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Gunnery School in CT Imports Base Ball from NY

Salience Noteworthy
Location Connecticut
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Youth
Text

"The Gunnery [School] in Washington CT imported baseball from NY when Judge William Van Cott's sons came to the school in the late 1850s (we don't have exact dates). They had been playing different versions of the game with neighboring town teams and pick up teams for quite some time. The Litchfield Enquirer carried the box scores. The teams were not exclusively students, some adults played."

Paula Krimsky, 19CBB posting, 10/26/2006.

Sources

Mark Rhodes, Metropolitan Baseball n a Small Town Setting (Gunn Scholar Series, volume II (2004).  Available via archives of the Gunnery School.  Box scores from the Litchfield Enquirer are available on microfiche from the Litchfield Historical Society.

Warning

We have not inspected the data on play at the Gunnery School to determine if New York rules were used.

Comment

Washington, Connecticut (2000 census about 3,600) is about 40 miles W of Hartford, and about 15 miles NW of Waterbury.

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