Clipping:Improved drainage at the Athletic grounds
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| Date | Sunday, February 6, 1887 |
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| Text | ...the well-known [Athletics] superintendent, Johnny Ryan, has been busy all winter concocting a carrying out schemes to better the grounds. The diamond has been entirely filled with a top-dressing. The paths have been excavated to a depth of one foot and filled in with cinders to act as a drain and strainer. Old players say that as soon as the paths are packed the diamond will be one of the finest in the United States. The paths will not be slippery and nothing less than a genuine flood will wet them so as to make the unfit for use. By this arrangement there will be no games postponed on account of an early rain. The Philadelphia Times February 6, 1887 The diamond is pronounced one of the finest in the country. It is as level as any ground can possibly be made and the paths are in excellent condition. The foot of cinders which have been p ut in the paths and the pitcher’s alley are well packed down, making a big improvement, much better in fact than was anticipated. “That is just where we expect to gain on the other clubs, “says Lew Simmons. “We can play in the rain just as well as the best of weather, and we do not intend to disappoint spectators who go out to see the games.” The Philadelphia Times February 27, 1887 |
| Source | Philadelphia Times |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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