1863.2
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New Marlboro Match Base Ball Co. Goes Hybrid
| Salience | Peripheral |
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| Tags | InterscholasticInterscholastic |
| Location | MassachusettsMassachusetts |
| City/State/Country: | New Marlborough, MA, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | Apparently not liking either the New York Rules or Massachusetts Game Rules, the two formal sets available to them, the boys of the South Berkshire Institute, a prep school in New Marlborough, MA, drew up a hybrid game. Their version is rare in that its documentation has survived. |
| Sources | Richard Hershberger, "The 'New Marlboro Match Base Ball Co.' of 1863", in Base Ball (McFarland, Spring 2010), p. 87. The documents, part of an autograph album, are part of a private collection. |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 3/11/2014 |
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1863.2 New Marlboro Match Base Ball Co. Goes Hybrid"
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