Full Text of HR1347 096th General Assembly
HR1347 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 | 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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| 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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| WHEREAS, July 1, 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the | 17 |
| opening of Comiskey Park; therefore, be it
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| 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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| 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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| 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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