Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-02


Field and Big stsne-owners Of
Various Teams Looking Forward
to Successful Year on the Green
Diamond
win the most perfect organization
5f any professional sport in me world
and with more capitai invested 10 Sc
etrc its future than Is invested 20 far
ther the requirements Of any other or
a|anllcd sport. the baseball season Of
1909 in mdiof ana minor leagues is
now under way.
While The laymau ia baseball who
sits on the bleachers or ia the grand
stand Processes to entertain q certain
amount of seorn as 90 the money end
Of The sport aud inc sums which
are needed 10 maintain II successfully,
q ls a fact that. from the humblest
lionaire who admires dads Grst
game there is u certain element Of
pfide in the fact that the home team
IS doing well. and that Tie national
pastime thrites from away np Ia the
corner OF Maine to away down in the
corner Of California
Onhand il may be said that q sum
approximatinR s.. 900. 600 has been de
voted in the last y months IN a
general way to the bett.rmcnt OF the
accommodations FOR the game through
out the United States Il Is a good
tIH roll az 4.tt.v 49,. ~. It.f.fI.t.4
solely to further recreation and pleas
are for the masses, aud a summary OF
the WAYS IN which the expenditures
have been made Is not uninteresting.
For example. there tx the purchase
Of a splendid field and the erection Of
phia American league club. Uncle
Ben Shibs the principal owner OF
that orgauizatios. has a structure
which is q monument to baseball by
reason Of It's magnitude and luxurious
ness. Alphabetically beautiful. prac-
tlcally adapted to the uses 10 which
It is 20 be put II viii he one OF the
sights OF the substantial Quaker city
The present National league stand IN
Philadelphia. although older. Of itself
is a tribute to the tame and base
ball patrons In the metropolis of the
keystone state are provided for ID
the future almost on a scale Of grand
eur
The pittsburg Baseball club has
purchased ground for a new and ca
pacious field aud is building as rap
idly as possible a grand stand and
field stand which are but little less
ornate. II any than those in philadel-
phia Reared aloft in steel and con
crete. the Pittsbure club viii have
an enormous "threc-decker' before
the year Is ntcr which eventually
may accommodate the huge number
OF nearly -. 000 patrons.
Tho New York National league club
has expended thousands 81 dollars IN
improving the structures on that his
toric Hold which Is known throughout
the length and breadth of the United
States as the Polo grounds
The cleveland baseball club has ex-
pended q large sum not only IA on
l%arging IFS beautiful park iu -he For
est city but I'm rebuilding the stands
and making them more comfortable
for the patrons
The Chicago American league base
hall club has purchased "a valuable
plot Of real estate in that city. on
which new stands suitable 10 the uses
OF the club viii bo built ere long The
Detroit club has Invested a large sum
la real estate Ior a new field and
when ready the buildings Tor that or
sanitation ave promised 10 be erected
ou % scale commensurate with that
which has been adopted tn the other
large cities Of the United States
THE sd Louis National league club
has secured its holidays on the real
estate which Is under its control and
better stands are q future gift to the
patrons OF baseball there The 81
Louis American league club has ann
piHcd and rebuilt as stands. Gin
einuaii already has one at the more
elaborate stands OF fhe major league
circuit. aud The capacity ~ the Chica
ru National league ground Was in
hugely hy the rebuilding 81
q greater part of the structures ON
Dst area
an Doe 800. everything points tc a
ue,ossfuI wear and "a successful fu-
ufe fof the great national pastime