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'''Handlan's Park''' is a former [[baseball]] ground located in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. The ground was home to the [[St. Louis Terriers]] of the [[Federal League]] in 1914 and 1915, and was also known as '''Federal League Park'''. 
After the Federal League folded, it was used as the '''[[St. Louis University]] Athletic Field''', and was also known as '''High School Field''' in the 1920s. During that period, the local [[Sumner High School (St. Louis)|Sumner High School]] and Lincoln University baseball clubs held an annual Decoration Day contest there. The [[St. Louis Giants]] of the [[Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League]] played some games there in 1920 and 1921, although that club had its own park on North Broadway.<ref name="bioproj.sabr.org">[https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/federal-league-park-st-louis/ Federal League Park (St. Louis) entry on The Baseball Biography Project]</ref>

Surrounded by Grand Avenue on the west, Laclede Avenue on the north, Theresa Avenue to the east, and Clark Avenue to the south, the space used for the park was owned by Alexander H. Handlan. The head of an international railway supply house, Handlan-Buck Manufacturing, Handlan operated a private park at the site aptly named Handlan's Park.<ref name="bioproj.sabr.org"/> The field's location was about a quarter-mile northwest of the site of [[Red Stocking Baseball Park]] from the 1870s.

The seating capacity of 15,000 comprised the grandstand at the southeast corner of Laclede and Grand, the pavilion situated near Grand and Clark, and bleachers stretching behind center field between two rows of houses, which were barricaded by tall wooden fences. Home plate was centered in front of the grandstand at Grand and Laclede. Most sources give the playing field's dimensions as {{convert|325|ft|m}} for left, {{convert|375|ft|m}} for center and {{convert|300|ft|m}} for right field. The park was held by the Handlan family until it was finally sold to St. Louis University in 1961.<ref name="bioproj.sabr.org"/>

The St. Louis Chapter of the [[Society for American Baseball Research]] (SABR) placed a marker at the site of Handlan's Park, now on the campus of [[Saint Louis University]], on October 17, 2007.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
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==Gallery==
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File:Handlan's Park St Louis plan published 1914 01 30.jpg|Rough plan for Federal League play at Handlan's Park, 1914
File:Handlan Park St Louis 1908 Sanborn map.jpg|Handlan's Park as it looked in 1908, with approximate 1914 diamond layout added
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37943010/st-louis-globe-democrat/ A writeup on Federal League arrangements of Handlan's Park]

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