Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcing problem in the press box is one that is causing more than a little trouble this year. When the box was enlarged, it immediately became apparent that the old method of relaying the announcement from a centrally placed spotter to all ends of the enclosure was not going to work when the box was filled to capacity. Accordingly in time for the Army game, two large loud speakers were installed in the center of the box...
...trial of this device held Saturday morning of the game, the results were perfect. Not only could the announcer's voice be heard all over the press box, it could be heard in practically every part of the Stadium. The problem was apparently settled once and for all. But when the press box had filled up about fifteen minutes before game time and the thousands of spectators were filing their way into the great enclosure something seemed to have happened. The line up was being announced and nobody more than twenty yards or so away could hear a single word...
First Game. People who had figured that 35-year-old Spitballer Howard Ehmke would work in the series only if every other Philadelphia pitcher was sick or knocked out of the box, did not reckon on an odd understanding between Ehmke and Manager Connie Mack. Before the regular season ended Manager Mack sent Ehmke to scout the Cubs. He told a friend in confidence that though Ehmke had needed relief in each of the only two games he won for the Athletics this year, he would let him start if Ehmke said he wanted to. "He has one good...
...score board in the Stadium is equipped with no device which can give out this information. There is a small space in the lower right hand corner of the board which is apparently reserved for time, but it is just as apparently never used. Even in the press box, special messages from the side lines are necessary to keep the scribes in touch with the progress of the periods...
...Brown fiasco last Saturday, an observer in the press box reported that the Princeton stands were even more inaudible than they had been the week previous. It is fortunate that the mutterings against the officials which took the place of positive support could not be heard on the field...