The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-06
BASEBALL
K|NGSEES
PLANT
Griffith to Build 1000 New
Seats to Take Care Of
Expected Crowds

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lam
dis, high commissioner of base
ball, today inspected the Washing
ton baseball park at Seventh street
and Florida avenue and gave his
approval to tentative plans upon
which President Clark Griffith is
making to accommodate a world
series throng in Washington early
next month.
President Griffith took Judge
Lands over the entire stadium.
hointing out his plan for seating,
and showing baseball's highest
official where he proposes to in
stall temporary seats in front of
the outfield bleachers and in the
location where the nTescnt score
board and advertising signs are
located.
1000 New Seats.
One tier of temporary seats will
be extended from the concrete wall
in front of the present bleachers in
deep center field Gown to the
ground level. The sign board will
come down next Monday and sew
eral tiers of circus seats will be
built there to increase the seating
capacity of the park approximate
iy 1000.
my chief purpose in visiting
Washington at this time" said
Judge Lands. sis to famliariZe my.
self with local conditions 50 that
when the national commission
meets in ten days or to weeks
from now, will know ex-,'tly what
conditions are to be NJ here.
THE matter of the de,ailed world
series arrangements is i'm the COM
missions hands. The date for he
commencement of the series will he
decided then and the prices to be
charged for the seats in the various
sections Of the two parks will also
be determined at that time.
Soon To Issue Call.
II will call this meeting at the
earliest possible moment, so as to
give the prospective club manage
ments opportunity to be ready, no
matter where the lightning strikes"
President Clark Griffith Was of
the opinion today that the commits
sion would follow the usual Fro.
cedure of fixing a price of Sc on
box seats and IS on grandstand
seats. The price of the bleacher
seats is problematical as it depends
on the number of these in the
parks concerned. Last season the
box and graudstand prices quoted
above prevailed both at the p bio
Grounds and at the Yankee Stsd-
ium.
A block of 400 seats in the upper
Grandstand Immediately behind the
regular press box is to be reserYAd
here for newspaper correspondents.
This number covered the world
series of a year ago and as many,
If not more, are expected to be here
next month If Washington is host
to world series gathering.
Filing Applications.
The Washington Ball Club was
still filing applications for reserva-
tons from fans from many parts
of the country today. These are
being card indexed in the order of
their receipt and will be distributed
accordingly.
Griffith today expressed the
belief that if two Eastern clubs are
competing in the series that one
game would be played alternately
in each town, since such condi.
ton would permit OF overnight
Jumps. Should the distance be.
tween the competing cities require
more than an overnight pullman
ride, Mr.. Griffith was Of the
opinion that three games would be
played in the town winning the
toss up for the first games and
the rest, up to three, necessary to
decide the series. in the other town.
Should more than six games be
necessary, the seventh would re.
vert back to the scene Of the initial