recollections about james mason
From Horace Mason's 1977 letter to his brother James: "Remember the slough or pond across from the school? The rubber ice? Several of us ran around on it, sinking down a foot or more each step. You threw the Klein kid's cap out on the ice, and when he went to get it he broke thru about waist deep. He didn't get the cap. Mom sent money to buy a new one. 50 cents I think."
John Mason's 2016 email about his father James' recollections of the Chicago Cubs: "What my dad called 'Cubs Park' was West Side Grounds, at the corner of Wolcott Ave. and Polk St., about 0.8 of a mile from the Mason apartment at 1415 Adams, near the corner of Loomis, halfway between Ashland and Racine Avenues. It was walking distance, about 6 or 7 city blocks. Dad (James Mason) said that they could hear the crowd chanting 'Tinker to Evers to Chance!' (the double play combination) when they were outdoors. Traffic on Adams St. consisted mostly of horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians. There was no radio coverage; you either went to the game or read about it in the newspapers.
"Wrigley field was built several years later, and was called Weeghman Park before P.K. Wrigley bought it."
"Wrigley field was built several years later, and was called Weeghman Park before P.K. Wrigley bought it."