1900 – At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson makes his first start, pitching a complete game loss to the Orphans. Chicago wins, 6 – 5, scoring four runs in the first, thanks to an error by 1B Jack Doyle.
1896 – New York City Parks Commissioner Samuel McMillan announces a plan to cut a street through the Polo Grounds leading to the Speedway, a new privately-constructed horse track. The street is never built.
1896 – A portion of the fence surrounding the Polo Grounds blows down in a fierce storm.
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1889 – In New York City, workers are dismantling fences at the Polo Grounds to cut a street through the property, leaving the New York Giants without a home for the coming season.
1884 – Two days after winds have blown down the fence at Cincinnati’s Union Association grounds‚ high winds destroy much of the fence at New York’s Polo Grounds and at Metropolitan Park‚ new home of the Mets.
1884 – High winds tear off the roof of the Polo Grounds’ grandstand.