Clipping:The new Athletic grounds
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| Date | Sunday, February 4, 1883 |
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| Text | Messrs. Simons, Sharsig and Mason, managers of the Athletic club, have signed a lease with the city for five years' occupancy of the ground bounded by Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Master and Jefferson streets. The ground adjoins that on which the old Athletic club won so many laurels, and for easiness of access is one of the best situated in the city. The ground in now in the hands of David Pooley, a landscape gardener, who put the Young American Cricket Ground in order. The plot is already covered with sod, and is quite level, but Mr. Pooley intends to make the entire field as level as a billiard table, so that it will be one of the best playing grounds in the city. Particular care and attention will be given to the infield. The work on the field will be commenced next month, as soon as the frost is out of the ground. In the meantime, however, about 100,000 feet of lumber are on the ground for the fence and stands. The grand stand will be a model of comfort and beauty, and will contain 1,600 chairs. It will be erected at the corner of Twenty-sixth and Jefferson streets, which will be the principal entrance to the ground. Back of the stand will be a carriage way with accommodations for 260 teams. The grand stand will be elevated, and will be reached by easy grades of steps. On the top of this stand, each side of the reporters' stand, will be private boxes for the accommodation of one hundred person. These boxes will be fore the sole use of holders of season tickets. The reporters' stand will be a decided improvement over any yet seen, and will command an unobstructed view of the entire field. The open stands will have a seating capacity of five thousand, there will be additional room on the field for at least two thousand more. If necessary, at least fifteen thousand persons can be accommodated. The accommodations for the players will be first-class, including every imaginable comfort. The private office of the managers will be on the ground, so that they can keep a constant eye on what is going around. The superintendent of the ground, John Ryan, will also have an office, and will have complete care of all the bats, bases, suits, etc. |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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