The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-01
YANKEES START TO
BUILD Big PARK
Streets Closed, Men at Work
and Three Deck Stadium
VIII Hold 10000.
by w. o. McGEEHAN.

The owners OF the New York Yankees
will now take off their coats and start
building the largest baseball park in
the world. The Sinking Fund Commits
sion yesterday formally granted Coils.
Rupert and Huston permission to close
certain streets in the Macombs Dam
Bridge section OF The Bronx. The
Colonies thereupon took off their coats
and the labor is on. About worlds
series time the new Yankee baseball
park. with a seating capacity of over
5000. will be ready for all corners.
Contrary to reports, tho Yankees are
not being forced out of the Polo
Grounds. They have two more years
to go on an agreement to rent the
Polo Grounds for 100000 a year. But
the two Colonies. after seeing 5o,0G0
turned away at the Polo Grounds dur
ing some OF the series of the last few
seasons, made UP their minds that they
would have a ball park of their own
where the extra $4,000 or so might be
accommodated.
The seating capacity OF the Polo
Grounds is slightly under 100000 The
new park. with standees. will hold
S00o0 which will make the Yankee
Stadium twice the size of Brush
Stadium. and the latter was considered
the wonder of the game when it was
built. The new park will pack in just
about as many as the Yale Bowl.
Club with Ball Park.
Rupert and Huston have been some
what sensitive about being called the
orphan bali club" 1t will be recalled
that during the battle over Ban john
son in the American League. Connie
Mack, the melancholy MacGillicuddy
becoming peeved, said that the Yankees
were a club without a ball park. To
which Col. Tillinghast PIiommedieu
Huston. having neat gift at repartee.
retorted that the Athletics had ball
park but no ball club. BY the end of
this season the Yankees will have a
ball park and the season which Is about
to bust right in the faces of the fans
will demonstrate just how much of a
ball club they have.
Col. Jacob Rupert was beamirg when
he got the news yesterday. Since he
went in with Col. Huston TO buy the
Yanlls Col Rupert has been dreaming
of parking a chair in his own stadium
and enjoying nervous prostration while
watching his ball club in action. With
the Yanls in the slump the Colonel can
experience greater mental anguish than
airy club owner in tho league He likes
to suffer on his own property, however.
A Safe and Com Portable Seat.
Col. Huston had been spending the
last two weeks testing chairs for the
new grandstands. With the help of
Major Birmingham, engineer and chair
expert he has at last selected a seat
in which anybody will feel safe. The
chair was cut to the Colonel's personal
measure, so that 1t will accommodate
the average family Col Huston even
has challenged John Ringing to let the
baby circus elephant sit in it.
Shovels and scrapers have been at
work on the site in anticipation OF a
favorable decision from the city on the
matter of closing the streets The
grounds have been leveled, so that the
sodding and preparation of the diamond
NAV proceed as the stadium is being
erected. The stadium will be a three
decker, of a design unique in stadiums.
The two Colonies believe that the park
can be put to good use in the off season
for baseball, and expect to let 1t out for
some of the big intersectional baseball
games. Plans for freezing over the field
and using IL for hockey tournaments arc
under consideration.