I guess that pic of Babe Ruth on opening day was then.............

Expansion and changes[edit]

In the early 1920s, a trend began of fans flocking in great numbers to the stadium to see baseball’s rising stars from opposing teams; when the New York Yankees came to Washington, the chance to see Babe Ruth brought large crowds to the ballpark.^[5]Clark Griffith took advantage of this trend by making small improvements in the stadium in 1920 and 1921. These improvements included changing the main entrance of the park from Georgia Avenue to a refurbished one on Florida Ave., and spending $3,200 to build an office for himself beneath the grandstand.^[5] After various other small improvements, on August 21, 1923, Griffith announced plans to greatly expand and refurbish the ballpark.^[5] The stadium, built in 1911, was hastily constructed and provided minimal seating and other features when compared with other ballparks. The planned expansion was reported to cost $100,000, and expand the seating capacity to 50,000, a number that wound up being 32,000.^[7] The new seating came from the complete rebuilding of the left-field grandstand into a double-decked tier. The new upper section was wider than the old, resulting in a roofline that was considerably higher than the roof of the main grandstand, leaving a visible 15-foot gap between the two.^[5][8] At that point the wooden left-field bleachers were also replaced, by a large concrete deck that ran from the foul pole across left field and into center field. The first-base pavilion remained single-decked. The first attempt at a high wall was constructed across right field.