About the Quakertown Blazers
In 1984 Clyde Smoll Jr. petitioned the
Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League to move the
defunct Allentown Wings franchise to Quakertown,
permission was granted on the condition that lights
would be erected at Memorial Park Stadium within one
year. Borough council supported the idea, advanced money
to cover the costs, and the Quakertown Stadium
Athletic Association (QSAA) was formed on June 3,
1985. The lights made night baseball possible that
summer, and in 1988, the system was upgraded to Class A
baseball standards for the USA Olympic/ACBL All Star
Game. That memorable event drew a record-breaking
crowd close to 5,000 fans and the paid attendance of
4,044 made a significant contribution toward the cost of
approximately $80,000 for the lights.
The QSAA is composed of one member of the Quakertown
Borough Council and one member from each team that uses
the field: American Legion, Junior Legion, Connie Mack,
and the Quakertown Blazers. In addition, the field is
used for Legion Playoffs and occasional high school
district games as well as college playoffs.
The sale and renewal rentals of fence signs provide the
major source of QSAA's funding, a percentage of which is
held in account by Borough Council for field
improvements. Between 1985 and 1998, $127,728 was spent
for improvements to Quakertown Memorial Park Stadium,
including lights, an outfield warning track, built-up
infield, a sprinkler system, two 40 foot long dugouts, a
new public address system, and a new backstop screen to
name a few A summer employee for field maintenance and
hundreds of volunteer hours insure an attractive and
safe playing field, the envy of many visitors.
An aerial view of historic Quakertown Memorial Stadium