![1884-style baseball in Roslindale](https://universalhub.com/files/styles/main_image_-_bigger/public/images/2019/oldball.jpg)
Paul Friedmann took in a baseball game between the Boston Union Vintage Base Ball Club and the Providence Grays at Fallon Field in Roslindale yesterday.
Friedmann watched their first match, played according to 1884 rules - in which none of the fielders, save the catcher, wears a glove. After they were done, the were scheduled to play a game based on 1864 rules.
Gloveless first baseman:
![Gloveless first baseman](/images/2019/oldball3.jpg)
![Gloveless first baseman](/images/2019/oldball2.jpg)
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By GenericUsername
Wed, 09/15/2021 - 6:35pm
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More Vintage Baseball
By ElizaLeila
Tue, 05/21/2019 - 1:19pm
If you're looking for more, I know about a game played in August up in Newbury, during the Fiber Revival at the Spencer Peirce Little Farm:
There's probably other games during the summer, but this is one I'm definitely aware of.
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