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New Bedford Bans "Playing at Ball"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | BansBans |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | New Bedford, MA, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | BallBall |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | UnknownUnknown |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | An 1822 bylaw levied a fine to anyone who would “play at ball, fly a kite or run down hill upon a sled… in any street of that part of the town commonly called the Village of New-Bedford”. Thomas Rodman wrote about being “initiated into the mysteries of Foot-ball, Base and every game boys pursue” when he was a student at Friends Academy in the mid-1830s. |
| Sources | https://scvbb.org/2008/04/01/new-bedford-high-school-baseball-150-years-ago/ |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1822.7 New Bedford Bans "Playing at Ball""
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