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Calvin Coolidge: I recall that when I was Governor of Massachusetts I signed a bill permitting the playing of baseball on Sunday, not…

On the recordMarch 11, 1926
I recall that when I was Governor of Massachusetts I signed a bill permitting the playing of baseball on Sunday, not professional baseball and not baseball where any admission is charged.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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