Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-20
YANK OWNERS ERECT C0STLIEST
BASEBALL STADIUM IN EXISTENCE
New Home of New York Yankees to Cost 2,000,0 900
and Have Greatest Seating Capacity In
sa.ss the World

blue visage by reason of the terrific
drawing powers of Babe" Ruth and
the remainder of the Yankee team,
congenality showed symptoms of frost
bite. And when it is considered that
the famous old Polo grounds has been
the home of the Giants practically
since the club got going, there is some
reason for Dame Rumor to scandal
ize. But there will be more than mere
osatisfaction when the Yankees do fit;
more than the sylvan cot is in store for
then, tho particularly palatial base
ball rendezvous of all creation.
Two whole baseball seasons will have
passed into history before the club
will have moved into its permanent
quarters. The Gauks will have had that
many chances TO win pennant. So
far in their history, which began IN
1908, they have not waited their heart
longing. But they have been danger
ously close on more than one occasion.
1t would be considered most appropri-
ate if they did establish themselves
as champions of the American league
or mayhap worlds conquerors i'll time
for the initiatory exercise of dedica-
,tion. They have come mighty close to
league leaders on several occasions
and they have from the sublime to
the ridiculous too. The scare they
threw into the Boston camp in 1904
when they quit just eleven points be
hind tho leaders will not be forgotten
soon, nor will their disastrous cam
paign of 1905 when the best they could
do was to win 81 games and they quit
with a percentage of .SSl, winning the
leather medal. They were again in sec
ond place in 1910, that memorable year
when the Athletics walked away with
the pennant and won TO- games Tor "A
PERCENTAGE of $50. They won the boopy
prize again in 1872 and quit the season
with a percentage of .329. and again
showed the quality of players they
wcro in the season last past
The Yanks have made records both
ways good and bad, and in attendance
New York is the greatest baseball city
in the universe. The disciples OF the
club were legion, record crowds
watched the varying scores with few
erish anxiety, and the Polo grounds
often was taxed to the limit. the
drawing proclivities of the club last
season were phenomenal. No such
crowds ever attended games in all
baseball history.
So there is reason in the madness of
Colonels Rupert and Houston to erect
the most pala tial stadium yet dreamed
of. The setting will be larger than
tho Polo grounds, so well known as
the Brush stadium for the grounds
are somewhat larger than the Polo
grounds steel and concrete arc the
materials which will be used thruout
and the structure will surpass the
seating capacity of any stand ever
erected LOT u pdS'tili ihi n '''' ''''A
of the immense enclosure at Boston.
Just what would the old members
of the Knickcrbocker club OF New
York which was the first ball team OF
which there is any rccord-ls5s-say II
they could como back and visit for n
day? Think of it. 100000 Enough to
finance a good-sizcd war i II those
days. But these are the days OF DIE
things and baseball is ono of them.
As late as the sixteenth century
the arts of medicine and SURGERY were
almost exclusively practised by the re-
ligious orders.