Clipping:Drainage at the Huntingdon Street grounds
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| Date | Wednesday, November 28, 1888 |
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| Text | Teams will be put at work this week hauling on soil and change the grade of the field. First and second bases and the ground adjoining will be raised so that water will flow evenly over the whole field toward Broad street, instead of running to first base and down the bicycle track, as now. It will take between 300 and 400 loads of soil to accomplish this. New sod will be put on, and the field next season is expected to be much better than it was this year. The Sporting Life November 28, 1888 The Philadelphia ground is being regraded at a cost of nearly or quite $1,000. Four new underground drains have been built, while first base has been raised six inches, and the ground adjoining brought up to the necessary level. The home and third bases will be the highest points on the diamond. First and second bases will be of equal elevation, six inches below hoe and third. This will give a gentle slope that will carry the water toward right field, from whence it will be drained to the bicycle track, and thence to the sewer. The catcher's position has been raised six inches. The Sporting Life December 19, 1888 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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