in the early part of the 1970s, bill meyer stadium was converted into a pop warner recreational football league facility. the 100 yard field was striped from the third base side of the diamond, extending out to the right field warning track area. a great majority of the football plays were snapped from the dirt area of the infield. it became the home field for the fraternal order of police (fop) midget (11- to 12-year-old) football team which held daily practices throughout the fall in the dirt parking area outside the stadium.