129 Fillmore Street W. was known as the Grand Opera House in the early 1900’s, the upstairs with its wide stairs, was the center of cultural activities, traveling movies, political meetings, dances and indoor athletic events of which Indoor Base Ball was played by the Preston Tigers.  Indoor Base Ball was born by chance on Thanksgiving Day, 1887 when several members of the Farragut Club of Chicago were boxing in the gymnasium of the clubhouse.  One of the members, in pulling off a boxing glove, … [Read more...]