Haas Park

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Location	Forest Park, IL, United States
Modern Address	863 S DesPlaines Avenue
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Description	The Chicago Tribune, July 25, 1863, reports that the Congregation and Sunday school of Chicago's "St. John's Church (Episcopal)" will picnic at Haas' Park just outside the city limits and while there will play "base ball." Same July 30, 1869 says that the old English game of "bat and ball" was played at the St. George's Society picnic. Similar item, Chicago Evening Post, Sept. 20, 1869. The park (aka Haase Park) was a popular picnic grounds for Chicagoans. Cf the St. George's (English-American) Society picnic of 1866, where cricket was played. (Tribune, July 24, 1866). In 1867 the proprietor of the grounds offered them to the Excelsior Club of Chicago to play baseball there. The offer was not accepted. (Chicago Evening Post, May 15, 1867). The park was where the modern Forest Home Cemetery is, 863 S. Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park (then, Harlem). Said to be next to the "Harlem Station, on the Galena Road" (Tribune, July 10, 1862)
Sources	The Chicago Tribune, July 25, 29, 1863, Aug. 21, 1866, Sept. 12, 1867, July 30, 1869
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1863-07	Forest Park		IL	St. John's Church	St. John's Church		Forest Park, IL	Bruce Allardice