Organized Round Ball in New England Morphs Toward the "MA Game" |State=MA

|State=MA ...y by the Alerts, who in four innings scored 60 to their adversaries 4. The game was a result of a challenge from the Essex.</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in New Bedford in 1858

{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1830

|Headline=MA Boy Played One Old Cat, Base Ball in Early Childhood |State=MA

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|Headline=Amherst Juniors Drop Wicket Game, 77 to 53: says Young Billjamesian |Game=Wicket

|Name=Diamonds are a Game's Best Friend |State=MA

|State=MA ...this year the switch was made away from the MA, plugging, game, to the NY game.</p>

...soldiers of the 27th Massachusetts. in camp at New Bern, played a game of MA baseball to 45 points.</p>

|State=MA <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>

|Headline=Fly Game Wings Its Way to Boston |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=<p>The Boston Daily Advertiser, July 28, 1866, reports on a game in Worcester July 27th between Williams College and Harvard, won by the for

|Headline=Atlantics Are Challenged to Play MA Game for $1000 Stake, But Decline |Game=Base Ball,

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|Headline=New Bedford MA: "No Person Shall Play at Ball" ...play at ball, fly a kite, or slide down hill upon a sled, or play at other game so as to incommodate peaceable citizens or passengers, in any street, lane,

|State=MA ...f the Salem Clubs, and eight of the M.T. Base Ball Club, of Lowell..." The game was a nine inning tie.

|Game=Baseball |State=MA

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|Headline=Cricket and Bass Long Played in Pittsfield MA |State=MA

|Headline=Excelsiors and Union Club play for $500 and MA Championship |State=MA

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|State=MA ...tion=<p>The <em>Boston Evening Transcript</em>, Sept. 4, 1866 reports on a game at South Braintree last Saturday where the Fleetfoot of that town defeated

|Game=Baseball |State=MA

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|Game=Baseball |State=MA

...ork game in Massachusetts and the evolution and fate of the "Massachusetts Game in the 1850s and 1860s.</p> |Special Interest=The Massachusetts Game; the conversion to the New York Game

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|Headline=Army Commander Watches Baseball game |Game=Baseball

|Game=Base Ball, |Text=<p>"The national game of base-ball was introduced in 1861."</p>

|State=MA ...on Daily Advertiser</em>, Sept. 17, 1866 has the following clubs forming a MA Rules Base Ball Assn.: Excelsior of Upton, Peabody of Danvers, Alpha of Ash

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

|State=MA |Game=Cricket, Base Ball, Old-Cat Games

|Game=Base Ball ...outside of town on the Ticktown Pike." June 12th saw another "grand match game of base-ball..."&nbsp;</p>

|Name=First Night Game Played Under Lights |State=MA

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|Game=Baseball |State=MA

|State=MA ...sp;<em>Boston Journal</em>, June 12, 1867: "Dorchester. Base Ball. A match game of base ball was played Saturday afternoon in Dorchester between the first

|Headline=Rain, Peevishness Disrupt 100-Tally Mass Game at Barre |State=MA

|Location=MA, |State=MA

|State=MA ...t this forenoon. Gilbreth and Palmer and a mess of them went out and had a game of ball this p.m.</p>

|Game=Baseball |State=MA

|Headline=<u>Porter&#39;s</u><i>:</i> MA Game Will Surely Die ...England clubs come to realize the superiority of base ball, "The New York Game," as played under the rules adopted by the NABBP."</p>

|State=MA ...858) reported on the Thanksgiving Day ball game: "At the conclusion of the game, Mr. Cook, in a few appropriate remarks in behalf of the Bristol County Clu

|State=MA ...Club switched to the Plymouth Rock BBC in 1863, playing the New York rules game</p>

|Headline=Round Ball played in Upton, MA ...lliman, but has no ref to Holliman or to George Stoddard, who reported the game to the Mills Commission. Also quoted at Henderson, p. 150.</p>

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{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Newburyport in 1797

|State=MA <p>See game summary, Eon Club of Portland, Maine</p>

|Headline=The Game in Ontario Resembled the MA Game, with Variations |Game=Canadian Game,

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...ame of Wicket came off between the ball-players of Westfield and Granville MA on Thursday, at which the Westfield boys won the first three games by 10, 2 ...cience players" from Granville, which had played Hartford CT and Blandford MA [about 20 miles west of Springfield]. </p>

|Headline=Adolescent Novel Describes Base Ball Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball, Foot Ball

|State=MA ...f the Salem Clubs, and eight of the M.T. Base Ball Club, of Lowell..." The game was a nine inning tie.</p>

|State=MA |Description=<p><span>&ldquo;The Game at East Cambridge,&rdquo;&nbsp;</span><em>New York Clipper,</em><span>&nbsp

|Headline=Olympic Club&#39;s Version of MA Game Rules Published |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=<p>According to www.sandwichhistory.org, the first game was played in Sandwich in Nov. 1865. The Nichols team was officially formed

|Headline=Wicket Players in MA Found Liable |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Wicket

|Headline=Officers in 30th MA Play Base Ball In February 1864 |Text=<p>&ldquo;February 12, 1864. Officers played a game of base ball this afternoon.&rdquo;</p>

|State=MA ...herst defeats Williams 73-32 in 26 innings, played under the Massachusetts Game rules, 13 a side, July 1, 1859. The contest is staged in Pittsfield, Massac

|State=MA ...n=<p>(<i>Boston Herald:</i> “The game was of one hundred tallies, ….  The game was played in pursuance of a challenge from the Natick Club.”)</p>

|State=MA |Description=<p>"North Adams -- On&nbsp; Thursday afternoon there was a match game of Bass Ball between the married and single men of the North Adams Club --

|Game= ...games for the superiority are constantly taking place." The 44th and 25th MA are to play tomorrow, and "great interest is manifested by both regiments a

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|Game=Base Ball, ..., formed to play the Massachusetts Game, the Takewambait BB Club of Natick MA.</p>

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|State=MA ...has the Waverly of Framingham losing 102-75 to the Alpha of Ashland, in a game of 67 innings.</p>

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|Name=Orion Base Ball Club of Milford, MA v Hassanamisco Club of Grafton on 31 August 1860 |State=MA

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|State=MA ...n=<p>The Turner(s) Falls Reporter, Aug. 12, 1874, gives the box score of a game played Aug. 6 between the Tigers of nearby Greenfield, and the "Second Best

|Headline=Club Claims County Championship in MA |State=MA

|State=MA ...so members of the Warren, and their play, pitching and catching, made the game all one way.)</p>

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

|State=MA <p>This club may have played "round ball" or the "Massachusetts Game."</p>

|State=MA ...r in the&nbsp;year [1858] a Mechanics Ball Club was organized and played a game on the Common with the Olympics of Boston. They were beaten by a score of 5

...st a &ldquo;game of our favorite baseball&rdquo; with the 37^th [MA?] &ndash; p.252. The next day the 10^th beat the Jersey Brigade, ...It was on [May] 3^rd that Company I played Company G and won the game by twelve tallies, and with that day came orders to march in the morning at

|State=MA |Game Official=Chandler of Tri-Mountain of Bos

{{Predecessor Game |Name=base-ball (retro) in MA in 1824

|Headline="Bafeball" Among Games Banned in Pittsfield MA - also Cricket, Wicket |Location=New England, MA

|State=MA ...ampion Club played by NY rules, and in fact scheduled a game using the fly game in September 1859.</p>

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|State=MA |Description=NY rules. 1st nine played the catch game, 2nd nine the bound game

|State=MA |Game Official=one umpire and two scorers

|Location=MA, |State=MA

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|State=MA |Game=Bass Ball

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|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|Headline=Wicket Bat Reportedly Long [and Still?] Held in Deerfield MA Collection |Game=Wicket

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

|State=MA ...e most friendly feeling was shown between the two parties.&nbsp; After the game was through those who had taken part in the play were invited by the Aquila

|Headline=Trophy Ball Kept in 22nd MA Regiment ...p;are we sure that the lemon peel style was closely associated with the MA game?</p>

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{{Predecessor Game |Game=Base Ball

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|State=MA |Game=Massachusetts Game,

|State=MA |Game=Cricket, Wicket

|Location=MA, |State=MA

|Headline=MA Gents Recall Boyhood Games in 1830s: Cat, Wicket, OFBB ...s reported in 1886, a reunion of men who played together in East Granville MA held a reunion and reflected on their youthful play. The account, which fi

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...ed myself as well as I could for the coming struggle &amp; then had a good game of ball.&rdquo; Willsey mentions a match against the 35^th NY on ...ame of Ball from being played. Our boys were opposed by the 37th Mass at a game of wicket making 337 tallies, while the 37^th only made 200.&rdqu

|State=MA |Description=<p><em>Boston Traveler</em>, May 2, 1857 mentions a practice game of this club.</p>

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...can</em>, Sept. 11, 1867 mentions the Eagle Club of Windsor Locks losing a game to Thompsonville. It is unclear which of these two teams might have been th ...ord&nbsp;<em>Connecticut Courant</em>, Nov. 9, 1867;&nbsp;The Springfield [MA]&nbsp;<em>Republican</em>, Sept. 11, 1867, Nov. 6, 1866</p>

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|State=MA |Game=Massachusetts Run-Around,Town Ball

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|Headline=Game of Wicket Near Springfield Goes Bad |State=MA

|Headline=Ball Play and Word Play from Boston MA ...ercase['s] neighbor, in his treatment of his children, reminded him of the game of ball - he was eternally batting them and they were always bawling."</p>

|Headline=Small Cambridge MA Schoolground Crimps Base and Cricket Play |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=<p>(Massachusetts game - 75 tallies constituting game)</p>

|Headline=In 19th MA Camp, “Base Ball Fever Broke Out” in 1863 ...ed the 7^th Michigan to play for sixty dollars a side. . . . The game was played and witnessed by nearly all of our division, and the 19<sup>th</

|State=MA ...he Bunker Hill Club met in the morning, at Somerville, where they played a game of base ball."</p>

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|Headline=Four-day Attendance of 40,000 Souls Watch Famous Roundball Game in Worcester |State=MA

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|State=MA |Game=Game of Ball

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

|State=MA ...The Lightfoot Club of Neponset and the Bowdoin Club of Dorchester played a game in Dorchester on Saturday last..." with the former winning 100-18.</p>

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|State=MA |Game=Massachusetts Game, Bat and Ball

|Headline=Newell Sees Baseball&#39;s Roots in MA |Game=

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|State=MA <p>Sharon MA (1860 pop. about 1400&nbsp;) is about 20 miles SW of Boston.&nbsp;</p>

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|Game=Wicket |Text=<p>A man drives his wagon along a road in Great Barrington MA, passing though was a dozen wicket players think of as their regular playin

|State=MA <p>"Ball Game--The Aurora Ball Club and the Olympic Club will play best 3 in 5 games at B

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...At any rate, if members of your Commission question the antiquity of the game (Round Ball) we have Mr. Taft still living who played it 83 years ago, and ...aft. In this letter Sargent also reports that in Stoddard's opinion, "the game of Round Ball or Base ball is one and the same thing, and that it dates bac

|State=MA |Description=<p>A game in Providence, RI was umpired by J. B. Gough Pidge of the "Newton College C

...edford<span>&nbsp;clubs in those days were willing to play by either NY or MA rules.</span></p>

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|State=MA ...against the Olympic. See games tabulation. They probably played under the MA rules, or variant. They practiced on the Commons in July.</p>

|State=MA <p>See also game listing for Tufts College Freshman game.</p>

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|Headline=NY and MA Regiments Play Two Games Near the Civil War Front |Game=Base Ball,

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|Game=Base Ball, ...ke is 75 miles northeast of Milwaukee.&nbsp;Sounds like they played the MA game, no?</p>

|State=MA ...zen references to playing ball, but they do not describe the nature of the game. &nbsp;His first such entry, from April 22, 1796, is "I exercise considerab

...outside of town on the Ticktown Pike." June 12th saw another "grand match game of base-ball..."&nbsp;

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|State=MA |Description=A visitor sees a game of base ball in Waltham, with ex-Gov. N. P. Banks being one of the players

|Headline="Greatest Game of Base Ball Ever Played in this Country" |State=MA

|Headline=Massachusetts Regiments Play NY Game Most, Mass Game Some ...oits the rest of the time. We play the New York Gam most of the time. Mass Game some We Changle other Regement and thay us the 25 Mass is the Best plays 46

|Game Official=John Cadman of Columbia of Chatham Four Corners <p>The Pitttsfield (MA)&nbsp;<em>Sun</em>, Aug. 10, 1865 reports on a game Aug. 8th at Chatham, NY between the Lincoln Club of Albany and the Columbia

|State=MA |Comment=<p>A brief account of this game, and a photo of the ball used in the game, is in the Boston Globe, Dec. 25, 1910.</p>

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|State=MA ...Nov. 1, 1860 reports on an "unfinished game" between these two clubs. Same game?</p>

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|State=MA ...e off victorious, leading their opponents nine tallies at the close of the game.&nbsp; The two clubs are composed of young men.&rdquo;)</p>

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|Headline="Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in Worcester MA on Election Day |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Massachusetts Game,

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

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|Headline=The Tide Starts Turning in New England - Trimountain Club Adopts NY Game |State=MA

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|State=MA ...24 pages are given over to base ball, the newly composed rules for the MA game. Block: "Its historical significance lies in the fact that this was the fir

|State=MA |Game=Round Ball

|State=MA ...brought to a close at 5 ½ o’clock, it being too dark to play longer.  The game will probably not be finished this fall. / In consequence of the business

|Headline=Barre Club Challenge to Six Nearby MA Towns -- $100 Grand Prize Planned |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

...gests they played the Canadian baseball game, 11 a side, resembling the MA game.</p>

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|Headline=13th Massachusetts looks forward to an "exciting game" ...tter from a soldier of the 13th MA, in Williamsport, MD: "We are to have a game of base ball on that day [Thanksgiving], between the right and left wings o

|Headline=MA :Paper Sees Desecration in Older "Bat and Ball" Players |State=MA

|State=MA ...The <em>Nantucket Island Review</em> Aug. 14, 1875 has a long article on a game played Wednesday at Myrick's Grove between these two nines. Gives a box sco

{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1815

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 92</p>

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Cricket

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 93</p>

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game Official=E. Goodrich

|State=MA ...adult of African lineage to play on an integrated team in a standard match game.&nbsp; The first baseman&nbsp;is listed in box-scores of the first 13 match

|Headline="Base Ball" and "Bat and Ball" Seen as the Same Game |Game=Base Ball, Bat-and-Ball

|State=MA ...club among us?" Evidently a club was forming. Same June 5, 1874: "A match game of base ball took place at East Gloucester on Saturday, between the Mutuals

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|Headline=CT and MA Teams Match Up for Five Games of Wicket ...games, but the Hartford players beating them five times in succession, the game was considered fairly decided, and the remaining four games were not played

|Game=Bat-and-Ball ...65, page 68. The original diary is held at the Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem MA.<em>&nbsp;</em></p>

|State=MA |Game=Round Ball

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|Game=Bass-ball ...dentifies the <em>Berkshire American</em> as being published in Pittsfield MA 1825-28.</p>

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 93</p>

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball

|State=MA |Description=<p>Intersquad game</p>

{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

|State=MA ...were then challenged by the Hampshire Club, of Northampton, Mass, and the game was won by Lowell, on the 18th of Oct., 1864. [Peverelly, page 92.]

|State=MA |Game Official=E. C. Meacham

|State=MA |Game Official=Charles Sumner

|State=MA |Game=Massachusetts Game

|State=MA |Game Official=John Lacker of Hampshire of Northampshire

|State=MA |Game=Ball

|Headline=Students Play Ball Game at Progressive School in Northampton MA |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=Bull Pen,Foot Ball

|State=MA |Game=Cricket, Base Ball,

|State=MA |Game Official=Ryder

|State=MA |Game Official=F. W. Rogers

|State=MA ...Association, (100 points to be game,) &hellip;&rdquo;&nbsp; This 16-inning game, like the one on 19 June, was marred by a player receiving an accidental bl

|State=MA |Description=Intersquad game

|State=MA |Description=scrub game, played indoors

|State=MA ...ng they voted to reconsider."&nbsp; . . . (There is no indication of which game they actually played). The club voted to play once a week on Saturdays at s

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball

|State=MA ...nbsp;<em>Barnstable Patriot</em>, Oct. 8, 1867 reports that after a pickup game in Hyannis, the locals formed the Iyannough BBC, with E. N. Winslow as pres

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 92</p>

|State=MA |Description=<p>(Massachusetts game rules; game called at 7:15 PM after 57 innings, when the Bay State Club &ldquo;acknowle

|State=MA |Game Official=H. P. Sullivan of Lowell of Bos

|State=MA |Game Official=H. P. Sullivan of Lowell of Bos

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{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game=

|State=MA |Game Official=E. Goodrich of Pittsfield

|State=MA ...d "Balls" were to be used for, but it is interesting that any bat and ball game could already have been regarded as ancient at Harvard in 1781."</p>

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Description=Intersquad game

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 93</p>

|State=MA |Sources=<p><span>(1) &ldquo;Match Game of Base Ball in Upton,&rdquo;&nbsp;</span><em>Boston Herald,</em><span>&nbs

|State=MA |Game Official=M. E. Chandler of Tri-Mountain of Bos

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

...e=Oliver Wendell Holmes Recalls Schoolboy Baseball and Phillips Academy in MA |State=MA

|Headline=New York Game Seen in Boston: Portland [ME] 47, Tri-Mountains 42. |State=MA

|State=MA |Game Official=James D. Lovett of Lowell of Bos

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Round Ball in MA in 1840

..."the American game of base ball." We pity Scotland." and the Springfield [MA] <em>Republican</em>, Aug. 19, 1870: "Base-ball is popular in Scotland."</s |Comment=<p>For a much more extensive treatment of this game, see&nbsp;https://baseballgb.co.uk/?p=16856</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=James D. Lovett of Lowell of Bos

|State=MA |Game Number=

|State=MA |Sources=<p>Peverelly's National Game: 91. Morris, "Baseball Founders"</p>

|State=MA |Description=Interclub game

...rted in Porter's Spirit on August 21, 1860. Lansingburgh NY vs. Pittsfield MA.</p> <p>Chatham, NY is about 20 miles W of Pittsfield MA and about 20 miles SW of Albany. Lansingburgh NY is about 4 miles N of Troy

|State=MA <p>(<em>New York Clipper:</em> &ldquo;The challenge game of Base Ball &hellip; was witnessed by a very large number of spectators, w

|State=MA |Game Official=James D. Lovett of Lowell of Bos

|State=MA |Game Official=George A. Flagg of Harvard '66 of Cambridge

|State=MA |Game Official=L. Leland of Granite of Holliston

|State=MA |Game Official=William Brookhouse of Little Blue Family School, Farmington

|State=MA |Game Number=

|State=MA |Game Number=

|State=MA |Game Number=

|State=MA |Game Official=A. Pratt of Williams College '65

|State=MA |Description=Intersquad game

|Headline=In 10th MA: Ballplaying Has “Become a Mania” in 1863 Camp, Wicket Also Played in 1 ...passage. The 10^th lists an “Alpheus Parker,” from Colrain in NW MA, on its Company G rolls. The Tenth’s winter camp in 1862-63 was near Falm

|State=MA |Game Official=John Sackett of Northampton

...sp;</span><em>bafeball</em><span>&nbsp;in 1791&nbsp;</span>Pittsfield&nbsp;MA<span>.</span></p>

|State=MA |Game Official=Miller

|Headline=Round Ball Played in MA |Game=Round Ball,

|State=MA |Description=<p>Game to 65</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=C. Watson of Harvard College of Cambridge

{{Predecessor Game |Game=Canadian Game

|State=MA |Game Official=H. B. Parker of Harvard College of Cambridge

|State=MA |Description=<p>Aug. 10 newspaper says game played "recently"</p>

|Headline=Exciting Round Ball Game Played on Boston Common, Ends With 100-to-98 Tally |State=MA

{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game of ball in Bellingham in 1840

|State=MA |Game=Wicket, American Cricket,

|State=MA |Game Official=H. P. Sullivan of Lowell of Bos

|State=MA ...858) reported on the Thanksgiving Day ball game: "At the conclusion of the game, Mr. Cook, in a few appropriate remarks in behalf of the Bristol County Clu

|Game=Baseball, ...es: J. Nakookoo, 2b; J. Naone, ss; and G. Laanui, rf. The Pacifics won the game 11-9.</p>

|State=MA |Description=<p>This team had a weekly game. See New Bedford Evening Standard, March 24, March 31, April 6, May 3, May

|State=MA |Description=<p>The <em>Boston Herald</em> Oct. 12, 1860 reports on &nbsp;a game between the Old Hickory of Weymouth and the Columbian of Abington.</p>

|Headline=Northampton MA Prohibits Downtown Ballplaying (and Stone-Throwing) |Game=Bat-Ball

|Headline=27th MA Plays Baseball Under Enemy Fire |Game=Base Ball

|State=MA |Game Official=George A. Flagg of Harvard '66 of Cambridge

|State=MA |Game Official=Henry K. Bushnell of Bowdoin of Boston

|State=MA |Game Official=John A. Lowell of Bowdoin of Bos

...lebrating generic ball play," - evidently meant to include the tennis-like game of fives- and Block adds that "[i]llustrating the poem are several woodcuts

|State=MA |Game Number=

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA ...Massachusetts Association.”)</p><p>(<i>Boston Herald </i>(2): “The match game … is to be played … on Friday, commencing at ten o’clock A. M.”)</

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|State=MA |Game Official=John Sackett of Northampton

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA ...re-Civil War. It reorganized in 1865, which is when it played a documented game Aug. 18 on the Brookfield Commons, against a Brookfield club. They switched

|State=MA |Game Official=A. M. Bush of Knickerbocker

|State=MA |Description=<p>(Massachusetts game)</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=John A. Lowell of Bowdoin of Bos

|State=MA |Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Herald</em>, Aug. 31, 1860 reports on a game between two city juvenile clubs, with the Emmet beating the Warren 49-48.</

|Headline=The Ballgames "Old Cat" and "Base" Played in Concord MA |Game=Base Ball

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

|State=MA |Description=Freshman 36, Sophs 22, in the annual frosh-soph game

|State=MA |Game Official=C Wiggins of Chicopee of Chicopee

|State=MA |Game Official=Levi Ross of Springfield

|State=MA |Game Official=S. H. Valentine of Amherst College of Amherst

|Game=Wicket ...o meet the same number of young men, of Southwick village, to play the rub game at Wicket Ball, near C. Hayes' Hotel, Granby, to be determined upon by the

|State=MA |Game Official=J. Morran of Eureka of South Adams

|Game Official=Henry J. Mowry of Manlius <p>The Peterboro nine included 5 players from the Lowell Club of Boston, MA.</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=John Sackett of Northampton

|State=MA |Game Number=

|State=MA |Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Herald</em>, Sept. 29, 1860 reports a game between the Boyleston of Boston and the Minor Club of the "Island Ward." Th

...Fairchild's History of the 27th NY as noting games played between the 19th MA and 7th MI.</p> <p>Same page 146: On St. Patrick's Day "regiments of the VI Corps played a game of baseball."</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=George A. Flagg of Harvard '66 of Cambridge

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|State=MA |Game Official=George A. Flagg of Harvard '66 of Cambridge

...s that on the 16th, near Falmouth, VA, the 10th MA and 62nd NY had a match game won by the New Yorkers 19-8. Tow days previous, the 62nd (Anderson's Zouave

|State=MA ...ription=<p>The Greenfield Gazette, Aug. 13, 1865, gives the box score of a game where the Notunck BBC of Greenfield defeated the Mountain of Conway, 54-25.

|State=MA |Description=<p>(<em>BH:</em> &ldquo;The game was played by invitation of the Forest Club &hellip;.&rdquo;)</p>

|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

|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.</p>

<p>Bardeen's note--"This was the 26th Pa. but I have really forgotten the game of ball."</p> <p>Bardeen was with the 1st MA Infantry.</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=F. W. Rogers of Resolute of NY

|State=MA ...e most friendly feeling was shown between the two parties.&nbsp; After the game was through those who had taken part in the play were invited by the Aquila

|State=MA ...sp;<em>Boston Journal</em>, June 12, 1867: "Dorchester. Base Ball. A match game of base ball was played Saturday afternoon in Dorchester between the first

|State=MA ...given the Benicia B.B.C. of South Danvers an invitation to play a friendly game on Lynn Common.... O. L. Baldwin is President of the Lynn Club."</p>

...tation VA in spring of 1864.</p><p>The cancelled April 8^th 1864 game was also noted in the <u>New York Clipper</u> of April 30, 1864. As noted i

...ly NY rules. Plus the score (100) sounds more like the MA game than the NY game.</p>

|State=MA |Game Official=Henry K. Bushnell of Bowdoin of Boston

|State=MA |Description=<p>(Massachusetts game &ndash; return match of last year)</p>

|State=MA <p>(home-and-home game)</p>

|State=MA ...e most friendly feeling was shown between the two parties.&nbsp; After the game was through those who had taken part in the play were invited by the Aquila

|Game=Cricket ...ment for the club in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boston (MA) Gazette</span> for November 17, 1808. <strong>Note:</strong> Ryczek dates