Bugle Field
Bugle Field was a
An earlier Negro league baseball field was the "Maryland Baseball Park", 1923–1929. Games were also played at the old Westport Stadium, near Old Annapolis Road (Maryland Route 648) and Waterview Avenue, in the Westport neighborhood of southwest Baltimore. The site location was impacted by the routing and construction, in the early 1950s, of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (Interstate 295) going north into downtown on Russell Street.
Players that the field served include
Bugle Field had opened in 1910,(Baltimore Sun, September 19, 1949, p. 28) and its 40th season would be its last. The final game was played on September 18, 1949. The Elites defeated the Chicago American Giants 5–4 to take a two games to none lead in the playoff series.(Baltimore Sun, September 19, 1949, p. 18) Despite being compelled to stage their next game at a neutral site in Virginia and finish the series in Chicago, the Elites would go on to sweep the Giants four games to none.(Baltimore Sun, September 23, 1949, p. 42)
Sources
- Baseball in Baltimore, The First 100 Years, by James H. Bready.
- Baltimore News-American Newspaper, September 1949.
- Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, September 1949.
References
- ^ "Sports in Baltimore Maryland". www.kilduffs.com.
- ^ MacGillis, Alec (December 26, 2000). "Louis C. Thuman, 84, major-league pitcher". The Baltimore Sun.
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