An enthusiastic crowd enjoys an exciting baseball game being played on the athletic field. This was the field upon which Christy Mathewson played baseball and football. ( Matty played basketball in Tustin Gymnasium.) Harry "Moose" McCormick, a leading pinch hitter and Mathewson's teammate with the New York Giants, played there also. Both men were with the New Giants in the World Series of 1912 and 1913. In 1912, the Boston Red Sox won four games, the Giants won three, and one game was tied. In 1913, the Philadelphia Athletics won four games and the Giants won only one.

Spectators sat on movable board seats, which were placed on the hill side. Since the field was not enclosed, it was rather difficult to collect gate receipts and secret practices were impossible. As monetary guarantees to visiting teams increased, the g ate receipts from spectators provided insufficient monies to meet expenses. In 1922, therefore, a decision was made to construct a stadium as well as a new gymnasium for men.

The baseball diamond was located on the athletic field. In 1915, the baseball season began on April 3 and ended on June 15 with a tie game with the alumni. The 1915 baseball team had a record of 11-5-1, with wins over Bloomsburg, Cornell, Dickinson, Milton (thrice), Gettsyburg (twice), Albright, Chinese University of Hawaii, and Susquehanna. Bucknell was defeated by Gettysburg, Susquehanna, Dickinson, Catholic University, and Lebanon Valley.

Track and field meets were also held on the athletic field. In Spring 1915, the varsity track and field team was second in a dual meet with Lehigh, third in a trangular meet with Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall, and second in a dual meet with Gettsyburg.

The athletic field was used for cultural events as well as athletic events because spectators could stand or sit on the hillside or in buggys or automobiles on the field itself.

A shaded section of the athletic field (not visible in the photograph but to the right of the picture at the main entrance to the College grounds where University Avenue met Loomis Street) was "set aside for tennis" .