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| From Baseball's Canadian-American League by David Pietrusza: Auburn’s Falcon Park is a fairly standard, classic minor league wood grandstand structure, and survived (and even improved) after the departure of the Canadian-American League. It’s infield was rock hard. “Oh boy! The balls would come at you up there like on a concrete sidewalk,” says Cornwall’s Joe Gunn. “If it wasn’t hit right at you, give it up, that’s a hit!” Falcon Park would be used by the Border League (1946-50) and by several New York-Penn League teams. It was unlit for the Boulies, but on at least one occasion portable lights from Syracuse were used. Fixed lighting was installed in 1940. “It was owned by the Polish Falcons and it’s not in a great section of town, but it’s much better now,” observed Barney Hearn. “When I got Ithe Falcons] interested in baseball un 1946] I had them move that grandstand which was down below town, down in Schaffer Park, which was ruined, and they moved it to Falcon Park and had it rearranged there. And they worked on the infield. It was a lousy park. It dipped off about four feet from home plate to center field. A guy had to be six foot five to play center field or he’d miss ‘em. So they filled it in. “It was a tough park to play in. The infield? It was right better to play in a garage.” |
| Falcon Park Auburn, New York |