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"Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in MA on Election Day
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | HolidaysHolidays |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Worcester, MA, US |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Cricket, Base, Long BallCricket, Base, Long Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| Age of Players | Youth, AdultYouth, Adult |
| Holiday | Election Day |
| Notables | |
| 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. |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
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1831.5 "Cricket, Base, and Long Ball" Played in MA on Election Day"
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