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A History of Park Sports in Images

1914: Batters and fielders had to play around natural hazards, including a deep gully, poison ivy, and “vicious dogs and irate housewives….”

1914: Batters and fielders had to play around natural hazards, including a deep gully, poison ivy, and “vicious dogs and irate housewives….”

1915: Basketball was the first team sport for girls.

1915: Basketball was the first team sport for girls.

1914: Headmaster Eugene Randolph Smith coached boys’ tennis on the public courts in Druid Hill Park.

1914: Headmaster Eugene Randolph Smith coached boys’ tennis on the public courts in Druid Hill Park.

1917: The 1916-17 girls’ basketball team began its season playing on a dirt floor, but moved mid-season to a “real gym” at the new campus.

1917: The 1916-17 girls’ basketball team began its season playing on a dirt floor, but moved mid-season to a “real gym” at the new campus.

1925: From 1920-1926, Park School fielded a football team. Gardner Mallonee introduced soccer in 1930.

1925: From 1920-1926, Park School fielded a football team. Gardner Mallonee introduced soccer in 1930.

1928: Until lacrosse was adopted as a women’s sport in 1933, the girls, coached by Beatrice Engel Strouse ’23, played baseball (not softball) in the spring.

1928: Until lacrosse was adopted as a women’s sport in 1933, the girls, coached by Beatrice Engel Strouse ’23, played baseball (not softball) in the spring.

1943: Teammates pose in their brown wool tunics with coach Mott Hunt.

1943: Teammates pose in their brown wool tunics with coach Mott Hunt.

1932: Mallonee and his soccer team sit on the entrance steps at Liberty Heights.

1932: Mallonee and his soccer team sit on the entrance steps at Liberty Heights.

1959: The girls could now choose a spring sport from among lacrosse, tennis, and golf.

1959: The girls could now choose a spring sport from among lacrosse, tennis, and golf.

1959: Park’s Girls’ Junior Varsity Basketball team was the first integrated independent school squad – in any sport – in Baltimore.

1959: Park’s Girls’ Junior Varsity Basketball team was the first integrated independent school squad – in any sport – in Baltimore.

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