The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-24

That's the aim of Col. Jacob Rnp-'
pert, owner, and his general man
ager, Edward G. Barrow, since
their Incompatible Yankees cleaned
up the National League four games
in q row for the second time in a
world series and put over one Of
their biggest years in attendance
drawing. despite the poor showing
OF other clubs in the American.
League.
Engineers OF the Osborne Com.
pany of Cleveland. which built the
stadium in 1928 and added the 1eft
center wing Of the grandstand last
spring and summer. already have.
neen at work planning for further
enlargement Of basebalPs biggest
park.
When they ret through
capacity not alone 0f 100, 900
for baseball, but 0f IL, 900 for
boxing and football Is almost
certainty.
They're planning something I'M
usual. The work Is so extensive
that all may not be completed III
one job, but as Ii stands now tine
idea is to follow out, roughly, the
first scheme Of Co.'s. Rupert and
Houston when they drew the first
diagrams in 1921 and ran a coy.
cred stand all around the ball yard.
There IL an If in this, however.
Colonel RUPERT has insisted that
the light on the playing field must
not be iessened. "If' IL Iii, down
will come some Of the outfield roof
sections.
And in order that the experiment
shall not be too costly, the cutfieid.
! or bleacher spaces will be rooted
with wood 50 that they can be torn
away II the shadows interfere with
baseball
The Osborne people are going to
work on the centerfield bleachers
first-that section which runs along
161st Street from the grandstand
sections just completed this sum-
mer to the corner at 161st Street
subway station.
This Is nm atwood structure.
Concrete foundations will be put
In and concrete bleacher
erected, strong enough to hold
the regulation steel and concrete
upper works.
Under these concrete bIeachers
will be built stores facing on 161st
Street. They viii be constructed
so that they will accommodate more
fans than the wooden stands they
replace do now, and then will come
the big experiment.
To find out just how the light.
ing will be affected an upper deck
of wood will be put UP. IL there's
no complaint from players or spec
tators this may be taken down after
year or so of trial and a per-
manent steel and concrete deck sub.
stituted.
After the center.field experiment,
work will be started in right field
"Ruthville." The grandstand will be
swung around there to match the
structure in left.
The playing field will not be short,
ened. The foul lines will remain the
same. and the distance from the
home plate into right will really be
increased. for there will be a curve
where now the bleachers run toward
center on a straight line.
II is the plan to build stores
also on the River Avenue side,
but this win come after the try.
out Of the center field section.
The yard as at present constructed
seats just over 70 O00--that IL all
that can be damned in. There were
more than that to see the double
header with the Athletics on Sep
TENDER and not more than $4,000
all told when the Cardinals and
Yankees met in the first game OF
the world series. But the engineers
are certain that. with the heighten.
ing and deepening of the bleachers
and the addition of the second deck.
the seating capacity can be made
to reach the 100 600 marx