 Among the notable players to play at Vaughn Street, either for the home team or for the visitors, are Satchel Paige, Joe Tinker, Jim Thorpe, and Ted Williams.The stadium also became, however briefly, the home of the Portland Rosebuds, a team owned by Olympic gold medalist The Rosebuds were part of the West Coast Baseball Association, an all-black league headed by Abe Saperstein, the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters; the league was disbanded after only two months.In 1947, the center field bleachers burned in an early morning fire on September 21, blamed on a smoldering the stadium had recently been condemned by fire The center field bleachers were rebuilt, smaller than their predecessor and disconnected from the left field bleachers.