Thread: Classic Old Comiskey Photo question

Quote: Originally Posted by JNS If I'm not mistaken, Halas was so cheap he used the same temporary bleachers at the North end of Soldier Field as they used for the North stands at Wrigley. My wife's uncle has talked about various prep bowls in the 30s and 40s that would draw 102,000 with the full bowl in use. He said his most, uh piquant memory was that there weren't enough bathrooms, much less troughs, and so everyone just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lundind1 They didn't run there after the late 1960's. The Bears and the Park District actually put in temporary stands in the north end once the NFL came to Soldier Field. My dad was a bears season ticket holder dating back to Wrigley all the way till the last year when Soldier Field was renovated in the North endzone. The first renovation still kept the most northern portion of the wall and the old...

Thanks for all the info. I couldn't even imagine what that would look like in modern automobiles, I would assume it would involve allot of missing arms.

Quote: Originally Posted by 05whitesox I have this picture framed and hanging up in my basement and I honestly never noticed the "America's New Craze : Auto Polo." Thats really cool and hilarious that they even attempted such a sport as that. Does anybody know of anyother failed sports from the early 20th century???? Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport back then.

Quote: Originally Posted by JNS Thanks to everyone for the correction about the location of the old Raceway Park. I'll take a closer look next time I'm out that direction. And thanks to Lundlin1 for the description of the track at Soldier Field. I remember the North end, beyond the temporary bleachers. Did they actually run races there post 1971 when the Bears moved over from Wrigley? I have some vague memory of them flooding the...

It was a little rough on the outfield grass http://www.old-picture.com/american-.../Auto-polo.htm

The Library of Congress has some old photos of old auto polo matches. Doesn't tell much about the sport, other than it was apparently totally bad ass. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library...tags/autopolo/

This is an absolutely brilliant discovery! Those pictures are great.

Quote: Originally Posted by JNS Wow - Raceway Park! Just a couple of days ago I was heading North on I-57 and went by what I thought was the location of the track - it's a junkyard now if I'm not mistaken - but it's cool that you mentioned it - I hadn't thought of it for years till the other day on 57. Racing in Soldier Field too. I had the bad luck to be at the Bears game today - coulda sold the tix for $150 each - and...

U.S. 30 Dragstrip is slowly going back to nature. The site is still undeveloped after all these years. You can see it on Google Maps here .