Gamble Lawn, St. Louis
| Location | St. Louis, MO, United States |
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| Description | Jeff Kittle's blog on St. Louis baseball says the Empire Club and others played at/near Gamble Lawn, on Gamble Ave and west 20th. The St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 10, 1959 says Gamble Lawn was between 23rd and High Sts., near the Pacific Railroad. The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Nov. 21, 1937 says Gamble Lawn was a common from 20th St. to Jefferson Ave., and from Gamble Ave, to the Missouri Pacific RR tracks. The St. Louis Missouri Republican, Sept. 20, 1864 says that Camp Hall was on Gamble Lawn, south of Clark Ave, beyond 21st St. |
| Sources | https://www.thisgameofgames.com/19th-century-st-louis-baseball-grounds.html |
| Comment | Spink, "The National Game" (1911) p. 36 lists the old St. Louis ball grounds, saying the Gamble grounds were "near the old Rock Springs on the ground now occupied by the Terminal Railroad Association." Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Jeffrey Kittel |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
Clubs
| Club | Years | Edit Association with Field |
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| Empire Club of St. Louis | 1860s |
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