South Side Park
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South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois and were all just a few blocks away from each other. The first South Side Park was somewhere in the neighborhood of 39th Street and South Wabash Avenue, and was the home of a short-lived entry in the Union Association of 1884. The second South Side Park was at 35th Street and South Wentworth, just east of the eventual Comiskey Park. It was first the home of the Chicago entry of the Players League of 1890 (whose roster included Charles Comiskey), and then was the home of the team now called the Chicago Cubs during parts of 1891-1893. The third South Side Park, the best known and long-lived venue by that name, was on the north side of 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) between South Wentworth Avenue and South Princeton Avenue. It was the home of the Chicago White Sox first in 1900 (as a minor league team) and then from 1901 to June 27, 1910. The team abandoned the wooden ballpark, which sat 15,000, in the middle of the 1910 season after their new steel-and-concrete, and much larger Comiskey Park was finished, just 3 blocks north of the old park, where they began an 81-season run. Meanwhile, South Side Park became the home of the Negro League baseball team called the Chicago American Giants during 1920-1940. During that time it was renamed Schorling's Park. It burned on Christmas Day of 1940, and the American Giants played their remaining 10 seasons at Comiskey Park.
Primary source: "Green Cathedrals", by Philip J. Lowry.Template:US-midwest-geo-stub