Sherburn Park
Sherburn Park was a baseball stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, located at the corner of Sherburn Street at Portage Avenue, on the very same site as the former Happyland Park.[1] It was the second home of the Winnipeg Maroons of the Northern League. It had a seating capacity of 3,500.
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| Former names | Happyland Park |
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| Coordinates | 49°53′4.3″N 97°10′33.7″W |
| Type | Baseball stadium |
| Genre(s) | Sports venue |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Opened | 6 June 1924 |
| Closed | 1942 |
| Tenants | |
| Winnipeg Maroons | |
The baseball and lacrosse stadium opened on June 7,1924,[2][3] with an initial lacrosse match between the Tamanny Tigers and the Fort Rouge Forts. Opening day attendance was 1,000 spectators.[4]
Incidents
On August 27, 1936 during a baseball game between the Maroons and the Superior Blues, a fatal injury occurred when the baseball hit Blues' George Tkach's jaw.[5]
On July 16, 1938 while the Maroons were playing in a double header against the Grand Forks Chiefs, Maroons' shortstop Linus "Skeeter" Ebret was struck at the end of the first inning of the second game that took place during the evening and died soon afterwards.[5]
References
- Stubbs, Lewis (September 12, 1994). "A century on the diamond". Winnipeg Free Press. p. 7.
- "Lacrosse Season to Open Next Saturday". The Winnipeg Tribune. May 31, 1924. p. 14.
- "Game to be Played at Sherburn Park". The Winnipeg Tribune. June 6, 1924. p. 14.
- "Tigers defeat Fort Rouge at Lacross 8 to 2". Winnipeg Free Press. June 9, 1924. p. 14.
- Gorman, Robert M.; Weeks, David (2015-10-30). Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4766-2258-3.