"[2] There was a scoreboard on top of the hill in the field in front of the fence that could cause even more weird bounces for outfielders.

Longhorn outfielders could typically hold batters to a double or triple because of their familiarity with the cliff.

In the late 1960s, the Sam Houston State Bearkats regularly opened with weekend doubleheaders in Austin.

According to legend, Lou Gehrig hit a towering 550-foot (170 m) home run over "Billy Goat Hill" and the 40-foot (12 m) high fence in center field during a 1930 exhibition game off of University of Texas baseball hall-of-fame pitcher Mario "Mike" de la Fuente.

There have been three athletic facilities on the campus named for the university's influential early leader James Benjamin Clark.

The first Clark Field, at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway,[10] operated from 1887 through 1927, then was closed for the construction of the Mechanical Engineering Building a.k.a.

The current field is bounded by the creek and San Jacinto Boulevard to the northeast, east and southeast; and touched by Jester Circle to the west.