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Post by dumdave on Sept 11, 2014 12:15:28 GMT -6
Wrigley FieldWhat was it's original name? What was the name of the first team to play there? What league did this team play in? The original field was called Weeghman Park. It was "Cubs Park" from 1920 to 1926 and then became Wrigley Field. The first team there was called the Chicago Whalers. The first Cubs game was played there in 1916. The first team there was part of the Federal League. MM I think you pretty much got it all. I think that Weeghman was the "diner" king of Chicago?? I think he went broke???
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Post by dumdave on Sept 13, 2014 9:20:41 GMT -6
I looked him up Charles "luckey Charlie" Weeghman worked for Charlie King as a waiter for $10 a week. King quickly promoted Weeghman who eventually open his own lunch counter in Chicago. King, who would have been Weeghman's main rival, died the day Weeghman's first restaurant opened. Serving only cold sandwiches, his diners would eat at one-armed school tables so Weeghman could fit more chairs into the restaurant.[1] At one point, Weeghman owned fifteen of these diners, with the one located at Madison and Dearborn serving 35,000 people each day. His net worth was estimated at $8,000,000. This is when he bought into the Federal League and built what we know today as Wrigley Field..
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Post by dumdave on Sept 13, 2014 11:08:48 GMT -6
I was billed as the fastest man in the world when I played football.
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Post by dumdave on Sept 14, 2014 9:10:40 GMT -6
"Bullet" Bob Hayes. Played for the Cowboys in the mid 60's. He had run the fastest 100 yd. dash in the Olympics and sent a world record. He hardly had ever payed football when the Cowboys (Think Tex Shramm)drafted him out of Florida A&M. They just let him loose on fly patterns and "Dandy" Don Meredith would throw the football as far as he could. Most times Bob could run under the pass. This led to zone coverage. Bob passed away about ten years ago.
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Post by dumdave on Sept 14, 2014 11:34:14 GMT -6
Way back in just the first few years of TV broadcasting the NBA, I would see Wilt and the Sixers duke it out w/ those amazing Celtic of the Bill Russell age. Both teams were very talented.
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Post by willy on Sept 15, 2014 12:18:22 GMT -6
Here's one for you MM, who made the most free throws in one game in the NBA. That should be easy and you'll be amazed at the percentage. The guy was an amszing athlete. When I was playing for Eastern, we were on our way to Texas, flying out of St. Louis. I saw this monster of a man and I knew who he was immediately. The other guys didn't believe me and I took off after him. Caught him and said, "Mr. Chamberlain". He turned around and all he said was "how you doing boy" and put out the biggest hand I ever shook. He left and so did I. That was December of '65 and he was still young and great. I think if he ever wanted to concentrate on free throws he could have shot them. Also, the NBA changed a rule because of him. In fact a couple. One was the shooter couldn't cross the line til the ball had touched the rim. Wilt could easily dunk from the line and the other they disallowed the person in the jump ball to shoot it on the tip. Wilt used to catch it on the jump and shoot. Used to love watching him play.
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Post by toshiko on Sept 15, 2014 13:06:41 GMT -6
No clue. Kareen Abdul Jabar?
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Post by toshiko on Sept 15, 2014 13:07:10 GMT -6
It's the first name that popped into my head. lol
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Post by willy on Sept 15, 2014 17:33:53 GMT -6
No Tosh, it was Wilt Chamberlain. He made 28 of 32 free throws in his 100 pt. game. He may be one of the most amazing athletes of our time. In college he high jumped over 6'8", ran the 440 in something like 48 seconds. He was a gifted volleyball player and like MM says his strength was unbelievable, and when we were growing up, hardly anyone lifted weights. I remember reading where a youngster blocked one of his dunks in the pros. Wilt let him, either that or break his arm. He told the kid the next time he tried it would be the last time he played in the NBA. He could easily take a quarter off the top of a bank board and could dunk on a 12 ft. basket with ease, so raising the limit wasn't going to help the smaller players. And yes MM, they made the lane wider because of him. I could go on and on about him, I just loved watching the NBA back then. And John Havlicek was just an amazing physical force. He could run all day and not get tired. Got drafted by the Browns, they wanted him to try out for an end position. In a full out game his heart wouldn't get up much past 80 per minute, if that, and if your heart doesn't run fast you don't hyper ventilate and you don't get tired. You think I like basketball? lol
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Post by willy on Sept 15, 2014 21:07:48 GMT -6
Amen brother. These guys are big, fast and strong. Can't do much of anything but dunk and talk trash. Todays game is trash and I'm more into the college game today. BUT, only interested in the schools that aren't sending their kids into the pros after one season. I think you'll see these really good high schoolers skip college all together and go to Europe for their freshman year or more. It's about the money. Look at big Greg Odin. Left Ohio St. after one year and he's about to say bye to basketball at age 26. He wasn't ready for the pros no matter how big he was. You gotta be an animal to play in the pros today.
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Post by dumdave on Sept 16, 2014 9:13:05 GMT -6
I saw Rick Barry play for the Oakland Oaks against the Dallas Chaparrals at SMU. It was the old ABA. Rick was a MAN playing w/ BOYS! Amazing talent. I had scored some great tickets to see Mark Aguirre play for the Mavericks. This guy with huge hands and an even bigger championship ring was in front of me. After the game I introduced myself. He was Gar Heard. Great basketball player, good guy and coach.
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Post by dumdave on Sept 16, 2014 9:16:30 GMT -6
This company duked it out in the courts against Howard Hughes TWA to see who would be the big dog to fly oversea routes. It is now the name of a classII railroad in New England owned by a sicon of big steel. What is this company's name?
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Post by willy on Sept 16, 2014 10:29:47 GMT -6
MM, you're correct about ISU. They had a lot of talent down there. I drove back and forth for close to 5 years in the 70's to ISU using the GI bill. My old buddie, Ted Schmitz, was defensive co-ordinator there and I used to visit with him everyday after class. Gerry Hart was head coach and all the assistants were EIU grads that I knew. Hell of a lot fun, and the coach of the basketball team was Gene Smithson. Got to hang out with him and used to go into the gym (Horton) and shoot all the time. Main floor was for the basketball players and Gene told me to go out there anytime. Used to shoot with one of the best I've ever seen. Bubbles Hawkins. His ball looked like it was floating, just so soft, think he scored over 50 once, not sure. Saw Larry Bird put up in the 40's against them in Horton. They said the kid couldn't jump, they should have told him. Saw him stuff 2 hands, down the middle with a reverse. Maybe the best rebounder I've ever seen in a crowd. We all know how he turned out. Bubbles got drafted and played for Golden State for a couple of years and got killed before he hit 30. When old Horton was being used it was the best. Fans all on the court and loud. I played in there in the 60's when it was new and it was fun. The guy I was given the task to guard George Terry. Pretty good player.........When Barry jumped to the New York team in the ABA got to see him as we3l. He just fooled around sometimes it seemed cause he could just score anytime he wanted. Folks just don't remember how good he really was. He did it for the money and really made a ton of it, equally as much when he went back into the NBA. Those were the days.
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Post by dumdave on Sept 16, 2014 11:47:06 GMT -6
Dallas Chaps went on to play in the NBA after the merger. They moved to San Antonio and became some team called the Spurs. Wonder how that worked out?
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Post by dumdave on Sept 17, 2014 9:40:16 GMT -6
The Royals moved to Kansas City. (They then changed their name to the Kings) Later to Sacramento.Ca. K.C. has this thing w/ royal names. Top Negro league team was the Monarchs, Now the MLB team is the Royals. John Y. Brown owned the Kentucky Colonels. He had bought KFC. Thus the name of this team. I thought they would make it to the NBA, but no.
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