Editor’s note: Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912. NESN.com will be celebrating Fenway’s 100-year anniversary with unique content from now until April 20, 2012.
In 1914, the Red Sox were able to rebound from a disappointing 1913 season, drawing more fans than anyone in baseball and using the league’s highest payroll to boost the team to a second-place finish.
But it was a different Boston team that year that was able to bring a World Series title back to Fenway Park. Beginning Sept. 3, the Braves, Boston’s National League team, played their remaining home games at Fenway — culminating their Game 4 World Series victory that clinched the 1914 title.
The ballpark also played host to several high school, college and recreational baseball games — one of which was attended by former President Theodore Roosevelt. In addition, three elephants visited Fenway on June 6 for “Pennies for Elephants Day,” attracting about 50,000 people to the park to see them.
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