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|Year=1831 | |Year=1831 | ||
|Year Number=5 | |Year Number=5 | ||
|Headline="Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in MA on Election Day | |Headline="Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in Worcester MA on Election Day | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Holidays, | |Tags=Holidays, | ||
| | |Country=United States | ||
| | |Coordinates=42.2625932, -71.8022934 | ||
|State=MA | |State=MA | ||
|City=Worcester | |City=Worcester | ||
|Game=Cricket, Base, Long Ball, | |Game=Cricket, Base, Long Ball, | ||
|Age of Players= | |Age of Players=Juvenile | ||
|Holiday=Election Day | |Holiday=Election Day | ||
|Text=<p>When the Massachusetts Legislature announced that Election Day would be moved from May to January, a protest was lodged in a newspaper, recalling:</p> | |Text=<p>When the Massachusetts Legislature announced that Election Day would be moved from May to January, a protest was lodged in a newspaper, recalling:</p> | ||
<p>". . then amusements were planned; then were hunting matches and fishing parties made; then was the quoit hurled in the air; then were <strong>cricket, base, </strong>and <strong>long-ball </strong> played; then were sports of every kind, appropriate to the season, sought after and enjoyed with particular zest."</p> | <p>". . then amusements were planned; then were hunting matches and fishing parties made; then was the quoit hurled in the air; then were <strong>cricket, base, </strong>and <strong>long-ball </strong> played; then were sports of every kind, appropriate to the season, sought after and enjoyed with particular zest."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p><em>'Lection Day</em>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">National Aegis</span> (Worcester Massachusetts), June 15, 1831, page 1, as cited in David Block, <em>Polish Workers Play Ball at Jamestown, Virginia,</em> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, volume 5, number 2 (Spring 2011), page 8. | |Sources=<p><em>'Lection Day</em>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">National Aegis</span> (Worcester Massachusetts), June 15, 1831, page 1, as cited in David Block, <em>Polish Workers Play Ball at Jamestown, Virginia,</em> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, volume 5, number 2 (Spring 2011), page 8. (The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">National Aegis</span> credits the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Constellation</span> with the article, but David Block notes that the subject is clearly the lot of Massachusetts children not those in New York City.)</p> | ||
|Submitted by=David Block | |Submitted by=David Block | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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"Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in Worcester MA on Election Day
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | HolidaysHolidays |
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| City/State/Country: | Worcester, MA, United States |
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| Game | Cricket, Base, Long BallCricket, Base, Long Ball |
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| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
| Holiday | Election Day |
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| Text | When the Massachusetts Legislature announced that Election Day would be moved from May to January, a protest was lodged in a newspaper, recalling: ". . then amusements were planned; then were hunting matches and fishing parties made; then was the quoit hurled in the air; then were cricket, base, and long-ball played; then were sports of every kind, appropriate to the season, sought after and enjoyed with particular zest."
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| Sources | 'Lection Day, National Aegis (Worcester Massachusetts), June 15, 1831, page 1, as cited in David Block, Polish Workers Play Ball at Jamestown, Virginia, Base Ball, volume 5, number 2 (Spring 2011), page 8. (The National Aegis credits the New York Constellation with the article, but David Block notes that the subject is clearly the lot of Massachusetts children not those in New York City.) |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
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