Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-13

i oiu university now has q Splen-
e'ia STADIUM, one that need not fear
comparison in point of size with the
largest ones of ancient times. Its outer
walls measure 527 by 42O feet. II is a
huge steel-conerete structure. the seats
rising tier above tier on three different
slopes. As there are 81 tiers Of seats
reached by IS aisIes and divided into
81 sections, each division of the tier
accommodating from II to rs persons
we need not wonder that about % O0fb
persons can be seated, while at tho
great football games 10000 are able to
vie~ the sport
Though not stadium, because ex.
elusiNely intended for theatrical per.
formances, the Greek theater. at Berk.
eley, Cal, the gift of William Randolph
Hearst, offers many similar features.
Here the theater at Epidaurus served
as en- inspiration to the architect. John
Galen Howard, in certain details of the
structure. There are two series of
semicircular tiers, and as the building
is backed by a hillside, anyone seated
on the uppermost row of seats can
step up upon the solid ground above
the theatsr. 1t provides seats for 5000
persons, lut was thought to be too
large at the time it was built; and yet
when . great and popular speaker de-
livered an address here, some 5000
would-be hearers had to be turned
away
THE stadium at San Francisco, sit
uated in the middle of Golden Gate
park. forms an Enclosure designed to
serve at once for trotting races and
for athletic sports of all kinds, and
hence having many Of the character
lstic features of a race track. Its size
SO tar exceeds that of any stadium
either ancient or modern, that it can
not fairly be compared with them.
Having an area of 80 acres, there is
room for an oval trotting track q
mile long and 60 feet wide; from this
a grassy terrace, 80 feet wide. slopes
down to the infield, 10 feet below the
level of the track. Along the foot of
this terrace runs footpath Il feet
wide, and within this again is q bicycle
track 25 feet in width. The 'straighta-
way of this bicycle track is paralleled
by a 220-yard cinder track for runners,
and at the eastern end of the infield is
n circular euarter-mile einder track.
within which there is ample room for
contests in hammer throwing, pole
vaulting, jumping, etc. Other parts of
the infield afford sufficient space for
no less than six football fields, and a
basketball court as well, SO that II
college teams could simultaneously
contend for the honors of victory at
football. Spectators to the number of
$1,000 could view such contests seated
on the verdant terrace.
"The largest stadium in the United
States and one of the finest structures
of its kind, has recently been con-
structed for Syracuse university, New
York, at a cost of 100000. 1t is an
oval, the length of the long axis being
$40 feet, and that of the short axis 415
feet; the area is 1-3 acres About
10000 persons can easily be seated, and,
H necessary, place could be found for
as MANY more. In the building of this
Immense sts diunn ESQ, 600 cubic yards of
ground were exeavateG and 10000 Gu
bic yards OF reinforced concrete were
. The great stadium at Tacoma,
Washington state, is adjacent to the
Tacoma high school, and commands
mag nificent viewsof Puget sound. Here
broad and deep rayine debouching
upon the Sound formed a natural am
phithcater BY popular snbscriptionethe
funds for the construction of the sta
dunn were contributed and the final
cost was $135,0e0. Its dimensions are
400 feet long by 800 feet wide; its seat
ing capacity 10000. The athletic field is
equipped with a running track one
fifth of a mile long, and is ample in
size for either football or baseball
games. For military maneuvers, great
public spectacles, or popular assem-
blages of any sort, the stadium is of
the greatest value. and in it the citi-
zens of Tacoma have pride that is
wholly justifiable. A considera Bile part
of the requisite funds was raised by
giving to every contributor of $40
ticket good for all stadium events
during a period of five years New
York Evening Post.