In Westfield in 1831

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Date of Game	1831
Game	Ball
Location	Westfield, MA, United States
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Description	An 1831 letter says that at the Westfield Athenaeum (High School) they were "playing ball" Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the letter writer had a sore hand from the play.This is clearly a bat-ball reference, but we cannot be more exact as to the game.
Sources	Genovese, Daniel L, The Old Ball Ground: The Chronological History of Westfield Baseball (2007), vol. 2 page vi.
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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