The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
Not Like 1914?
Cincinnati Fans Ask
27, 900 Can Be Seated With
Present Facilities, While
There viii Be Many Places
Used for Standing Room.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 27.-The home
grounds OF the Cincinnati Nationals,
winners Of the National league pennant,
which Is known as Redland field, viii
seat approximately $1,000 persons, and
accommodate about $4,000 when the To-
csi team plays the Chicago White Sox,
winners Of the American League race
ors.
The permanent stands seat 1000, but
by time the first game OF the worlds
series is begun, new seats for 5000
more persons win have been erected
In addition fans who are not fortunate
enough TO obtain coupon tickets for
persons.
Early In August when Cincinnati
played the. New York Giants In what
lowers as the crucial games In the
pennant race Slightly more than 81 600
persons were on the bali grounds. From
this 1t can be seen that there will be
no difficulty for at least $4,000 finding
vantage places TO view the games.
New seats in left and center fields
extend over the sidewalk on Western
avenue and along York street and the
new box seats are along the first and
third base lines. Cincinnati city coun-
Gil elated over the Reds winning the
pennant gave the club management
walks OF Western avenue, and York
street, closing the latter street 10 traf-
fic for 40 days. The playing field will
be encrOached upon In left and CEN
ter field to the extent of possibly Is
feet. and about the same distance be-
hind the cateher's position and along
the first and third base lines. This will
contract the playing field somewhat,
but it will be possible to drive out
legitimate three-base hits In left field
and home runs in right.
Redland field is considered the last
at Western avenue, Findlay and York
streets in the western section of the
city. The permanent stands are of
concrete and steel and the property is
owned by the Cincinnati club. The
building of the structure was started in
April; 1912, the total cost running to
The grand stand proper has a double
deck and on its left and right are
single stands with roofs over them. The
right field seats, known as the bleach
ers, have no roof shelter.
Box Seats in Front.
Box seats extend along the entire
front of both floors Of the grand stand
proper. The press box is on the upper
deck of the grand stand, but 1t was
nut COnSlueTeu large enough 10 dcCotn-
modate all of the newspaper men and
telegraph operators reporting the
worlds series games. so extra seats
with temporary covering have been
built on the roof of the stand for the
working newspaper men,
Five street care lines are routed by
way of the ball park, while there is
another square away, The ball park
can be reached in 20 minutes by street
car from the heart of the city.
The playing field is the pride of Car
ry Hermann, president of the club and
chairman of the National Baseball COM
mission. 1t lies about eight feet below
the stands with slight embankment
along the left field extending to the
fence enclosures. Left field Is shorter
from the home plate than Is the right
field. Right field Is the sun field and
many players have found 1t difficult to
Judge flies batted In that direction.
General admission and pricea fixed
by the National Baseball commission
will prevail at the worlds series games.
The Cincinnati club management had
announced scheme for distribution of
the 10000 reserved tickets for public
sale that virtually Is a plan Of placing
The names of applicants in some sort
of a receptacle and then drawing them
out until all 1000 had been drawn.