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Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets" in 1805, Retains Ban in 1824
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | BansBans |
Location | New EnglandNew England |
City/State/Country: | Portland, ME, United States |
Modern Address | |
Game | Bat and BallBat and Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | [A] "[N]o person shall play at the game of bat and ball or shall strike any ball with a bat or other machine in the streets, lanes, or squares of the town on penalty of fifty cents."
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Sources | [A] By Laws of the Town of Portland, in the County of Cumberland, 2nd Edition (John McKown, Portland, 1805), p. 15. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball" (2000), reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, see p. 244 and note #70. [B] By-Laws of the Town of Portland, (Adams and Paine, printers, 1824). |
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Comment | It seems plausible that the fuller language also appeared in the 1805 printing, but was not reported in Tom's 2000 account. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Can we imagine what "other machines" were employed to propel balls in the streets of Portland? Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | John Thorn (1824 cite) |
Submission Note | Email of 11/3/2020 |
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