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The Iowa State baseball diamond has been ushered around campus
nearly as many times as away games its team plays each season. It is
unknown where exactly games were played before the establishment of
the first formal diamond in 1895, which was located west of Morrill
Hall and called "Old State Field."
Baseball field with trolley in
background, possible taken from Marston Hall ca. 1910 [click for
enlarged version]
In 1914 the field was
moved closer to the State Gym and located just northeast of the track
in the new State Field (later Clyde Williams Field). When stadium
seating was erected for football in 1926, baseball shifted again, just
a little east of the stadium into the area now occupied by a parking
lot west of Helser Hall.
In 1957 the diamond
moved to the area west of Town Engineering off the north end of
Sheldon Avenue that is a parking lot today.
Early baseball field - note
tennis courts in foreground and horticulture orchard behind the
diamond. Possibly taken from the new water tower. [click for
enlarged version]
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In
1968 the team moved homeplate to its current location, south of campus
at the end of Knapp Street. With this move, the University took
measures to ensure a long-lasting stay. They installed underground
drainage and watering systems, built a practice diamond just below it,
and constructed the team's first dugouts.
Upon his retirement in 1974, the
University recognized long-time coach L.C. "Cap" Timm by
naming the new field in his honor.
"Cap" Timm Field
[For more about the layout of the Iowa
State campus see: Day, H. Summerfield. The Iowa State University
Campus and its Buildings 1859-1979. Ames, Iowa.1980]
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