Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1916 — FIELDER JONES’ PIPE DREAM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIELDER JONES’ PIPE DREAM

Would Build a Bail Yard to Seat 150,000 Persons —Used Only for World Series Games. Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis Browns, has an idea that comes pretty close to being a pipe dream. It involves the erection of a baseball plant that wiH seat 150,000 and be, used only for .world series games. "The world series is really something apart from the National and American league races,” says Jones. “It Is the grand climax of the two Btining races, and appeals as much to the fan in Bangor, Me., as to the fan in Portland, Ore. “Provision should be ih&de so that all the fans who want to see the big series could do so, and be sure of ac- “ Organized baseball might provide the big plant at an outlay of about $100,600. Some community might donate the land, the railroads and other eKIp in "'(SafrEtY'ewwoMßir-—3-^3331 “The world series advertises Itself because fans think about The big games from the start of the season

to the finish. The "Mg IwwniiaJte>ffl seats would pay for the plant in a short time; evWr Ts seats were sold for smaller prices than they are now.”

Fielder Jones.