1860.1

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75 Clubs Playing Massachusetts Game in MA

Salience Noteworthy
Location New England
City/State/Country: MA, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Sources

Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, March 24, 1860. Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. 

Warning

According to the Boston Herald (April 9, 1860), the MABBP convention drew only 33 delegates from 12 clubs.

 

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The claim of 75 clubs appears in the MABBP's convention announcement.

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Query

Can this estimate be reconciled with #1859.40 above? The number of clubs doubled in one year?

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Submission Note Comment and warning by Robert Tholkes 11/11/2013



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