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25-531: The previous home of the Tar Heels was a multi-use venue called Emerson Field , which sat some 2,400 people. The combination baseball/football field was opened in 1916 on the site of the existing athletic field (ca. 1900) and named for a university benefactor, Captain Isaac E. Emerson , best known as the inventor of Bromo-Seltzer . The football team left Emerson for Kenan Memorial Stadium in 1927. Emerson would continue as

50-422: A component of the original formula, sodium bromide ; each dose contained 3.2 mEq /teaspoon of it. Bromides are a class of tranquilizers that were withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1975 due to their toxicity. Their sedative effect probably accounted for Bromo-Seltzer's popularity as a hangover remedy . Early formulas also used acetanilide as the analgesic ingredient; it is now known to be toxic. Acetanilide

75-577: A pharmacist from the University of North Carolina in 1879. In 1880, he moved to Baltimore and opened a small drug store where he developed a formula for a headache remedy. He patented the formula, named it Bromo-Seltzer and began marketing it. In 1887, he formed the Emerson Drug Company and, recognizing the importance of advertising in selling products, undertook worldwide ad campaigns in newspaper, magazine, in-store ads and on radio which rocketed

100-995: A stepdaughter: Captain Emerson and his wife, Anne, were widely known in American society and in the capitals of Europe. When Emerson's step-daughter, Ethel P. McCormack, married the son of William Gibbs McAdoo , then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury , President Woodrow Wilson attended the reception at the Emerson estate in Brooklandwood, Maryland , off of Falls Road, north of the city. They were also known as lavish entertainers, maintaining two yachts for parties and world tours. They maintained estates at Brooklandwood and their villa Whitehall at Narragansett Pier in Rhode Island as well as in North and South Carolina where they entertained many social leaders of

125-560: The Queen Anne . These were used for extensive world travel as well as for social entertaining and hunting expeditions. In 1880, just after graduating college, he married Emelie ( née Askew) Dunn (1854–1921), the eldest daughter of Harriet J. (née Moore) Askew and Colonel William Franklin Askew of Raleigh, North Carolina . From her first marriage to John K. Dunn, Emelie was the mother of Margaret "Daisy" Dunn (1875–1944), whom Emerson adopted. Daisy

150-553: The sinking of RMS Lusitania , a famous British passenger ocean liner by German torpedo in 1915 during World War I . Margaret inherited her husband's fortune. One son from this marriage, Alfred Jr., went on to become one of the driving forces behind thoroughbred racing in America. Margaret married two more times, both ending in divorce. In 1931, she legally resumed her maiden name. Emerson's stepdaughter, Ethel P. McCormack, married successful New York lawyer, Francis Huger McAdoo in 1913 at

175-671: The 1998 The Simpsons episode " Bart Carny ", and in Golden Girls (Season 4, Episode 1). It is mentioned in John Steinbeck 's 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath . Drugstore Bromo-Seltzer dispensers are mentioned in Georges Simenon 's 1949 detective novel Maigret chez le coroner that takes place in Arizona. It is mentioned in several songs, including " Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered " by Rodgers and Hart , " Adelaide's Lament " in

200-681: The Atlantic seaboard cities. In 1902, his daughter Margaret, aged 18, married Dr. Smith Hollins McKim. They became social leaders in New York's high society. But in 1910 she brought a sensational divorce suit against her husband, claiming he beat her in drunken rages. She remarried in 1911, this time to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt , one of the wealthiest men in America having inherited the bulk of his father's fortune in 1899. They had two sons, Alfred Gwynne Jr. and George Washington III . While traveling to England on business, Alfred Sr. heroically lost his life in

225-613: The Emerson Hotel at the northwest corner of North Calvert and East Baltimore Streets, replacing the former old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters of 1884, which burned in the Great Baltimore Fire of February 1904. The hotel was unfortunately razed in 1971. He was controlling owner of the Maryland Glass Corporation, which made the blue glass bottles for his Bromo-Seltzer medication. In 1884, he earned

250-469: The baseball program. The entrance courtyard of the rebuilt stadium is named for the Steinbrenner family , as the result of a $ 1 million donation by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner , whose grandchildren graduated from UNC. Since expansion, the stadium has a listed capacity of 4,100, but has standing room for up to 5,000. Before renovations, it seated 3,000 people from the end of one dugout to

275-463: The family survivors favor the "Boss-hammer" pronunciation. It has hosted five Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournaments , in 1973 , 1975 , 1981 , 1982 , and 1983 . North Carolina won the 1982 and 1983 tournaments. The Tar Heels' on-field success during the mid-2000s coincided with the decision to rebuild the 35-year-old facility. Following the 2007 season, the stadium was almost completely demolished and rebuilt. UNC won their final game in

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300-506: The field is partly the result of an inward bulge in the fence in right center. Casey Carrick takes immaculate care of Bryson Field for The UNC Department of Athletics. Carrick serves as Director of Athletic Grounds and Turf Management. In that role, he oversees the daily maintenance and renovation of 30 acres of athletic turf across the Tar Heels' facilities. Isaac Edward Emerson Captain Isaac Edward Emerson (1859–1931)

325-457: The home of the baseball team for another 45 seasons. Its site is now occupied by Davis Library. Boshamer Stadium first opened on March 21, 1972, near the tail end of the 1972 season. It is named for Cary C. Boshamer (class of 1917), a textile industrialist from Gastonia whose donation made the new stadium possible. Although many Tar Heels players and fans speak of the stadium as "the Bosh", apparently

350-434: The old Boshamer Stadium 9–4 over the University of South Carolina . Due to extensive renovations to Boshamer, the Tar Heels played their 2008 season at USA Baseball National Training Complex in nearby Cary . The rebuilt stadium first opened on February 2, 2009. At that time, the playing surface was formally renamed Bryson Field in honor of former first baseman Vaughn Bryson and his wife Nancy, both longtime supporters of

375-470: The other. Today, seating extends down both the 1st and 3rd base lines. Sections past the dugout on the 1st base line are now reserved for student seating, nicknamed "The Bosh Pit". In 2013, the Tar Heels ranked 32nd among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,998 per home game. The stadium is most raucous during NCAA Tournament regional and super regional play which generally sell out. The field dimensions are as follows: The asymmetry of

400-545: The pain reliever aspirin and two reactive chemicals – sodium bicarbonate and citric acid  – which creates effervescence when mixed with water. Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid. Bromo-Seltzer was invented in 1888 by Isaac E. Emerson and produced by the Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore, Maryland . It was sold in the United States in the form of effervescent granules that were mixed with water before ingestion . The product took its name from

425-573: The product name. The tower was patterned on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy , and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The tower originally held a 51-foot (16m) representation of a Bromo-Seltzer bottle at its top, glowing blue and rotating on a vertical axis. The sign weighed 20 tons (18.1 tonnes), included 314 incandescent light bulbs, and was topped with a crown. The sign

450-578: The sales of Bromo-Seltzer and other products producing his great wealth. In 1911, Emerson built the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower , on the northeast corner of West Lombard and South Eutaw Streets, in the southwest downtown area, a well-known landmark in Baltimore, Maryland for 116 years. The tower originally featured a 51-foot revolving blue steel Bromo-Seltzer bottle on top that was lit by electric lights and visible for miles. The Emerson Tower

475-597: The time his father was the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. After Ethel and Francis divorced, Ethel took up her residence in the Brooklandwood estate. Bromo-Seltzer Bromo-Seltzer is a brand of antacid formulated to relieve pain occurring together with heartburn , upset stomach , or acid indigestion . It originally contained sodium bromide and acetanilide , both toxic substances which were eventually removed. Its current formulation contains

500-736: The title of "captain" when he organized the Maryland Naval Reserves, which he commanded until 1901. He was thereafter known as "Captain Emerson" or "Captain Ike." He also personally financed an entire Naval Squadron during the Spanish–American War and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Navy . Emerson later owned several yachts, including the Susquehanna , the Margaret , and

525-482: Was a wealthy American businessman, socialite, and seaman . He is most notable for having created the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer upon which his great wealth was based and the reason he was known as the "Bromo-Seltzer King". Issac Edward Emerson was born in 1859 in Chatham County, North Carolina , the son of a farmer. When his mother died prematurely, he went to live with his aunt and uncle. He later graduated as

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550-452: Was married to J. Mitchell Horner and, later, James McVickar. Before their divorce in 1911, they were the parents of one child: After their divorce, Emelie married Charles Hazeltine Basshor in August 1912. Basshor later committed suicide in 1914, and Emelie Basshor died in 1921. In 1911, he married his second wife, Anne McCormack ( née Preston). From this marriage, he gained a stepson and

575-546: Was removed in 1936 because of structural concerns. Emerson, who traveled widely, said the fizz reminded him of the bubbling action of Mount Bromo , a volcano in Java. Bromo-Seltzer is mentioned in several films and TV shows, including The Crooked Circle (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Wonder Man (1945), Somewhere in the Night (1946), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994),

600-477: Was replaced with its metabolite acetaminophen , and its current formulation uses aspirin , sodium bicarbonate , and citric acid , the latter two of which provide the carbonation . Bromo-Seltzer's main offices and factory were located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, at the corner of West Lombard and South Eutaw streets. The factory's most notable feature was the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower , built in 1911, whose four clock faces are ringed by letters spelling out

625-542: Was the tallest building in Baltimore along with another clock tower skyscraper on the downtown east side of the Maryland Casualty Company's – The Tower Building at the northwest corner of East Baltimore and Holiday Streets, until 1923, when supplanted by the Citizens National Bank Building (later First National Bank of Maryland) at the southwest corner of Light and Redwood Streets. He also built

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