Eagle Archives, Oct. 18, 1976: The unwary souls who happened upon the Sheffield Center School playground thought they had found Mars, or at the very least Middle Earth. There, in
Boston Corners, 1853 was a hangout, a resort for fugitives and criminals. Prize fighting was prosecuted in New York State. Prize fighters were arrested for unlawful assembly, breach of the peace, “affray, rout and riot.” Prize fighting was not prosecuted in Massachusetts and therein hangs the tale.