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| - | + | Writing on early baseball in the year 1883, W. W. Newell says: | |
| - | + | “The present scientific game . . . was known in Massachusetts, twenty years ago, as the ‘New York game.’ A ruder form of Base-ball has been played in some Massachusetts towns for a century; while in other parts of New England no game with the ball was formerly known except “Hockey.” There was great local variety in these sports.” | |
| - | Newell, William W., Games and Songs of American Children (Dover, New York, 1963 | + | Newell, William W., Games and Songs of American Children (Dover, New York, 1963 – originally published 1883) page 184. Note: The omission of wicket – and arguably cricket – from Newell’s account is interesting here. The claim that hockey was seen as a ball game is also interesting. |
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