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{{Club
{{Club
|Coordinates=42.2685574, -72.08503999999999
|Coordinates=42.2685574, -72.08503999999999
|Entry Origin=
|Entry Origin Url=
|Name=Lightfoot Club of North Brookfield
|Name=Lightfoot Club of North Brookfield
|Club Name=Lightfoot
|Club Name=Lightfoot
|Type of Date=Year
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1866/03/01
|Date=1860/01/01
|Date Note=
|Is Foundation Date=
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Note=
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|State=MA
|State=MA
|Borough=
|City=North Brookfield
|City=North Brookfield
|Modern Address=
|NABBP Status=
|NABBP Note=
|Nine Class=Senior
|Nine Class=Senior
|Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Daily Advertiser</em>, Sept. 4, 1866 has the Lightfoot of North Brookfield playing the Nemanseck of Ware.</p>
|Description=<p>Morris, "Base Ball Founders" pp. 299-302 says the Lightfoot claimed to have started in 1850 and played by the MA rules pre-Civil War. It reorganized in 1865, which is when it played a documented game Aug. 18 on the Brookfield Commons, against a Brookfield club. They switched to the national rules in 1866.</p>
<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Daily Advertiser</em>, Sept. 4, 1866 has the Lightfoot of North Brookfield playing the Nemanseck of Ware.</p>
<p>The North Brookfield Annual Report, 1859-61, Feb. 13, 1860 report says the Lightfoot BBC owes the town $5.00.</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Daily Advertiser</em>, Sept. 4, 1866</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Boston Daily Advertiser</em>, Sept. 4, 1866</p>
<p>The Worcester&nbsp;<em>Massachusetts Spy</em>, Aug. 26, 1865</p>
<p>Morris, "Base Ball Founders" pp. 299-302</p>
|Source Image=
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Comment=
|Query=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice,
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submission Note=
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|First in Location=
|First in Location Note=
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Nick Name Lightfoot
Earliest Known Date 1860
Location North Brookfield, MA, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

Morris, "Base Ball Founders" pp. 299-302 says the Lightfoot claimed to have started in 1850 and played by the MA rules pre-Civil War. It reorganized in 1865, which is when it played a documented game Aug. 18 on the Brookfield Commons, against a Brookfield club. They switched to the national rules in 1866.

The Boston Daily Advertiser, Sept. 4, 1866 has the Lightfoot of North Brookfield playing the Nemanseck of Ware.

The North Brookfield Annual Report, 1859-61, Feb. 13, 1860 report says the Lightfoot BBC owes the town $5.00.

Sources

The Boston Daily Advertiser, Sept. 4, 1866

The Worcester Massachusetts Spy, Aug. 26, 1865

Morris, "Base Ball Founders" pp. 299-302

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Ballgame 1859-09-10 MA Lightfoot Club of North Brookfield Club of Spencer 58 - 38 Bruce Allardice

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