Early baseball in Massachusetts/Predecessor Game 22
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Spread of baseball: Home -> Massachusetts -> Early baseball in Massachusetts/Predecessor Game 22 |
Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1816 |
City | Worcester |
State | MA |
Country | US |
Name of game | ball-playing |
“Ball-playing” in the streets of Worcester, Massachusetts is forbidden by ordinance.
Worcester, MA Town Records, May 6, 1816; reprinted in Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Town Records, 1801 – 1816, volume X [Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1891], p. 337. Also appears in Henderson, p. 150 [No ref given], and Holliman, per Guschov.