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Show Baseball At Night League baseball will be played in Des Moines, Iowa, at night, this season, beginning on May 6, an) all home games except those on Sunday will be played under artificial arti-ficial light. Flood lighting of the ball park will be accomplished by 148 lights of 1000-watts each mounted on 90-foot 90-foot steel towers. These will be distributed around the field in such 1 a way that there will be neither glare nor shadows, and it is declared de-clared that the highest flies and longest home runs will be clearly illuminated for the benefit of players play-ers and spectators. For some time night games such as football, tennis, golf and others have been played under artificial light, but the Des Moines field will be the first to be equipped for night baseball playing of regular league games. Much interest in the innovation is being shown by followers of the national game throughout the country, and a distinguished gathering gath-ering of- league officials and sports writers will attend the opening game. |