The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-31
INV BENNETT PARK is
TO Be UNEXCELLED IN
ITS EXIT FACILITIES
Seven This Way Outs WIZ
Drain Plant of Big Crowds
In a Short Time.
GROUNDS LUMBERYARD
With Harry Davis Nap, Lively
/ Pow-wows With Cleveland
Are Looked For.

Are Looked For.
BY RALPH L. YoNkER.
The new Bennett Park is going 10
he one of the finest places In the
world to get out of next year NO
siam. at all. but the highest sort OF
a compliment.
While President Navin was attend
ing the worlds series, this year, at
New York and Philadelphia Col
course. naturally he'd attend II at
the places mentioned this year, ne
noticed both at the Polo Grounds ana
AZ Shibe Park that there was oe-
c,ded tedium while the big crowds
moved out to the street. since they
took n half-hour or so to do II.
There will be nothing of that sort
M Bennet Park, for there are
seven exits, enough to empty the
grounds in ten or fifteen minutes.
And no matter which exit is used
street car can be taken block or
so from the gate.
IL H KENYON, the engineer in
,haree for the Osborn Engineering
70. saws that the exit facilities OF
the new plant will be the finest OF
auy park of its size in the country
One OF the improvements over
nearly all the other big plants Is that
there Is not a step in the whole park
m he climbed by visitors except In
The aisles in the stands. Each en-
trance or exit is an incline and not
stairway.
The park differs from many in the
larger cities In that ii will be SIN
Gle decker. President Navin noticed
when visiting plants, with double
decked stands that the lower oertns
were much preferred and so conclud-
ed that, since room enough could De
crowded for all the patronage that
IL expected In Detroit for the next Few
wears without a balcony. the upper
norton would be omitted. However,
when the Tigers begin winning some
more pennants and the $4,000 seats
arranged for are not SUFFICIENT Tor
the mob, then another story can De
added. for the foundation is being
laid with plenty of strength 10 hoid
another floor. But that will De an
other story.
To get back on the job, there won't
be much chance for the bleacherltes
who enjoy sun baths and ball games
tor the minimum admission price TO
get the bargains, for only two or three
thousand seats are in the sections
canopied by the heavens.
Eight thousand persons can be
seated in the pavilions, which are
dienified by this name because they
are rooted, and the rest of the 3D.
0UO seats are in the grandstand prop
err.
Bennett Park Just now looks like
a very busy lumber yard, with the
I,imber ccmpany's Offices In the old
main entrance. Where the Trumbull-
ave. bleachers formerly stood saw
mill. fully equipped. whines through
timber, and scattered all over the
block are piles of the cut and uncut. |
TIC Hunkin-Conkey Co. of Cleveland, !
are behind all the turmoil
At the pitchers box Is the axle or
q wheel. the spokes and rim OF which
are bitches. The spokes are each
80 feet in length and there are doz- |
EN- of them. In these bitches will be
Iaid tile, which will drain the diam
ond, thoroughly for a radius of 80
feet from the slab.
small army of men Is hustling
TO complete the work of building the
new plant before spring. One would
imagine that there were at least so
or GO men there. But ones magma
ton Is sometimes faulty. There are
now over 500 men helping to build
Detroit's baseball plant. There have
been about this number employed
steadily since the construction work
was begun.
While the general public will be
I well taken care OF next year, the
players will be actually pampered.
Two club houses, one for the home
club and one for the visitors, will be
built under the stands on National
ave The Tigers will have the finest
locker facilities in the country and
showers galore, needle bath, steaming
room and trainers room.
From the club houses 10 the play.
ers' benches there will be tunnels un-
der the stands.
The only feature missing is a spe-
ciai tube TO shoot the umpire into the
street and TO a street car before the
mob can bottle him IL he becomes I'M
reasonable. OF course, IL is under.
stood that this is really a luxury
here and not necessity as at Cleve-
land. Billy" Evans, please write.
Which Is a reminder that there
ought TO be some nifty pow.wows.
Z with tho Maps here and at the Forest
Cit. mex, year You remember away
back In October, when the Athletics
and the Giants were fighting Il out
I for the worlds championship that
Harry Davis. the Cleveland manager.
who was at that time. captain of the
Atnletics, (sounds like ancient his.
tory. doesn't III accused Hugh Jen-
nings OF tipping OF some valuable G,
indicating sarcasm) information,
which every Detroit school boy had,
viz: namely, that Baker could be
spiked?
Davis and Jennings, IL is said,
have never been in the David and
sonathon class, anyway, and that late
unpleasantness naturally didn't make
the breech between them any closer
apart, as the French say t.
50 there ought TO be some hair.