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|Text=<p>"no ball playing has been going on during the past summer [1869] on the old ball ground at the south end of the park. . . . [I have?] spent many a happy hour ball-playing on that ground . . . . I have known that ground for twenty-five years and I have never known a serious accident to happen to passers-by."</p> | |Text=<p>"no ball playing has been going on during the past summer [1869] on the old ball ground at the south end of the park. . . . [I have?] spent many a happy hour ball-playing on that ground . . . . I have known that ground for twenty-five years and I have never known a serious accident to happen to passers-by."</p> | ||
<p>"Ball Playing," <i>Western Hampden Times</i>, September 1869, written by "1843." As cited in Genovese, Daniel L, <u>The Old Ball Ground: The Chronological History of Westfield Baseball</u> (2004), pages 1-2. Genovese concludes, "That would mean that baseball was played in Westfield at least as far back as 1844, and probably further [Genovese, page 2.]. Westfield MA is about 8 miles west of Springfield. MA. <b>Note: </b> Could the writer have played wicket or other ballgames at the old ground?</p> | <p>"Ball Playing," <i>Western Hampden Times</i>, September 1869, written by "1843." As cited in Genovese, Daniel L, <u>The Old Ball Ground: The Chronological History of Westfield Baseball</u> (2004), pages 1-2. Genovese concludes, "That would mean that baseball was played in Westfield at least as far back as 1844, and probably further [Genovese, page 2.]. Westfield MA is about 8 miles west of Springfield. MA. <b>Note: </b> Could the writer have played wicket or other ballgames at the old ground?</p> | ||
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| Text | "no ball playing has been going on during the past summer [1869] on the old ball ground at the south end of the park. . . . [I have?] spent many a happy hour ball-playing on that ground . . . . I have known that ground for twenty-five years and I have never known a serious accident to happen to passers-by." "Ball Playing," Western Hampden Times, September 1869, written by "1843." As cited in Genovese, Daniel L, The Old Ball Ground: The Chronological History of Westfield Baseball (2004), pages 1-2. Genovese concludes, "That would mean that baseball was played in Westfield at least as far back as 1844, and probably further [Genovese, page 2.]. Westfield MA is about 8 miles west of Springfield. MA. Note: Could the writer have played wicket or other ballgames at the old ground? |
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