The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-04-17
NEW STADIUM
NOW COMPLETE
Yankees Play First Game of
Season In Huge New
Park
C O S T So 90 0 0 0

New York. April l7.-Whcn base
ball. the nation- wide magnet, begins
attracting its swarms of fans to It's
two poles here this season, New
York's dcvotccs of the sport will
wend their way into the two largest
and finest parks in the country.
The new $3,OO0,O00 Yankee stadium
is now practically complete, and vast
imp ovcmonts have been under way
at the Polo Grounds, home OF the
worlds champion Giants, where the
seating capacity is being increased
to $4,000 the combined seating
capacity of tho two parks at the OPP
cning Of this season will be l20,OOO
IS 900 at the Yankee stadium and
$4,000 at the Polo Grounds-but
within few weeks this will be in
creased to 10000. In future years,
when final plan. are completed, l54,-
600 spectators can be accommodated
on single day.
Largest Of Kind
The Yankee stadium, the largest
baseball park in the country, Will be
ready for the opening game next
Wednesday, with the Boston Red
Sox, and will accommodate $4,000
| persons. When completed, it will
seat 100000.
The severity of the winter has re-
talded work at the Polo Grounds,
but $4,000 seats will be available
there April 26 at the first call of
"Batt'rics for ;oGa.," ana before the
end of May "a 900 will be ready.
Imposing Arena
The Yankee park is an imposing
arena with it's tier of wooden bleach
crs surrounding most of the outticld
and huge steel and concrete grand
stand, consisting of two decks and
"a mczzaninc floor. The bleachers
newly painted IN bright green, are
| trcady for the first mob OF 'dyed-in-
| thc-wooi" enthusiasts
The grandstand is complete except
for two decks of seats in the cx-
IRENE left field section, which will
be added after the close of the 1923
season. There are rows Of box seats
in front of all seats in the two decks
as well as the mezzanine. The en-
closure for newspapermen is in
front Of the mezzanine floor and di
,rectly behind home plate.
An immense score board has beer
erected over the center field bleach
rrs with fingers foot high, visible
tfrom any section of the park. Score:
of all games in both major league.
will be posted daily.
Available For Track
Under the direction of Phi
Schenck, veteran ground-keeper VIII,
was in charge OF ,c.e Yankees OLE
field more than decade ago, tn
,playing field has been sodded from
;the edge of the stands to the rim
eof the bleachers, except for trac1
124 feet wide encircling the field
sThe track measures 400 yards an
chas straightaway of 1870 yards.
hwll be available for track meet
when the field is not being used 70
rbaseball. Its temporary woode
trim can be removed when the trac
is not in use SO as not 20 tntcrfer
with the fy-chasers.
The field is Y62 feet, 6 inches Wild
hWhen Babe Ruth hits nome ru
over second base to the center feel
ableachers, the ball will have to trs
wei Ats feet.
The main entrance and exit to I'll
grand stand are on 18TH Street ar
Doughty Street. The grandstar
and bleachers cost the Yankees 81
800, 900, and the grounds, slight
more than 100000.
Polo Grounds Improved
The old wooden bleachers at Il
Polo Grounds have been replaced |
concrete and steel structures e
Intending from each end of the gran
:stand around the soutfield. In ce
tier field two bleacher sections ha'
sbeen finished, each seating %
spersons and separated by an e.
cate. Behind each uncovered sta'