history This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. NAFL Venues Real world Comiskey Park is going to be Pfeffer Field. Located at 333 W. 35th Street in Chicago, it is named after Fritz Pfeffer, baseball player and his son J Wiliam Pfeffer, graduate of Northwestern university and football player/ entrepreneur. The Chicago Comets baseball team continue to play there to this day, sharing the stadium football’s Chicago Tanagers. The Tanagers are coached by Patrick Usher, a player for Northwestern in the late 1890s and played with J William Pfeffer during his career. The famous “fall of the house of Usher” refers to the infamous coach being fired after six disastrous seasons during the Great Depression and early 40s. Municipal Stadium is called Sammie Park by locals. Throughout the 20s, people referred to it as Sammie Field as patriotic sentiment was stirred by the annual Army - Navy game. After WWII, Veterans Hall, was dedicated as a part of Municipal Stadium to honor fallen soldiers of both world wars. The Chicago Tigers play football here. The Chicago Colts played baseball here in the 30s through the early 50s until they moved to north Chicago. Sam, a horse the team owns, is an artifact of their time at Municipal Stadium.
