Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-23
YANK'S NEW HOME
MAY END CAREER
OF POLO GROUNDS
New Park Will Seat $4,000
Persons and Giants May
Move.
BY /. e. SANBORN
Special Cable to The Great Falls Tribune
CoIyrjcht 1922 by King Feature Service


Chicago. April 22-Ultimate elm
ination of the historic Polo grounds
from the major league baseball map
is forecast by the successful termina
tiOn of plans to secure a location for
the proposed new home Of the New
York Yankees.
Ever since the American league team
in Gotham surrendered its first home
on the Highlands and accepted the
hospitality of the New York National
league club-at the cost Of high
rental-the two colonies who own the
Yankee outfit have been dreaming of
a new plant of their own. But not
until they were granted the right to
close couple of streets could the work
outlined by their architects be started.
After every other obstacle had been
removed Mayor Hylan had to be
shown"
Seats for 10000
If the hopes of Coils. Jake Rupert
and 7. T. Huston are realized the
Yanks will be playing on their own
lot before the end Of the season of
1923, but in the meantime will con
tnue TO cavort on the Polo grounds
when the Giants are not at home. This
compels the arrangement of noncon-
ball is SO new and popular in Gotham
flicting dates, although Sunday base
that it would be possible to fill both
American and National league parks
on Sundays with good attractions of
fered.
The plans for the new plant provide
for approximately 10000 spectators. or
nearly twice as many as the home of
the Boston Braves, which now is the
largest baseball structure in the coun-
try. That has seated $4,000 during
a worlds series loffical count.
Braves field is too big. however. for
ordinary Boston crowds because Of its
poor designing. 1t is single decker
and occupants of the rear rows of
grand stand or bleachers need field
glasses to distinguish the players ac-
curately.
The new Gotham plant is designated
with two decks and mezZanine in the
grand stand which will take care of
half the promised 10000 capacity. the
bleachers. At that, it will be a 'hel-
ova" ways from the rear of the stands
to the playing field and n crowd of
less than 10000 will look like the
"scattering" vote at IN April town
meeting.
Ruth to Fill Stands
Babe Ruth and two pennant winning
teams. however. made the Polo grounds
too small to accommodate all the home
and floating population of New York
which tried to see the big games last
season and it may be the new Yankee
plant will be filled a few days year.
IF so. and the present bank roll be-
hind the Giants continues to function
in pennant winning way, 1t will not
be long before the McGrawites will be
willing to listen for an invitation tol
share the more commodious Yankee
plant and abandon their own. which is |
located on property that the traction
interests would be glad to get for en-
larging their terminal and storage fa |
cilities.
The Polo grounds can be reached di-
rectly only by elevated or taxi and
it's long, slow ride in either from
below 42d street The new Yankee
site is served by both branches of the
subway as well AS the elevated and the
better rapid transit facilities will be
another factor in tempting the Giant
owners to reduce overhead by sharing
the new plant with their rivals.
Other Teams to Double Up
That is the tendency in major league
cities now. The two st. Louis clubs
have reached long term agreement
for the joint use Of the American
league park there and the old wooden
plant of the Cards has been abandoned
permanently. The owners of the two
Boston clubs have been dickering for
several years about a possible joint
use Of one or the other Of their parks
but certain obstacles have prevented.
It will not be long before both Phila-
delphia teams will be playing in Shibe
park. which is larger and much more
modern than the veteran cantiIever
plant of the PhilIies
In all these cases the rival plants
are located near together. Only in Chi
cago are the two major league parks
in different sections of the city