Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Born in Ireland, Jim (James) Fitzgerald played soccer and cricket in England, Ireland, and India before he came to America in 1900. Before working at Loyola Stadium he was a groundkeeper at several other sports parks. He is credited with bringing cricket ground technique to American baseball fields and, using English practice, remodeled Baker Field in 1909 and laid out Shibe Park, both in Philadelphia, worked on Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., and designed Gilmore Field in Los Angeles. View of Jim Fitzgerald, in collared shirt, tie, and jacket. Jim Fitzgerald was the groundkeeper at Loyola Stadium. A different photograph of Jim Fitzgerald appears with the article, "Patriarch of Sports Recalls Great Stars: Rube Waddell Hailed as Greatest Pitcher of All Time; Vitt Also Given Praise." Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 1934: 14. Handwritten on negative: Jim Fitzgerald Text from negative sleeve: 2206, Jim Fitzgerald, Sports, [stamped:] Sep
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8596 ark:/21198/zz002dgh8q
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No linguistic content
Subject
Turf management--California--Los Angeles Fitzgerald, Jim F., 1874-1956
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