Sherburn Park was a

baseball stadium A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into the infield, an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined, and the outfield, where dimensions can vary widely from place to pla ...

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, located at the corner of Sherburn Street at Portage Avenue, on the very same site as the former Happyland Park. It was the second home of the

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of the Northern League. It had a seating capacity of 3,500. The baseball and lacrosse stadium opened on June 7,1924, with an initial lacrosse match between the Tamanny Tigers and the Fort Rouge Forts. Opening day attendance was 1,000 spectators.

Incidents

On August 27, 1936 during a baseball game between the Maroons and the

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, a fatal injury occurred when the baseball hit Blues' George Tkach's jaw. On July 16, 1938 while the Maroons were playing in a double header against the

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, 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.

References

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