Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 2
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Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1858 |
Month | 5 |
Date | 29 |
City | Westfield |
State | MA |
Country | US |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Unknown |
Team 1 | Atwater Club side 1 |
Team 2 | Atwater Club side 2 |
Daniel Genovese, The Old Ball Ground (Infinity Publishing, 2004), page 28-29, describes the Atwaters as advocates of the New York game. However, the game descriptions do not reveal specify characteristics of the Association rules.