In 1919, three years after National League officials stepped in to stop the Chicago Cubs’ plans for a Ladies Day promotion, the team ran an advertisement over the signature of the club’ s president asking:. Charles Weeghman used Ladies Day to promote the Chicago Whales, his team in the Federal League, an upstart rival to the National and American Leagues that lasted.
Did you know that ownership of a piece of land, just 16 feet wide and 100 long, might have prevented construction of Wrigley Field?
The Cubs' iconic home was built in 1914 and name Weeghman Park,.