Gene Leahy didn’t like what he saw. Rushville’s baseball field was one of the finest in Nebraska, thanks to the generosity of two bachelor brother ranchers. But the diamond saw little action.
Players take the field under the lights at Modisett Ball Park in Rushville. The park was originally dedicated in 1940. Baseball Digest described it as “worthy of a professional club.”
Photo courtesy of the Sheridan County Journal Star
The view of the Modisett Ball Park grandstand from the street in Rushville. The park had fallen into bad shape when then-Mayor Chris Heiser and former Omaha World-Herald publisher John Gottschalk, a Rushville native, got together to launch a restoration campaign. The restored park was rededicated in 2015.
Photo courtesy of the Sheridan County Journal Star
The view of the Modisett Ball Park grandstand from the street in Rushville. The park had fallen into bad shape when then-Mayor Chris Heiser and former Omaha World-Herald publisher John Gottschalk, a Rushville native, got together to launch a restoration campaign. The restored park was rededicated in 2015.
Photo courtesy of the Sheridan County Journal Star
Players take the field under the lights at Modisett Ball Park in Rushville. The park was originally dedicated in 1940. Baseball Digest described it as “worthy of a professional club.”
Photo courtesy of the Sheridan County Journal Star
