Site of First Intercollegiate Baseball Game - Pittsfield, MA
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N 42° 27.308 W 073° 15.104
18T E 643753 N 4701791
A monument commemorating the first intercollegiate baseball is located at North and Maplewood Streets in Pittsfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMHGQ1
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2013
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The first intercollegiate baseball game occurred, on July 1, 1859, between Amherst College of Amherst, MA and Williams College of Williamstown, MA. Amherst College won the game 73–32.
A bronze plaque attached to a boulder is inscribed:
THE FIRST INTER-COLLEGIATE BASEBALL GAME
IN AMERICA
WAS PLAYED ON THIS SITE
JULY 1, 1859
BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND AMHERST COLLEGES
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE PITTSFIELD BASEBALL CLUB
THE THREE AND ONE-HALF HOUR CONTEST WAS WON
BY AMHERST 73 TO 32
GAME RE-ENACTED DURING BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
IN 1976 AT WAHCONAH PARK
Agency Responsible for Placement: Unknown
County: Berkshire
City/Town Name: Pittsfield
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Year Placed: Not listed
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