Bingham Bulletin | 1928-01-19 | Page 2 | Boston Baseball Club has New Turf Nursery

Boston Baseball Club Has New Turf Nursery A stock of turf grown through the summer and f;ill months In unfrequented unfre-quented corners, of the outfield and the experiment of sowing grass through snow are methods chosen by the I lost on Ilrnves management for Insuring a smooth playing surface on Rraves field this year in pluce of the somewhat patched and mangv appearance ap-pearance the Held has presented (luring (lur-ing the last few years. Failure to grow turf on the Intleld last spring, due to hard usage, this year led to the establishment of a "turf nursery" near the center field flagpole, where footsteps are scarce. The new sod will h brought into the Infield after the last of Hie I'r.'S spring thaws to bolster up new grass sown on top of a recent snowfall. The snow planting was carried out with a seed tnixlure known In golfing and baseball circles for Its hardihood, sown thickly en the snow crust The recent thaw sent the seeds filterlns through to the ground and n further warm period filtered enough water to bury the mixture several Inches deep The ground crew believes a thick new growth will result next spring.