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Show AMERICAN LEAGUE" PLAYS UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHT Chicago, Aug. 24 Changing night into day was enacted last night at the new American leagiie baseball P rounds and proved a unique demonstration. demon-stration. Electricians fairly swarmed around the park throughout the evening, and ten powerful lights representing 2,-OuO.OOu 2,-OuO.OOu candle power, were turned on wlihLthe result that night became as day under their powerful glare. The full force of the lighting plant was not turned on,-ving to the in completeness of the apparatus, only on half of the twenty lamps being in service The lamps are 0rated in pairs. Ten of them are stationed on the roof of the new park while a-like a-like number are operated from tho gioujid The first actual attempt to put the lighting plant to practical uae will be mad - Thursday night, when the Chicago La Crosu league will open its season with the Illinois A C. team. Should the Experiment proe mccessful, the first baseball 'match, will 1)0 played Saturday night. |