Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-24
PRINCETON FIELDS
GREAT COLISEUM is
DEDICATED TODAY
Amphitheatre Seating A.
900 Persons in Shape of
~" Incloses Grounds for
All Athletic Events.
IFRoM onR STAFF CORRESPONDENT
PRINCETON. n. l.. Oct,


With the opening Of the new stadium
Princeton today joins Harvard and Yale
in modern, up-to-the-minute athletic
equipment.
Yale dedicates her bowl next Satur-
day. Princeton's stadium. built of poured
reinforced concrete. unit in construc-
ton without joint or seam, is considered
the most serviccable of all college stadia.
While Yaes famous bowl seats 10000
more persons than the Tiger coliseum.
it is constructed in such q manner that
1t can be used satisfactorily only for foot
ball.
All college track and field sports can
be contested within the Tiger arena, Har-
wards stadium seats % 800. The erec-
ton Of temporary stands increases the ca
pacitv 10 $1,000
Tho stadium dedicated today is nearer
the railroad station than the old Uni
vcrslty Field. 1t is v-shaped and stands
on plateau overlooking Carnegie Lake
Ground was broken for its construction
early in the spring and concrete pouring
began on June 20. Its completion in such
short time established a record for such
work
The length OF the stadium. which seats
Il 900 persons. is 672 feet. with a width
OF $50 feet. The playing field is 5l7 feet
long and 25O feet wide. A quarter-mlle
track. with a 220-yard etraightaway, en-
circles the field. Forty eight tiers of
seats extend up from this track to the
height of 65 feet Above the top row of
seats is a promenade which extends
from one end Of the U to the other.
A picket fence, l2 feet high, set back
100 yards from the base of the stand sur
rounds the entire stadium. Entrance Is
gained through SO wicket gates. Twenty
six inclined runways open on to the seats
in the stands. Numbers of seats are stem
Ciled plainly on the concrete. which
makes It easy 10 find the place indicated
on the tickets. The lower rows OF seats
can be readily reached through the en-
tranceway in the tower of the north
stand.
No seats have been erected at the
south end of the field II opens on to a
drop OF 100 feet to Carnegie Lake
The playing field Is a remarkable piece
OF turf. First 3-inch tile drains were
laid every % feet Then on top of these
q G-irch layer Of broken stone was placed
Next came 10 inches OF subsoil. l inch of
mixed Cinders and ground salt and 1
inches Of top soil. The sod Itself Is
inches thick and Is remarkably firm and
springy.
From the centre 10 each side there is a
gradual slope Of about a foot So gradual,
however, as to be hardly noticeable. This
added 10 the sub-Suriace drainage system
permits the field 10 dry out IN very few
hours. 4 fine cinder track of 4iO yards
circumference circles the football grid
iron with a 22O-yard straightaway along
the front Of the east stand.
The field VIII he used for football and
important track events only a new
clubhouse for the football team and the
visiting PLAYERS has been built about 2l0
yards north OF the closed end OF the field
Cyrus II Mccormick of Chicago was
the donor OF the 5000 needed for the
erection OF this clubhouse.
PI1nceton's amphithsatre Is not only OF
value TO the athletic association, but
through SIr. Palmers stipulation Il will
produce revenue for the university In
the past II cost the athletic association
$1,000 TO erect and remove temporary
stands at University Field. This sum will
be turned over annually 10 the university
by the athletic association, which IN turn
VIII reap greater profit by the increased
seating capacity