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|Pagetext=The representatives of ten clubs meet at Dedham, Massachusetts, to form the Massachusetts Association Base Ball Players and to adopt twenty-one rules for their version of base ball. The Massachusetts Game reaffirms many of the older rule practices such as plugging the runner (throwing the ball at the runner to make a put-out). The Massachusetts Game rivals the New York Game for a time but eventually loses support as the popularity of the New York Game expands during the Civil War.
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The representatives of ten clubs meet at Dedham, Massachusetts, to form the Massachusetts Association Base Ball Players and to adopt twenty-one rules for their version of base ball. The Massachusetts Game reaffirms many of the older rule practices such as plugging the runner (throwing the ball at the runner to make a put-out). The Massachusetts Game rivals the New York Game for a time but eventually loses support as the popularity of the New York Game expands during the Civil War.
   
   
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The Base Ball Player's Pocket Companion [Mayhew and Blake, Boston, 1859], pp. 20-22.  Per Sullivan, p. 22.  Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 26-27.  See also David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 219:
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The Base Ball Player’s Pocket Companion [Mayhew and Blake, Boston, 1859], pp. 20-22.  Per Sullivan, p. 22.  Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 26-27.  See also David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 219:
   
   
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The 36-page Mayhew/Baker manual covers the rules and field layouts for both games.  It gamely explains that both game require "equal skill and activity," but leans toward the Mass game, which "deservedly holds the first place in the estimation of all ball players and the public." Still, it admits, the New York game "is fast becoming in this country what cricket is to England, a national game."
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The 36-page Mayhew/Baker manual covers the rules and field layouts for both games.  It gamely explains that both game require “equal skill and activity,” but leans toward the Mass game, which “deservedly holds the first place in the estimation of all ball players and the public.” Still, it admits, the New York game “is fast becoming in this country what cricket is to England, a national game.”
   
   
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The May 15 1858 Boston Traveller reported briefly on the new compact, adding "We congratulate the lovers of this noble and manly pastime." On June 1, the Boston Herald reported on the first game played (before a crowd of 2000-3000 at the Parade Grounds) under the new rules, won in 33 innings by the Winthrops over the Olympics 100-27, and carried a box score.
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The May 15 1858 Boston Traveller reported briefly on the new compact, adding “We congratulate the lovers of this noble and manly pastime.” On June 1, the Boston Herald reported on the first game played (before a crowd of 2000-3000 at the Parade Grounds) under the new rules, won in 33 innings by the Winthrops over the Olympics 100-27, and carried a box score.
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