Steve, you are correct that they shifted to the New York game, around 1860, but were founded earlier to play the Massachusetts Game. (According to Lovett) Their shift was very important for the development of the game and the Lowell’s, Harvard and Tri Mountains, the top teams of the 1860’s all played the New York game. The Lowell’s were named after the John Lowell of the Bowdoin team.
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