The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-08
Philadelphia National Play
ing Field Smallest i'm
Either Big League
AREA COMPARED WITH
THE BRAVES FIELD
Only 10000 Persons Can See Any Sin
gle Game in Quaker City, While
Twice That Number Can Witness
Boston Contests.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8. - Twelve
months ago when the Boston Nationals
defeated the Philadelphia Athletics for
the world s title of baseball champions,
all the games were PLAYED on Ameri-
can league grounds and this year the
contending teams will meet in Nation
al league parks. An exchange Of cour-
tesies between President Gahnev and
! President Lannin of the rival Boston
clubs made possible an additional seat
| ing capacity for the games last year
In return for the kindness of President
Lannin last season, President Gaffnev
/ has placed Braves field at the disposal
/ Of the American league pennant win
ners for the coming series, thereby af-
fording accommodations for several
thousand additional spectators.
The new home of the Boston Nation
ais, where ut least half of this year s
battle will be staged, win seat possibly
a few hundred in excess of 10000 per-
sons At first an erroneous impression
! prevailed that Braves field after the
erection OF temporary stands would ac-
commOdate over $4,000 spectators. In
fact semi-ofIicial statement was made
TO that effect.
Since President Lannin accepted the
offer of President Gaffncy. Red Sox of
ficials have been busiIv engaged check k.
ing up the seating capacity of the Ma
tional league grounds, and they found
the first reports to be considerably III
excess of the actual figures reached
after thorough inspection of the crane
and other stands. and bleachers. 1T has
also transpired that & municipal or
dinance exists which prohibits the cree
ton of temporary structures and rs the
time Is too short in which to build per
manent stands on the grounds, a liber
nj estimate of the parks capacity
places II about $4,000. This, however
will be far in excess of the possibilitie.
of Fenway park, where $500 persons
the largest attendance ever registered
| at baseball game in Boston, witnessed
one Of the games between the Braves
, and Athletics last October
The playing field extends 3S5. 500 ant
. $50 feet respectively front the HON,
plate to left, center and right fields
. Ranging over the broad reaches o1
Braves field, the fences in which ar
from $50 to go feet beyond the hom
plate the fleet Boston folders will hav.
ample room for their great speed.
Another asset to the Red Sox in tbei
: home games viii he these great dis
tances to the fences on Braves fiel
which, unlike the shorter boundarie
) of the Philadelphia park, offer no cas-
J mark to home run drives on fight
\ within the reach of fast fielder. Niue
of Philadelphia 5 offensive strength wi
!. be robbed by this fact also, Red So
supporters believe
National League park, the home o
1 the Phillies for many years, is one o
the smallest grounds in either the \;
4 tional or American leagues. It's CRANE
stand, which is of the double-deck ear
tileyer type, was the first moder
structure of the kind in the Unite
4 States Built of brick and steel it wa
the finest baseball property III the couI
n try when constructed, but is out-ot
y date as compared with the create
> structures put up in the last few year
81 With additional seats, temporarily bui
4 for the coming series, the seating capa,
y ity of the grounds viii not be MOI
y than 10000.
d Probably more than two games
Y the series may be played in Philade
b phia aud the park with its short fenc,
y will certainly suit the National leagJ
D hitters. Three of these, Cravath. La,
y erus and Becker, the pinch batter, .,
"a liable to hit one ont of tho cnclosul
81 for : homer, off any Of the visitir
q Red SoX pitchers. When great bo
"a men are on the mound runs general
= are few and far between and q hon
s. run might win a game particularly
y Alexander should he pitching for II
ID side accredited with the circuit clou