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[[File:Trap shooting at Schroeters.jpg|left|thumb||In this undated photo, a woman in Victorian dress is trap shooting. The boy on the right appears to be tossing the targets while others watch safely from the rear. The location is described as [[Ampersand Avenue|Ampersand Avenue]] Ball Field, apparently the field known as Schroeter's today. [[Barbara Parnass]] made this reprint in 1981 from a glass-plate negative in a box labeled "Distin." [[William L. Distin|William L. Distin]] was a professional photographer. He and [[George W. Baldwin|George W. Baldwin]], an earlier photographer here, became partners. After a few years, Baldwin left to work in Lake Placid, and Distin absorbed his business and acquired at least some of his glass-plate negatives. Some of the photos in Distin collection were likely Baldwin's work; this may be one of them. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', October 13, 2012. ]] 

[[File:Trap shooting at Schroeters2.jpg|right|thumb||In this photograph, the same marksman fires while lying on her back! ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', March 23, 2013. ]]'''Schroeter's Field''' is a five-acre field on the south side of [[Ampersand Avenue|Ampersand Avenue]] near [[Forest Home Road]], next to the former site of [[Schroeter's Restaurant|Schroeter's Restaurant]]. The field is presently owned by [[Saranac Lake High School]] and is used for athletic practice and games. In the 1940s and 50s it was used for [[Circus|circus]]es and carnivals.

For many years this was the site of little league [[baseball|baseball]] in Saranac Lake, known locally as the [[Matty League|Matty League]] in honor of baseball Hall of Famer [[Christy Mathewson|Christy Mathewson]]. Many youths who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s have fond memories of Schroeter's Field with its dugouts and scoreboard.

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