Bugle Field was aBaltimore based, predominantly woodenstadium utilized by the two primaryNegro league teams of the 1916 to 1950 era, theBaltimore Black Sox, (1916-1933), and theBaltimore Elite Giants, (1938-1950). The Black Sox had a short tenure at the park, moving into the park permanently in 1932 before folding during the 1934 season. The Elite Giants were the park's primary tenants until its dismantlement during the 1949Negro National League Championship Series. It was located on the northeast corner of Federal Street andEdison Highway, address 1601 Edison Highway. The site is in use today as the headquarters and local manufacturing plant ofRockland Industries, the first major corporation on record inBaltimore County, Maryland.[1]
An earlier Negro league baseball field was the "Maryland Baseball Park", 1923–1929. Games were also played at the old Westport Stadium, near Old Annapolis Road (Maryland Route 648) and Waterview Avenue, in theWestport neighborhood of southwest Baltimore. The site location was impacted by the routing and construction, in the early 1950s, of theBaltimore–Washington Parkway (Interstate 295) going north into downtown on Russell Street.
Players that the field served includeMajor League Baseball andNegro league playersRoy Campanella,Leon Day,Joe Black,Junior Gilliam,Jud Wilson, "The Ghost"Oliver Marcelle, andDick Lundy. Short timeWashington Senators playerLou Thuman was said to have been discovered by Senators scouts while playing at Bugle Field, which was owned by the owners of the Senators ball club, also operators of a local laundry. Mr. Thuman played a total of five games in 1939 and 1940 with the Senators before being drafted intoWorld War II and enduring a career-ending injury.[2]
Bugle Field had opened in 1910,(Baltimore Sun, September 19, 1949, p. 28) and its 40th season would be its last. The final game was played on September 18, 1949. The Elites defeated theChicago American Giants 5–4 to take a two games to none lead in the playoff series.(Baltimore Sun, September 19, 1949, p. 18) Despite being compelled to stage their next game at a neutral site in Virginia and finish the series in Chicago, the Elites would go on to sweep the Giants four games to none.(Baltimore Sun, September 23, 1949, p. 42)
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