Early baseball in New Hampshire/Game 1
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| Location | New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1860 |
| State | NH |
| Country | US |
| Was NY rules baseball | Doubtful |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Stars of East |
| Team 1 Score | 28 |
| Team 2 Score | 23 |
In adjacent brief clippings in the Mears Collection (dated “May 1860” by hand), disparate intramural games are described for two clubs. In one, “the stars of the East” played an in-house 28-23 game under National Association Rules -- nine players, nine innings, the usual fielding positions neatly assigned. The other was a two-inning contest with twelve-player sides and a [smudge-obscured] score of about 70 to 70. This latter game does not resemble contours on the Massachusetts game – it’s hard to construe it having a one-out-side-out rule --, but it’s not wicket, for the club is named the “Granite Base Ball Club.” The run distribution in the box score is consistent with the use of all-out-side-out innings. Note: What were these fellows playing? Both NH game accounts were in The New York Clipper. Facsimiles from the Mears Collection provided by Craig Waff, September2008.
