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John Louis Comiskey (August 12, 1885 – July 18, 1939) was an American businessman and the owner of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1931 to 1939. Biography. He was born on August 12, 1885, son of Charles Comiskey. He inherited the team from his father in 1931. He started work for the White Sox in 1910.
OLD ROMAN Charles A. Comiskey founded the White Sox at the turn of the century. PHOTO. AILING J. Louis Comiskey took over club in 1931, ran it until his death in 1939. PHOTO. WIDOW Grace...
- Robert Creamer
CHICAGO, July 18.--J. Louis Comiskey, owner and president of the Chicago White Sox, died this afternoon in his Summer home at Eagle River, Wis., of heart disease and pneumonia. He was 54...
- “Never on A Friday” The Baseball Palace of The World Turns 100 Years Old…
- Comiskey Park Construction
- Comiskey Park Through The Years
- Conclusion
- The Future
- Sources
David J. Fletcher, MD, Chicago Baseball Museum strong>“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…” — Daniel Burnham, Chicago Architect and Visionary It didn’t make it to its 100th birthday party, but nonetheless the “Baseball Palace of the World” turns 100 years old on Thursday, July 1, 2010 and is still alive in the hearts of Ch...
Architect Zachary Taylor Davis(1872-1946) submitted his 1st design to Comiskey on October 6, 1909. The kite-shaped stadium with its signature arch windows would be built with common red brick along the exterior walls that made it look like a factory that would blend into the working class neighborhood. (Later Davis would go to design the 1914 Feder...
A $1 million renovation occurred at Comiskey Park after the 1926 season when the wooden bleachers were removed and replaced with double-deck seats. This renovation enclosed the stadium increasing the capacity from 32,000 to 52,000. The Comiskey family made money to operate the team on a small soda-pop bottling business under the stands. Night baseb...
From the early 1970s until its demolition in 1991, Comiskey was the oldest park still in use in Major League Baseball. As painful it was to see Comiskey Park demolished by the wrecking ball in 1991, Jerry Reinsdorf and Governor Thompson kept alive Charles Comiskey dream to build new baseball park near old Brotherhood Park stadium to remain the foca...
The Chicago Baseball Museum is looking for a permanent home and the site I had first proposed in 2004 was the parking lot that was once Comiskey Park I. But how more fitting–and a tribute to both the Cubs and Sox rich history-to build the CBM in the bus parking lot at the NW corner of Wentworth and 35th Street–on the site of the old Brotherhood Par...
The sources for this article include multiple sources including the excellent book: Stealing First in a 2 Town Team: The White Sox from Comiskey to Reinsdorf by Richard C. Lindberg (1994 Sangamore Publishing); Through the Years: The History of Comiskey Park: July 1, 1910-September 30, 1990 (Sherman Media Company 1990); Commy: The Life Story of Char...
Comiskey's son J. Louis inherited the team but died a few years later. The trustees of his estate were going to sell the team, but J. Louis' widow Grace was able to gain control of the team and avoid a sale.
J. Louis Comiskey. October 26, 1931. J. Louis Comiskey inherits the White Sox after the death of his father, Charles Comiskey. Charles Comiskey. March 21, 1900. Charles Comiskey moves the Western League's St. Paul Saints to Chicago as a charter member of the American League. The Official Site of Major League Baseball.
John Louis Comiskey (Lou) Born 1885 in Dubuque, IA USA; Died July 18, 1939 in Eagle River, WI USA; Biographical Information . The son of Chicago White Sox founder Charles Comiskey, John Louis Comiskey was stricken with scarlet fever at age 27 and was plagued by
