Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The St. Paul Athletic Club, corner 4th and Cedar streets, has a frontage on 4th street of 112 feet and 100 feet on Cedar street and is founded on broader lines and will cover a much wider scope and field of usefulness in the community at large than similar organizations in the country of its … Read more
Dedicated November 4, 1899, Northrup Field was the first outdoor athletic facility at the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. The facility was home to the Minnesota Golden Gopher Football team until Memorial Stadium was completed in 1924. The first outdoor ice rink for the Minnesota Gophers was on the far western side, where the civil … Read more
On June 10th, 1929, a new $1,000,000 home of the Minneapolis Y.W.C.A. opened at Twelfth Street and Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis. The facility was considered one of the finest of its kind. The organization’s executive secretary, Harriet S. Vance opened the doors for an entire week and inviting the public and the Y.W.C.A. 34,000 members … Read more
The Lake Nokomis bath house and beach were completed early in July, and the official opening took place in July. Some changes were made in the proposed arrangements of dressers and lockers, and the ground plan herein reproduced shows the present very satisfactory arrangement. The building presents a very attractive appearance, is commodious and practical … Read more
Bicycling. — Broad, hard streets, good pavements in the business center, a continually increasing mileage of bicycle paths, together with the absence of great elevations and steep gradients, make Minneapolis the ideal place for the bicyclist. To these advantages should be added the fact that the city is charming and in the country around are … Read more
Nine years after the Minneapolis Park Board first considered the idea in their annual report, Glenwood Park’s first golf course was constructed in 1916. The nine holes featured sand greens and clay tees. Play was free and an instructor was on hand to teach people the game. By the end of the season, 12,000 rounds … Read more
When it was completed in 1936, the Minneapolis Armory was the most expensive Public Works Administration building in Minnesota. What an edifice! This stalwart fortress, built of reinforced concrete, brick, tile and steel is still one of the most impressive buildings in the city. The barrel roof, supported by three-hinged arch trusses has a pinpoint … Read more
Gavvy Cravath Outtfield Minneapolis American Assoc. 1910 Record: Hits. 200 Home Runs: 14 Steals: 22 Average: .327 Played 5 seasons for Los Angeles, PCL
Ollie Pickering has been showing up in splendid form this year, but a comment about Pick ‘s ability to play ball was overheard from the lips of a woman critic on the car returning from Saturday’s game.” Do you know,” she said, ‘ ‘I think we are awfully weak in centerfield. Why Pickering didn’t catch … Read more