The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-07
EBBETS FIELDS
WITHOUT RIVAL
New Home of Brooklyn Superbas
Combines Every Idea for
Comfort of Patrons.

| New York. April 6.-Dbbets Field i.
the last word In the way of u baseball
park. Charles II. Ebbets. president
and chief owner of the Brooklyn club
has spared neither money nor con
slant care to add to the comfort ana
convenience of the fans" and play
ers. Nothing has been overlooked
From grandstand to playing field every
, modern Improvement has been made
and tho home Of the Brooklyn Super
bas. who. according to one OF their
most ardent rooters, "are first in we'll
wishers. first i'll enthusiasm, but only
seventh in the National League pen
nant race stands out as the most
complete field In the country o-day.
Erected at cost Of $4,000, the
park includes everything that could
be thought out by the fertile brain
OF master in baseball The grand
stand Is the pride of MIR. Ebbets, and
of it he has good reason to be proud,
as he practically designed it himself.
Tho entrance to the stand Is more like
that OF some vast theatre than of {,
ball park. and the local fans" have
never seen anything like 1t. The main
gate is located ut the corner OF Cedar
Place and sullivan Street, named af-
ter General Sullivan. Of Revolutionary
War fame.
The lobby OF the entrance is more
Respondent with the marble and
glazed brick walls. its plate glass win
dows in the ticket booths and brass
ratings. There are Il dozen ticket
windows placed about the rotunda,
and an enormous crowd can be hand
led quietly and with little trouble.
! Since all stairs have been done away
with and inclined runways installed in
place. the fans" will have no trouble
In finding their seats quickly
The holders OF unreScrved seat> will
enter through the stlle which will DC
marked. and. ascending the short in
cline, VIII come out in the centre OF
The stand. from whence they may
take the best seats procurahle. The
holders OF box seats and seats in the
front reserved section will proceed
through the proper stiIe, under and
10 the front of the stand and to their
proper seats.
There will be no unnecessary inter-
mingling Of the fans. Those who hold
tickets for the upper tier will ascend
the rUnways ut the rear of the stands
critics will find ticket booths at con-
Venient points. Only one point is
lacking TO add to the comfort OF all.
There is not n single knothole In the
whole blooming fence, for what with
the great steel Orders and solid CON
w
his own conclusions from the volum @
of noise that Will arise from the inner
battlemonts.
Among the conveniences which will
be found at the new park are a wo-
mans suite. which is located on the
lower tier OF the main grandstand, con-
s'stinS OF parlor. private retiring
room. with maid, telephone and writ
ing desk, checkroom. where all ar
tcles Will be checked free OF charge,
incoming telephone messages received
and umbrellas loaned at the nominal
charge OF 10 cents.
Brooklyn owes the fact that she can
boats OF the finest ball park in tho
country to Charles II. Ebbcts. after
whom the park is named. Mr.. Ebbcts
announced that he would build q new
home for the Superbns on January .
! 1912, and on that date he also an
| nounced that he hoped to play the first
game on the new park on either June
II, Flag Day, or on August 81, the
one hundred and thirty-sixth anniver-
sary OF the battle of Long Island. The
battle of Long Island was waged over
the territory now occupied by tho ball
park. and Mr. Ebbets has history
! down on his finger tips.
For one reason or another, the park
was not finished. From time to time
/ Mr. Ebbets entertained the members
of the Baseball Writer'S Association
and took them on personally conduct
/ ed tours of the grounds. and the fair
city OF Brooklyn. Now all is ready
and Brooklyn has one of tho most mag
nihcent monuments to the great ma.
tional game.