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Charles Henry Weeghman (March 8, 1874 –
November 1, 1938) was an
American restaurant entrepreneur and
sports executive.
Beginning in 1901, he
began opening...
- the city's two MLB franchises. It
first opened in 1914 as
Weeghman Park for
Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the
Federal League,
which folded after...
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Chicago Federals.
Before the
start of the season,
Weeghman built a
stadium for the team,
called Weeghman Park,
designed by
Zachary Taylor Davis, who had...
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group headed by
Charles Weeghman,
former owner of the
Federal League's
Chicago Whales. Over the next four years, as
Weeghman's lunch-counter
business declined...
- acts was to
abandon West Side Park and move the Cubs to
Weeghman Park for the 1916 season.
Weeghman Park
survives today as
Wrigley Field. One of the few...
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Charles A.
Weeghman,
known as "Lucky Charlie", who had made a
quick fortune in
local lunch counters (a
predecessor to fast food).
Weeghman became the...
- May 2012.
Weeghman 1975, pp. 54–56. Moll 1991, p. 105. Moll 1991, p. 101. Moll 1991, p. 103. Moll 1991, p. 104. Moll 1991, pp. 98, 101.
Weeghman 1975, p...
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ownership of the franchise.
Lasker brought in a
wealthy partner,
Charles Weeghman, the
proprietor of a po****r
chain of
lunch counters who had previously...
- Vol. 93, no. 3.
Weeghman,
Richard B. "The
Amazing BD-5: Sono****un ... It Flies!" Air Progress, Vol. 31, No. 4,
October 1972.
Weeghman,
Richard B. "Microcosm...
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pennant in 1915. However, the
league folded after the 1915 season.
Charles Weeghman, the
owner of the Whales,
purchased the Cubs and
consolidated his two Chicago...
