Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-26
ALL PARK LIKE PALACE
HICAG0 STADIUM BUILT
ALONG ELABORATE LINES
orld's series Field, Conforming Most
'l"scIy to Standard, Kept with
Great Care.
IIsv Asanrlnicd rrcss. !

IBy Associated Press
EHlChGO. Sept. 25.--Comiskcy Park
Chicago. where portion Of the
orid's series Will nc played between
be- Chicago Americans and the Gin
matt Nationals. pcnnant winners of
Ell respective leagues. this season.
nc Of the most elaborate baseball
&rkS I'm the country. At the time Il
as built. in 1910. it Was declared to
bnscball palace. and since that
me several other baseball clubs have
3ectcd stands along the lines Of Com
IkcyS creation.
conisI<"y Park. moreover, il the only
'" IN the country which is owned by
single person Charles y. Comiskcy.
no Is also the only man in the big
aurc who is the sole owner Of a club
Tho tract OF land upon which the
[ccl and concrete structures are built
based by' comiskey when he decided
| inoy" his team from the Thirty
nth street location. where the stands
ere made OF wood
This big grand stand was started
| hruarN -. 1910, and finished July +;
the same year. The club played par,
'ts lsl" games on the Old grounds
RI moved 10 The new park on the
rs Il was completed. Twelve hum
ca tons of steel were used in the
and stand. The park is located at
esq thirty hf,h Street and Shields
Fcnuc and il reached from all parts
lhc city by elevated and surface
nes and numerous boulcvards. The
yihS held Is laid out with the home
atc IN the southwest corner Of the
H. mus allowing the batter 10 face
northeast and maxim right field
sun garden" The dis;anC. behind
niate to the first row Of boxes In
Grand stand ~ clHhty-two feet
Ign 'cot less than the major league
cniaI!on4 call for.
Has srntinr Capacity OF aI,50O.
nc distance down the right and left
"a loul lines from tho home plate TO
It blcachcrS fence is 35J fec, ,u.lyc
NOR" than rcguiations. From
nht HsAt" to the ccujcr-iicld fence is
4 itcl- lh"sc dimensions make the
lhY!hS heId the only one in tho coun-
i conforming so closely 10 standards
he park has a seating capacity Of 3i
I"' Tho original seating capacity OF
re- iart was $1,000 yet at one time
ans nance Day-rrcsident comis-
|sfs MAJ" set Element for 3G.3GS paid
missions TO the New York Yankees
rI "f Er"n nl,E S'h hm, 10 d9uhlc- deck
~, on t"'h decks. There arc 1000
theso box seats. The grand stand
,n, "TT,r'il" IN" bohea are on in
no iney are All reserved The lover
: ahdstand seats are reached By two
7l.Hnsd run ""yS. which 20 up a;
rt"r cnd Of The stand and when
DOW ha!t way up branch out. making
ho't toic - reach III. ton rows at
|}ut dnerrnt points and that without
imbins steps.
The payiIions arc on either side Of
\" grand stand AMI liza seating
tpaci,y OF about $500 Zach. They
ly cost The fans "a cents each. but
pr the biz series the pricc Will be
|1orc These are not reserved, and
(ili nc placed on sale the day OF the
The bIeachcrs arc in right and lh:,
CID, Tho r!sht-ncld hloach.rs runs
|orth and south. while the Icft-ncid
.
ne ".si They DO not meet in center
eit Thc ,oi"rNcninG space is u,l-
mon IS worh.d from the press stand
r. ihe. uppcr DICK of tn" grand stand
FE Caiaci'V Of about 0G0.
The ravilionS and plcAchcrs are pro-
ected by a concrete Wall four feat
Ugh topped BY 4 wire icnce SIX icet
The pltrhors mound is elevated 7l-2
inches. ~ niEht and when ;hc weather
+ threaten .nS the diamond J. covered
Is Il tarpnu!.n. which is 100 feet ,ui!n-.
hi II is rolled on a largo steel
'w,iiin.Her ana rs N"pt IN a. structure
:uo ,hcr, for World. seric..
The Whit" SoN ulavim- ncld tx the
|nly e, gulatIon ball grounds in the
|1unuy Thc pace behind The home
YIN Twelve feet taken of 10 permit
ne erection Of p.rFnnn"nr boxes this
car. tine space behind the plate is still!
tFcnier than tha, Of any other bali
Darh
Don't worry about nndin- that re-
served seat al tho Worlds series games
rlay-d at Somiskey Park because Pete
p'Nojii has been busy for more than a
nonth engaging - STAFF OF 200 ushcrs
and training lncm for Inc big rush on
Inc opcnIng day
O'Neil has been head usher al the
Waite SON park for twelve years or
more. and hlindfoiicd he could lead you
20 any specified scat in the pavilions
Hc IL known to thousands Of grand
stand patrons. ANA his pleasing smile
and courteous maine. is an asset 20
the park.
il sad today, while outlying his
nlsus for handling the big crowds.
that cEery man on his .stin would
anow ;hat particular section assigned
ia him just as well as the school boy
hno"s ms \, y, Is. and he expects
EVERYTHING Ia move smoothly just AZ
soon as the turnsiiicS begin TO click
!, viii mean 4 steady procession from
the gates to the individual seats al
Of which have been numbered. AID no
lost motion looking for reservations
Will be necessary with this corps OF