Memorial Stadium

They called it Orrsville, that patch of pay dirt in the Baltimore Colts' end zone where No. 28 plied his trade. How many teams were buried there, in the closed end of Memorial Stadium, beaten by a scoring pass to the elusive Jimmy Orr? "I must have caught 45 or 50 touchdowns in that right corner," said Orr, a favorite Colts receiver in the 1960s. "It was sloped some, a little downhill, which helped me, speed-wise. I wasn't all that fast." But Orr had sure hands and he ran smart routes, which made him All-Pro - and the club's deep threat for much of his 10 years with the Colts.

A foundation run by Cal Ripken Jr. and his family plans an estimated $6 million project to build five state-of-the-art youth ballparks in distressed Baltimore neighborhoods - including one at the old Memorial Stadium site that would resemble the former ballpark's field. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation's Swing for the Future campaign envisions turning the little-used field at the redeveloped Stadium Place on 33rd Street into a multipurpose, artificial turf sports complex with a running track and exercise stations.

Joseph B. Codd, who memorized the names of the Baltimore Orioles season ticket holders and their seat locations during his five decades in the club ticket office, died of pneumonia Tuesday at his Oak Crest Village retirement home in Parkville. He was 93. Born in Baltimore, he was raised above a bar his father owned at Hoffman and Ensor streets. He attended St. Paul's Parochial School and Loyola High School. After serving in the Army in Germany during World War II, he worked in real estate with his sister, Marie Codd, who had a flourishing sales and rental business in the Mount Vernon section of downtown Baltimore in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Some of the best music of the rock 'n' roll era will be featured at the Senator Theatre this weekend, as owner Tom Kiefaber continues to mark the coming end of his family's 70-year run as owners and operators of the North Baltimore landmark. Jonathan Demme's 1984 Stop Making Sense, a concert film capturing the Talking Heads at their creative peak, will play at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, followed at 10:30 p.m. by Francois Girard's 1994 Secret World Live, featuring Peter Gabriel in concert.

Congratulations, new Ravens fan, you've made it through basic training. Now sit back and enjoy the game with your family and friends. But beware, someone might test your loyalty. Be ready to meet fire with fire. Here's some Ravens trivia: * Who was the first player drafted by the Ravens? (Jonathan Ogden) * In their first game, what team did the Ravens beat? (The Oakland Raiders, 19-14, with Earnest Byner scoring the winning touchdown on a 1-yard run.) * Bruce Matthews has a place in Baltimore football lore.

Where were you 29 years ago today? On Oct. 10, 1979, Baltimore witnessed its earliest measurable snowfall. Only a third of an inch at BWI, it was enough to postpone the opening game of the World Series at Memorial Stadium between the O's and the Pirates. Man, it was cold! We set a new record low - 34 degrees. And the day's high - just 47 degrees - remains the lowest daytime high for Oct. 10.

COLLEGE PARK - Injuries are exposing freshmen and other inexperienced players to more prominent roles as Maryland heads to Clemson on Saturday for what coach Ralph Friedgen calls "a defining game" in one of the nation's most intimidating stadiums. The untested Terps, many of them on defense, will need to acclimate quickly to Clemson Memorial Stadium (capacity 81,500), a place opposing players either love or fear. Coach Ralph Friedgen is hoping it's the former when such players as Cameron Chism, a freshman defensive back, encounter the stadium popularly known as "Death Valley."

Fire destroyed the sprawling playground that thousands of volunteers built three years ago at the site of the old Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street, a blaze that community leaders called "devastating" as they vowed to rebuild. Residents and children walking from school watched from a hillside while about 35 firefighters doused the flames, which were spotted about 2:20 p.m. as plumes of thick, black smoke rose above the city. Fire officials said the cause was not immediately known, and arson investigators were exploring the possibility that the fire was set. As the fire continued to smolder, a police officer and a fire investigator at the scene talked to a juvenile who was seated in the back of a squad car with his head in his hands.

Dr. Sheldon Goldgeier, a retired physician whose days as an Orioles team doctor included treating injured tendons as well as bee stings in the upper deck, died of lymphoma Sunday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Easton resident was 75. From 1966 until 1993, he was behind home plate and on call for players and fans alike at Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards. "He was an integral part of the Orioles family," said former Orioles first baseman Boog Powell. "He was a great doctor and a good friend.

It wasn't the heat of a pennant race in Section 34 of Memorial Stadium, but rather a balmy late spring evening in Section 312 of Camden Yards. And the man who contorted his body in support of his beloved Orioles a generation ago had passed on. But, for one night, the magic of Orioles baseball was back, as a few hundred of Wild Bill Hagy's closest friends gathered to salute his memory, reminisce about those special times and do the most famous cabdriver-turned-cheerleader proud...