1805.2
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Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | BansBans |
| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | Portland, ME, United States |
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| Game | Bat and BallBat and Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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| Text | "[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." |
| Sources | The 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," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, see p. 244 and note #70. |
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1805.2 Portland ME Bans "Playing at Bat and Ball in the Streets""
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