Clipping:A complaint about the accommodations at the Polo Grounds
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| Date | Saturday, September 3, 1881 |
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| Text | Either the Polo Association or the Metropolitan Club management are responsible for a very loose condition of things at the Polo grounds, which were very apparent to strangers visiting the grounds to see the league games this past week. The grand-stand, instead of being a place a gentleman can take ladies to, is like a beer-garden, the cries of waiters, the calls of news boys, the clouds of smoke from cigars, the passing to and fro of urchins rendering it impossible at times to watch the progress of the game or hear the umpire's decision. The hissing at decisions which do not suit all classes is another annoyance. As for the accommodation for the press-reporters, which is made a special feature on League grounds, there is none at all here. The scribes have either to sit at a table on the field exposed to the sun, and annoyed by talkative players and boys, or they have to get the best seat they can in the beer-garden of the grand-stand. There is a small economy observed, too, in the arrangement of the field, such as allowing the players to have ragged and loose bags for bases, etc., which shows very short-sighted management. We have heard so much complaint recently of all these things from the best patrons fo the game, who have visited the Polo grounds this season, that we deem it worth while to comment on the subject with a view to some improvement for the Fall season. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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