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[[Image:leagueparksign.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Darryl Mozena]] LEAGUE PARK. See: [[COMISKEY PARK]] | [[Image:leagueparksign.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Darryl Mozena]] LEAGUE PARK. | ||
Located on Washington Street between 26th and 27 [[STREETS]], League Park was also called the Dubuque Ball Park. | |||
In centerfield stood a large bull, an advertisement for a tobacco company. In 1913 from that spot Larry LeJeune threw a ball over the grandstands behind homeplate and into the front yard of a house across the street, a total of 431 feet. | |||
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"Way Back When," ''Telegraph Herald'', October 3, 1971, p. 21 | |||
See: [[COMISKEY PARK]] | |||
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Revision as of 16:41, 25 April 2019
LEAGUE PARK.
Located on Washington Street between 26th and 27 STREETS, League Park was also called the Dubuque Ball Park.
In centerfield stood a large bull, an advertisement for a tobacco company. In 1913 from that spot Larry LeJeune threw a ball over the grandstands behind homeplate and into the front yard of a house across the street, a total of 431 feet.
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Source:
"Way Back When," Telegraph Herald, October 3, 1971, p. 21
See: COMISKEY PARK