Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 40
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|Pagetext=Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38 says that in 1886 the Gloucester team dropped out of this league, which had been established the year before, due to lack of local interest. I have found no mention of baseball in Gloucester prior to the 1885 forming of this league. | |Pagetext=Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38 says that in 1886 the Gloucester team dropped out of this league, which had been established the year before, due to lack of local interest. I have found no mention of baseball in Gloucester prior to the 1885 forming of this league. | ||
The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870, marveled that: "Gloucester has 12,000 inhabitants and no base ball club!" | The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870, marveled that: "Gloucester has 12,000 inhabitants and no base ball club!" | ||
Gloucester is a fishing town north of Boston. I can only speculate that baseball interest was minimal here since most of the town's young men were usually out in the Atlantic fishing. | Gloucester is a fishing town north of Boston. I can only speculate that baseball interest was minimal here since most of the town's young men were usually out in the Atlantic fishing. | ||
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| + | Gloucester MA (current pop. about 29,000) is about 30 miles NE of Boston. | ||
|Sources=Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38; The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870 | |Sources=Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38; The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870 | ||
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| Location | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1885 |
| City | Gloucester |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38 says that in 1886 the Gloucester team dropped out of this league, which had been established the year before, due to lack of local interest. I have found no mention of baseball in Gloucester prior to the 1885 forming of this league. The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870, marveled that: "Gloucester has 12,000 inhabitants and no base ball club!" Gloucester is a fishing town north of Boston. I can only speculate that baseball interest was minimal here since most of the town's young men were usually out in the Atlantic fishing.
Gloucester MA (current pop. about 29,000) is about 30 miles NE of Boston.
Sources
Charles Bevis, "The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949" p. 38; The Springfield (MA) Republican, June 13, 1870
