John Henry Moss Stadium
Encyclopedia
John Henry Moss Stadium is a baseball
stadium home to the Gardner-Webb University
Runnin' Bulldogs. It was officially completed on September 18, 2010. It has a capacity of about 700, but can be expanded. John Henry Moss was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina
, and was president of the South Atlantic League
for fifty years. He was the youngest person to be a president of a professional baseball league with Western Carolina League
in 1948.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
stadium home to the Gardner-Webb University
Gardner-Webb University
Gardner–Webb University is a private university located west of Charlotte in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA. The school has a total of 14 academic departments offering 45 major fields of study. Among the most popular of the school's 39 undergraduate majors are those in business , education ,...
Runnin' Bulldogs. It was officially completed on September 18, 2010. It has a capacity of about 700, but can be expanded. John Henry Moss was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Kings Mountain is a small suburban city of Gastonia and Charlotte in Cleveland and Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,693 at the 2000 census....
, and was president of the South Atlantic League
South Atlantic League
The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...
for fifty years. He was the youngest person to be a president of a professional baseball league with Western Carolina League
Western Carolina League
The first Western Carolina League was a class D league which ran from 1948-1952, then combined with the North Carolina State League to form the Tar Heel League in 1953. The second Western Carolina League was formed as a class A circuit in 1960...
in 1948.