Bovard Field was a stadium in

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, on the campus of the

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. The

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football team played here until they moved to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1923 and it was the home of USC baseball until

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opened in 1974, about to the northwest. The football stadium and running track held 12,000 people at its peak, and ran southwest to northeast, near and parallel to today's Watt Way. The

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of the field is approximately above

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. The baseball field was aligned (home to center field) similar to Dedeaux Field, but a few degrees

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, nearly

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, but just slightly west. Home plate was located in today's

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Park and left field was bounded by Watt Way. Beyond first base, a large

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tree came into play; while its trunk was in foul territory, some of its branches crossed into fair territory and guarded the foul line in shallow right field.

Mickey Mantle

In March 1951, a 19-year-old

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of the

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, about to embark on his rookie season in the majors, went 4-for-5 with a pair of home runs, one from each side of the plate against the Trojans in an exhibition game. The home run as a leftie was a massive shot that went well beyond the right field fence into the football practice field, during spring drills. He also had a triple for a total of seven runs batted in for the game, which the Yanks won 15–1.

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