Bill Text: IL HR1347 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the famed Comiskey Park and honors the original owner of the Chicago White Sox, Charles Comiskey.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1347 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1347-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Charles Comiskey was a skilled baseball player | ||||||
| 3 | with a knack for business; he played for and managed several | ||||||
| 4 | professional teams between 1882 and 1894, eventually becoming a | ||||||
| 5 | full-time ball club owner; by the turn of the 20th century, | ||||||
| 6 | Charles Comiskey had developed a successful team and moved it | ||||||
| 7 | to the South Side of Chicago, naming them the White Stockings; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Charles Comiskey racked up over 1,500 hits and 994 | ||||||
| 10 | runs during his playing career with the St. Louis Brown | ||||||
| 11 | Stockings, Chicago Pirates, and Chicago Reds and accumulated a | ||||||
| 12 | managing record of 839-542 for the teams; he also served as | ||||||
| 13 | principal owner of the Chicago White Stockings from 1901 to | ||||||
| 14 | 1931; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Chicago White Stockings experienced | ||||||
| 16 | considerable success in the early part of the 20th century | ||||||
| 17 | under the ownership of Charles Comiskey, winning 5 American | ||||||
| 18 | League pennants before Comiskey's death in 1931; Charles | ||||||
| 19 | Comiskey was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame | ||||||
| 20 | in 1939 in honor of his many accomplishments; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Charles Comiskey oversaw the building of a new | ||||||
| 22 | stadium in 1909; the stadium, located at 324 West 35th St. in | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago and based on a design from Zachary Taylor Davis, was | ||||||
| 2 | the ballpark where the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to | ||||||
| 3 | 1990; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Comiskey Park was exceptionally modern for its | ||||||
| 5 | time, as the 4th concrete-and-steel stadium in the Major | ||||||
| 6 | League; as originally built, the ballpark seated 29,000 | ||||||
| 7 | patrons, a record at the time; for some time, the ballpark was | ||||||
| 8 | known by the nickname "The Baseball Palace of the World"; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Comiskey Park was the site of 4 World Series, 3 | ||||||
| 10 | all-star games, and more than 6,000 major league games; the | ||||||
| 11 | ballpark is also the site of countless positive memories for | ||||||
| 12 | many generations of Illinoisans; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Comiskey Park hosted its last Major League game on | ||||||
| 14 | September 30, 1990; at the time of the ballpark's demolition in | ||||||
| 15 | 1991, it was the oldest standing Major League ballpark; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, July 1, 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the | ||||||
| 17 | opening of Comiskey Park; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 20 | recognize the 100th anniversary of the famed Comiskey Park and | ||||||
| 21 | pay our respect to the original owner of the Chicago White Sox, | ||||||
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| 1 | Charles Comiskey, who was fundamental in building the | ||||||
| 2 | longstanding Major League Baseball club with deep roots in | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago's South Side; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the current front office of the Chicago White Sox | ||||||
| 6 | as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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