A baseball park with a capacity of 1000 was constructed just north of Follansbee along the trolley line from Steubenville.  The park was known as Ferguson Field, named after the man who leased the land to owners of a Steubenville professional baseball team organized in 1905. The park was build with support from the trolley company that stood to make profits every time fans made the trip over the Market Street Bridge to see a game. The Herald Star reported that the grounds were “… as large as a fair ground, and as level as a floor, just eight minutes ride on the street car from the foot of the bridge.” However, West Virginia Sunday Laws and the discovery of oil on the site of the ballpark resulted in the Steubenville club leaving Ferguson Field after 1912. During Sunday games, members of the baseball team were arrested at the ballpark by Chief Addison Barnes and justice of the Peace Brown Lattimer, both of Follansbee. There were no laws in West Virginia prohibiting Sunday ball playing. So it was necessary to show that the players were being paid for playing which violated the state Sunday Labor Law.

• Steubenville Herald Star, “Ball Grounds Secured This Side of Follansbee for Team,”  January 8, 1906.
• Steubenville Herald Star, “Ball Players Indicted for Playing on Sunday,” October 12, 1909.
• Steubenville Herald Star, “Follansbee: Charges Against Steubenville Ball Team,”  September 3, 1909.