The Ocala evening star., 1915-10-08
PLAYED IN NATIONAL
LEAGUE PARKS
OF THE GROUNDS
IN WHICH THE WORLDS
SERIES WILL BE
PLAYED
(AssOciated Press)
CAssociated Press)

New York, Oct 6.-Twelve months
ago when the Boston Nationals de-
feated the Philadelphia Athletics for
the worlds title of baseball cham
pions, al the games were played on
American League grounds and this
year the contending teams will meet
in National League parks. An ex-
change of courtesies between Presi-
dents Gaffney and Lannin of the rival
Boston clubs made possible an addi-
tionaI seating capacity of the games
last year. In return for the kindness
OF President Lannin last season, Pres
ident Gaffney has placed Braves Field
at the disposal of the American
League pennant winners for the COM
ing series thereby affording accom-
Inodations for several thousand addi-
tional spectators.
The new home of the Boston Ma
tionals, where at least half of this
years battle will be staged, will seat
| &c, 900 persons. At first an erroneous
| impression prevailed that Braves
Field after the erection of temporary
stands would accommodate over $4,000
spectators. In fact, a semi-official
| statement was made to that effect.
Since President Lannin accepted the
offer of President Gaffney, Red Sox
officials have been busily engaged
checking up the seating capacity of
the National League grounds, and
siderably in excess of the actual
| figures reached after a thorough in
specific nof the grand and other
stands, and bleachers. 1t has also
transpired that a municipal ordinance
exists which prohibits the erection of
temporary structures and as the time
is too short in which to build per-
nlanent stands on the grounds, lib
eral estimate of the parks capacity
places it at about $4,000. This, how
ever, will be far in excess of the pos
sibilities of Fenway Park, where
I35, 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 385, SOC
: and $50 feet respectively from the
; home pqlate to left, center and right
: fields. Ranging over the broad reaches
of Braves Field, the fences in which
are from 365 to 526 feet beyond the
5 home plate, the fleet Boston fielders
will have ample room for their great
. speed.
Another asset to the Red Sox in
their home games will be these great
distances to the fences on Brave:
] Field which, unlike the shorter boun
daries of the Philadelphia park, offel
no easy mark to home run drives OF
flights within the reach of a fas
!. fielder Much of Philadelphia's often
, sive strength will be robbed by thi
fact, Red Sox supporters believe.
National League Park, the home o
the Phillies for many years, is one o
: the smallest grounds in either tn,
National or American leagues. Tt
grand stand, which is of the doubl
: deck cantilever type, was the frs
modern structure of the kind in tn
United States. Built of brick an,
! steel, it was the finest baseball prop
L erty in the country when constructe
but is out-of-date as compared wit
the greater structures put up in tn
t. last few years. With additional seats
It temporarily built for the coming ser
!. les, the seating capacity of tn
grounds will not be more than 10000
Probably more than two games o