The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-25
MELTED $500 ON SUNDAY.
Ball Game a Good Paying Venture
for Topeka Team.

Just LIZA people paid admission to
see the baseball game at the new park
sunday afternoon. The total receipts
including the grand stand and privi-
leges amounted to $644.65. Substract-
ing from this the sum of $3.50, which
was guaranteed to LeaVenworth under
contract the baseball association made
S4S5.65 clear on the game.
OF the 5000 tickets issued two
weeks ago for the game not more than
600 We're sold. A total of 533 showed
up at the gate. Secretary Logan
states that in his opinion not over SO
more unrepOrted sold tickets are still
outstanding. The association had
hoped to dispose of at least 5000
of these fifty cent admissions, and
from that source derive cOnSidera bl e
money to be used in Iiquidating the
bills of the association and of the park
company. The tickets were distributed
all over the city and were in the hands
of many of the fans, but the sale was
much lighter than even the most
dubious had thought. 1t points to one
fact, probably, namely that Sunday
crowds in Topeka will be close around
the 1000 mark
Just $40 people sat in the grand
stand and 654 in the north bleachers.
Roth were comfortably filled, showing
pretty well what their capacity is. The
east bleachers are to be just as large
may be deducted that satisfactory
seating room for 1000 people may be
found in the new park when it is en-
tirely completed. That will probably
suffice in most instances.
The attendance was the second larg
est of the year. On the Fourth of
July 1885 people attended the game
on Washburn field between the Saints
and Fort Scott.
The work on the park will be rapid
ly pushed this week so as to get every
thing in shfp-shape for next home
game, which takes place Thursday be-
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roof is being placed on the grand stand
today. The temporary railing about
the front of the stand was torn away
this morning. Just at the angle, the
newspaper mems box will be built and
permanent backstop built all along
the front of the stand. Wire netting
will then be swung loosely from the
roof to the railing along the entire
front of the stand. In Sundays game
the netting was stretched tight and the
foul tips made large dents wherever
they struck.
Guard rails will be put up about the
north bleachers. The southeast stand
will be finished by Tuesday night.
Three exits will be arranged for, one
under the grand stand with double
entrance, and one at the end of each
bleacher stand. Difficulty was expert
enced Sunday by the crowd in getting
out of the grounds.
Steps will be taken to shut off the
view from the hill at the southeast
corner OF the renee II is Planned 10
have a lot of sign boards put up there
for advertising purposes. 1t is a very
place for that purpose,
for a full view can be had of the point
from the grand stand, the street cars,
and for considerable distance away
from the park.
Scrapers and rollers were put on the
grounds this morning to get it more
solid. In Sundays game the softness
of the soil had much to do with the
error column. While this cannot be
entirely eliminated this year, the sur
face can be made entirely smooth, so
as to have it in good condition for