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The first integrated crowd of White European-Americans and Black and brown African-Americans at a professional sporting event in Atlanta took place at Ponce de Leon Park on April 8, 1962, for the preseason exhibition game between the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. The desegregation of
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in 1965, Ponce de Leon Park was demolished in favor of a shopping center (now also demolished) and today a strip mall, Midtown Place, occupies the location. The famous magnolia tree is still standing at the rear of the shopping center along the BeltLine trail.
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The original Ponce de Leon Park ballpark opened on the site in 1907. The structure was destroyed by fire in 1923. The ballpark was rebuilt in 1924 and named for club owner Rell J. Spiller. It reverted to the name Ponce de Leon Park in 1933.
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The seating capacity of the park was about 20,000. On April 7, 1946, 21,006 fans saw the New York Yankees defeat the Crackers in a preseason exhibition. This was the largest baseball crowd to date in the city's history.
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hit home runs that became stuck in the distant tree. Willie Mays hit a 460-foot home run to centerfield during an exhibition game that was part of the 1955 Mays-Newcombe All-Stars "barnstorming tour".
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Ponce de Leon was known for a magnolia tree in deep center field. Balls landing in the tree remained in play until Earl Mann took over the team in 1947 and moved the outfield wall in 50 feet. Both
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public sporting events would enable the location of major league sports franchises in Atlanta beginning in 1966.
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side. Behind right and center field, atop the slope bordering the park on the East, were the tracks of the
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Vale of Amusements: Modernity, Technology, and Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Park, 1870-1920 | Southern Spaces
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Smithies and Boys' High Purple Hurricanes during the 1940s which sometimes outdrew the college games.
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Darnell, Tim. "Ponce de Leon Ballpark." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 5 April 2016. Web. 6 May 2016.
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Aging Bull - Jack Dempsey's 1940 'comeback' was a sad and mercifully short spectacle
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Lewis, Allen (April 9, 1962). "Phils Tie Cards In Finale, 3-3, Leave for North".
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who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938.
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The park also hosted regular Friday night high school football games between
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On July 1, 1940, the park hosted an exhibition fight between a 45-year-old
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and wrestler Clarence (Cowboy) Luttrell which Dempsey won.
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played all their home games there from 1908 to 1911. The
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for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the
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Ponce de León (disambiguation) § Places

Atlanta
Georgia
Coordinates
33°46′29.94″N 84°21′54.87″W / 33.7749833°N 84.3652417°W / 33.7749833; -84.3652417
Capacity
/ˌpɒnsdəˈlən/
PONSSLEE-ən
minor league baseball
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
International League
Atlanta Black Crackers
Ponce de Leon Avenue
first base
Southern Railway
BeltLine
Ponce de Leon Amusement Park
Sears Roebuck
Ponce City Market



Babe Ruth
Eddie Mathews
Atlanta Stadium
College football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Bulldogs

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