The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09
NO STADIUM GREATER
THAN NEW YALE BOWL
Vast Concrete Amphitheatrs
Will Accommodate Record
Number Of Spectators.
OUTRIVALS THE ANCTENTS

Tho greatest crowd cver assembled On
witness sporting cvent-the $4,000 en-.
thuNssts who have paid their money TO ees
me Yaie-Harvard football game OIL No.
vember 2l-wtll be ushered into IN. rroo,
est nmphitheatre OF ancient or nod.r,
times.
This is the Yale Bowl. che great r,n.
dunn that has been built as the ce,,r,
piece OF the New Haven universities nav
athletic field. II is set down in tho earth
twenty-seven feet. and the rim OF It r,sas
twenty-nine feet above the normal grade
The field within tho inner retaining wall f.
500 feet long and 400 feet wide Fro,
the top OF this wall to tho last row q.
seats tho distance Is 100 feet The Ienst,
or the structure over all 10 900 feet and
fs width $50 feet. Under normal cor
ditions there are seats for al, 900 person,
For tho game with Harvard new top rows
have been built. Increasing the seating
capacity by 5000.
These figures may givo some idea OF IN.
proportions OF the thing, but tho arcnl-
tect and the engineers arc prouder stil
Of the things thcy have done to mako
this playground notable for .ts conve-
nienccs You get into tho thing By way q.
thirtyNtwo portals set In the outer re-
tanning wall. They are mt normal grade
ana when you get through the tunnels
leading to the seats you are half way up
the sides Of the bowl. Each OF thea
tunnels will serve $500 spectators, ana
ninety fest Ia the maximum distance any
one OF them will have to walk after
getting through tho tunnel. Tho sans
principle In employed that theatre man
ayers have found advantageous IN empty
Ing their places OF amusemsnt All Of
the $4,000 persons could get out OF M
hos t.. .<a
necessary.
The entire inside OF this bowl 10 Of re-
enforced concrete 90 laid as TO form step.
On each OF these steps nre tho royvs n,
seats. These seats arc placed on metal
spring standards bolted into the cement
and have backs They are made O,
Douglas Ar and are comfortable without
cushions The space between each two
rows of seats II SO inches and the cement
steps under them are 20 constructed AZ
10 preclude any possibility Of being
flooded m tho event OF rain. The three
foot a'sles leading from the rim OF the
howl 10 the retaining wall about the
playing field open upon the field itself.
The sand and gravel into which the
bowl was set makes an excellent soil FOR
drainage purposes After, the plavirr
loan was rolled and then several inches
OF humus was narrowed into u. After
that there was another rolling or rich
loam and then the sod. The humuR act
as sponge for the sod. keeping II fresh
and al the same time assists the dralf-
age. Yale men arc claiming that II Is
the greenest dryest, hardest, springics.
sod In the world
The whole amphitheatre covers abou,
sixteen acres. an area larger than Mad.
son Square II was built from "a furd
subscribed by Yale alumni aud Yale rer
. constructed H. Prof Charles A. rcrr,
Is responsible for tho engineering plans
and Thomas G. Atwood was the consult
ing and supervising engineer. Dom Bar
ber of this city was the architect lie
said yesterday that an effort had hee-
made 10 avoid architectural embollish.
ments. There is nothing ornamental
about the structure itself. IT In essen
TALLY concrete design and the concrt.
has been 30 treated that II will retain
Its pinkish gray color.
Eventually there will he broad wall
around tho rim OF the bowl with railing
and hedge. Shrubs will be planted IN the
embankment above the portals ana ivy
will be grown over the outer concrete
walls. There will be two spaces for park
ing automobiles near the bowl, one ri
them 10 accommodate $500 machines ant
the other 1900 machines The scheme
OF which this amphitheatre is part
! con,emplates the construction OF nine
practice fields for football, 800 tennis
courts, twelve baseball diamonds, a run.
mag track and central clubhouse. The
whole will be laid out after the fashion
OF great park.