Federal Writers’ Project (Illinois), Baseball in Old Chicago (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1939); 11.

1. Ogden Park. At the foot of Ontario street. Used by the Excelsiors and other amateur teams prior to 1870.

2. Dexter Park, 42nd and Halsted streets. Used by amateurs before 1870, and by Chicago's first professional team in 1870.

3. Lake Park. A city-owned tract of land on the Lake front at the foot of Washington and Randolph streets. Used as a baseball field by the professional team of 1871 and amateur teams of 1872-1873.

4. Twenty-third Street Park. State and 23rd streets. Used by the professional teams of 1874-1875, and by the first National League teams of 1876-1877. In the fall of 1877, the city council again leased the Lake Park grounds to the Chicago club, which continued to play there until 1884.

5. Loomis Street Park. Congress and Loomis streets. Home of the White Stockings from 1884 until 1893.

6. West Side Park. In the block bounded by Lincoln, Wood, Polk, and Taylor streets. Used by the Chicago National Leaguers from 1893 until after 1900.

7. Original South Side Park, at 35th street and Wentworth Avenue. Used by the short-lived Chicago Brotherhood League, in 1890, under the management of Charles A. Comiskey. [end page 11]