Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-28
Be SEATS FOR ALL
Additional BIeachers Being
Constructed in Polo Grounds.
TO ACCOMMODATE 10000
President Brush Making Elaborate
Plans for Worlds Series
Games.

NEW YORK. September os-In the
mind of President John T. Brush of the
New York National League club, the
Giants are already as good as entered in
this years worlds championship series
with the worlds champion Athletics. At
least. Mr. Brush took a gamblers chance
yesterday in the first step toward pro-
viding conveniences for the prospective
spectators of base balls annual classic.
Work was begun on an additional
bleacher section in the outfield. which will
add to the seating capacity Of the Brush
stadium by several thousands.
This new bleacher will ancroach some
what upon the present playing field, but
will not hamper the players. 1t will con-
sst of a semi-circle Of circus seats, built
down in front Of the present wooden sec
ton of bleachers. 1t will embrace some
twenty feet of playing space. but will in
nowise interfere with the view Of patrons
in any OF the regular stands, as the
wooden bleachers at sthe Polo Grounds
are raised to a higher elevation than the
Srandstand. This makes possible the
erection of temporary stands Of fifteen or
twenty rows in depth in front of the
bleacher section proper.
Two Umpires in Outfeld.
At West Side PARK, in Chicago. last
fall several thousands Of spectators were
placed on the playing field in temporary
circus seats The limited space of the
Windy City park made ground rules nee
essary. For this reason two umpires
were placed in the outfield to watch f1y
balls. If the ball was hit in the tempo
rary section it was good for but two
bases: if in the bleachers proper the bat
ter was entitled to home run. The rul
ing of the arbiters several times precipi
tated the most strenuous sort of kicking
There will be no chance of such dis
putes at the Polo Grounds, where the
bleacher walls are fairly defined
While John T. Brush WILL of course
benefit by the addition Of a temporary
bleacher section, it's installation will like.
wise reward the services Of the boys who
have brought pennant to New York
this season. In the estimation of the
contractors the additional seating space
will increase the capacity of the Brush
stadium to almost twice the size of an.
other base ball plant in the world. The
biggest crowd at any worlds series te
date has been less than $1,000. Fully
5000, and perhaps 10000, patrons will
be squeezed into the Polo Grounds each
day that the Giants and Athletics play
here. Already this season the Giants
have played to more than 1000
New Stand to Hold Over 1000.
At that time only part of two sections
of the upper tier of the grandstand was
utilized. In the upper tier there are
twenty-five sections, exclusive Of the
boxes, that had not been installed at
that time, and each section will accom-
modate 4O0-a seating capacity of 10000
In all. That means, in short, that the
stands will seat more than $1,000 persons
without the aid of the temporary bleach
ers to be added. 1t is expected that the
latter will accommodate from 5000 to
1900 But utilizing the aisles and back
spaces of the two grandstand tiers and
the bleachers fully 10000 more than have
ever witnessed a game at the local park
may be accommodated.
John 7. Brush will show fandom the
most handsome as we'll as the most
capacious plant of all base ball history.
The upper tier of the grandstand is
practically finished, and the contractors
are now busy with the decorations. The
the upper tier. are being artistically fin
ished in filigree work They will boast
the coats-of-arms of the various states
of the Union and of the various coun-
tries of the civilized world.
In view of the countrywide attention
that the coming series has attracted. the
present cramped press box will be turned
over to the general public, and the
scribes will be installed in new and more
commodious quarters in the upper tier Of
the grandstand.