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Tom DTed,
What is the title of the book concerning the 1904 season? I'm curious to find any information around the July 17 Highlanders game that was played at Weidenmayer Park in Newark, NJ. I have a postcard of that ballpark in my collection and was recently contacted by a member of the Weidenmayer Brewing Company about the postcard and the history. The ballpark and the brewery are named after the same family.
My understanding is that the NYC blue laws prohibited baseball on Sundays. The laws were in place late into the teens. What I don't know is why Newark was selected for this one game. It appears to be a make up for a rain out earlier in the season, but it seems strange that the game was played in NJ rather than as part of a doubleheader. It is the only game the Yankees have hosted in NJ as far as I can tell.
Tom