1867.25

The End for the Massachusetts Game?

Salience	Prominent
Tags	Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules
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Text	"The Massachusetts Base Ball Association, composed of clubs playing what is know [sic] as the Massachusetts game, has been broken up, and most of the clubs are now practicing the National game."
Sources	Boston American Traveler, July 20, 1867.
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Comment	Bob Tholkes, 5/6/2021: "Didn't know there was a funeral announcement." Richard Hershberger, 5/6/2021: "I don't know of any report of the association meeting or otherwise showing any sign of life after the war." In a 5/9/2021 search, Protoball doesn't find one after 1866 either. Note: Protoball has an 1868 clipping of a throwback game (28 innings, score 24-23) played by Mass rules. See https://protoball.org/Clipping:The_Mohawk_Club_reverts_to_amateur. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Might the New England Base Ballist, still alive in 1868, show more about the final passing on the game? All in all, does the Mass Game differ in major ways from English Base Ball as we now understand it? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	Email of 5/6/2021
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