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From Baseball's Canadian-American League by David Pietrusza:
The Perth Board of Education built Perth Collegiate Institute (P.C.I.). Park before the turn of the
century as the local high school field, and it still stands today. The Perth franchise was allowed to
use it and erected bleachers. The Rome Sentinel termed it "a diamond far from ideal," and
Gloversviile's Leader-Republican noted that only one ball had been hit out of it in 1936.
Despite the field's huge dimensions, it had the smallest seating capacity in league history with less
than 1,500 seats.
"The infield," recalls Ronald White, "had no grass--clay" and you can imagine the speed of ground
balls.... In the outfield the ground was very hard, you had to go like a hound to catch up to the
balls....
"Left field had a row of beautiful maples perhaps 335 feet out. There was no fence. You couldn't
knock it out, but it might roll out. Beyond the trees was a street. Center field was wide open to at
least 420 feet out. Right field had a snow fence about four feet up about 320 feet out..
The Perth Board of Education built Perth Collegiate Institute (P.C.I.). Park before the turn of the
century as the local high school field, and it still stands today. The Perth franchise was allowed to
use it and erected bleachers. The Rome Sentinel termed it "a diamond far from ideal," and
Gloversviile's Leader-Republican noted that only one ball had been hit out of it in 1936.
Despite the field's huge dimensions, it had the smallest seating capacity in league history with less
than 1,500 seats.
"The infield," recalls Ronald White, "had no grass--clay" and you can imagine the speed of ground
balls.... In the outfield the ground was very hard, you had to go like a hound to catch up to the
balls....
"Left field had a row of beautiful maples perhaps 335 feet out. There was no fence. You couldn't
knock it out, but it might roll out. Beyond the trees was a street. Center field was wide open to at
least 420 feet out. Right field had a snow fence about four feet up about 320 feet out..
| P. C. I. Park Perth, Ontario |
| 1936 Perth Royals |