Clipping:The Metropolitan grounds; official scorer
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| Date | Saturday, June 21, 1884 |
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| Text | If the Metropolitans are making anything besides expenses it must be deodorizing compound to deaden the smell of the dump, and it is our opinion that they cannot spend too much time preparing this mixture, as the hot weather is making the dump sizzle. National Police Gazette June 21, 1884 The east side dump, which is used as a baseball ground, is the most poorly and awkwardly arranged excuse for accommodating the patrons of any baseball-field in the United States. The press are given a front seat, which they can't get into unless they climb over the heads of all the spectators, and when they do get there they find the seats occupied by some one else, who won't give them up. Kennedy, the official scorer, has to get there at half-past five in the morning and take his breakfast and dinner along with him in order to secure his seat during the game. If some kind gentleman would give Mutrie ten or fifteen cents he could have a railing put around the two old beer-tables ha has there for the scorers' stand, and the reporters will take their chances at crawling through the meshes of the wire-screen if they are only sure of their seats after getting there. National Police Gazette June 21, 1884 |
| Source | National Police Gazette |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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