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| Date | Saturday, May 13, 1871 |
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| Text | [The Chicago Club] will have accommodations on their grounds to seat 6,500 people, and standing room for plenty more. With the single exception of its being somewhat narrow, they will have one of the finest ball parks in the country. New York Clipper April. 29, 1871 Back of the catcher’s position the grand stand is now in course of erection, and when that is completed everything will be in readiness for the season. The stand will accommodate about 1,000 spectators, and will be occupied solely by stockholders, holders of season tickets, and reporters. Every seat will be numbered, and none but the holders of tickets can occupy them. The seats extending from each side of the grand stand are the uncovered seats, capable of accommodating fully 6,000 persons. These seats are most admirably arranged, and, for comfort and convenience, are far better than on any other grounds in the country. Reaching around the upper portion of the ground, from the line of the first base to that of the third, they afford every facility for witnessing the game. Two feet in width, they enable spectators to sit comfortably, and also give plenty of room for the feet of those occupying the range next above. Extending the entire from of the range of seats is a wire fence placed a sufficient distance from the lower tier to permit free passage, and at the same time preventing all encroachment upon the field devoted to the players., quoting the Chicago Republican |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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