I ran across this article when looking for info about the last days of Ebbets
Field: http://tinyurl.com/nre7qw

Short version: this guy claims to have two photos which show his brother hit a
home run at Ebbets Field in September, 1959, in some kind of Little League
playoff game. If the date is right, that would likely be the last home run,
being later than the one Herm Green hit off Satchel Paige on August 23 (written
up in the NY Times the next day).

It plausible enough, except the writer could have done more research very
easily. A quick NY Times search shows that Schenectady won the NY State title on
August 15, and the Little League World Series was all over on August 29. Also,
the story at the end about the guard and the bleachers and locking up the field
for the last time is plainly a crock - nothing was demolished at Ebbets Field
until February, 1960; Ebbets Field didn't have any bleachers after the 1931
renovation; there was still soccer going on in late September, anyway; and Gay
Talese wrote a great article in October about the crowd of 4 workers at Ebbets
Field watching the Dodgers win the World Series on a television set in the
maintenance room.

Still, the photos are real enough. Is it possible that some other kind of junior
championship happened at Ebbets Field in September? Or maybe the date written on
the photos refers to the month they were developed, rather than when they were
taken? Which of these possibilities is more likely?

Also, since the Dodgers still controlled the field, is it possible they still
have a record of who rented it, and when? If so, how might I get hold of that?

Any help and thoughts much appreciated!

Thanks,

- David Dyte

http://www.brooklynballparks.com