The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-25
FBEEDMAN'S OFFER Is HIGH.
IN YALE AND PRINCETON MAI PLAr
At EASTERN PARK.

r,., Cs- Have Mn,hstt.a FieIa for IN
s.-e Terms as Last Year, bat TIA.
Is-,t Satisfactory to Them Array an,
Navy M.u Want 20 Have the we.t Point
A,,spoii, Game Played In THIS city
Tbere is q hitch in tho negotiations between
the Yale and Princeton football managers ant
p.,siyer freedman OF Manhattan Field ovei
,h. arrangements for the big thanksgiving
farms are too high. and threaten to accept q
LAYER offer from the Brooklyn Baseball Clut
tor the use OF Eastern Park.
rv.rything seemed settled few days ago
I'm, Yesterday Mr. Freedman received wor,l
from Manager Hotter OF Yale and Manager
Tbompson OF Princeton that negotiations
might be considered of unless tho price for
the use OF Manhattan Field on Thanksgiving
Day be- reduced. Mr.. Freedman learned. too.
that the Brooklyn Club had also entered the
eeld as bidder for the game. and that Ger.
tain offer had been made which Messrs Hotter
and Thompson were considering.
"Yale and Princeton" said Mr.. Freedman to
asry reporter. can have Manhattan Field on
Thanksgiving Day for precisely the same
terms they made with the Manhattan Athletic
Club last November. think my offer Is very
fair. Last year the receipts from their g ame
footed up close to $4,000 and. considering
the immense profits OF ticket spectators and
agencies 1t Is safe to say that fully $1,000
was paid out by the public to enter the gates.
Now. with tho increased interest in foot
ball this year It 10 reasonable, to expect
that the game will net the colleges 500
600. which cannot TO eanaled BY any
other ground. l have no personal interest In
this matter except as u receiver with the In.
teresis 81 the Manhattan 4. Cs creditors In
view. and feel that it would be an injustice to
aynl. All a.
are rich and. in view VI tn. great profits to be
made out OF their game. it seems rather incon-
yale and Princeton played at Eastern Park
in $500 Their experiences there were not Of
that was the PROPER place Tor such contest.
tits too long "Trip FOR New iorEers to make
BY rail or coach, especially for those who dote
on their family dinners on That dns. while the
ground 1. 30 located that occupants Of the COW
cred stands are entirely unprotected from the
"Aianhat,an Field. on the contrary. has be-
come Identified with the big THANKSGIVING
y ga net here %sh
to the field in carriages and coaches have that
beautiful ride through Central Park. out Sew
cred stands are al! boarded up in the rear. 80
that there are no chances Of taking cold. and
crowds that will attend than at Eastern Park.
The game should always be played in New
York: and the public here wants IT, II it should
b. played in Brooklyn. the receipts and the
crowd would not he nenrly so large as at Man
haitian Field. | hope Messrs. Thompson and
Hotter will see the matter in this light for it
10 to their own advantage moro than To mine"
1t is understood that Manager Hotter OF ale
haitian Field Manager Thompson OF Prince
ton Is inclined to accept ,Mr. Freedmans
terms. but will do nothing without the consent
Of the Yale man. Mr.. Hotter is not adopting
the right course. so football men say. IL ne de-
sires to keen, pace with the financial records
Ing the terms for Manhattan Field he would be
opening the way FOR an opportunity to place
himself on record as lales pest football man
ager, for the profits from the game
Every football man knows that East
contest. There are only three stands at one
end OF the field. capable OF seating 10000 per-
sons at the outside. In order to accommodate
O Thanksgiving day crowd new seats would
have to be erected along both sides Of the
field. which would cost considerable mensy.
At Manhattan Field. as in the past two years.
there is at present u seating capacity OF 3U.0'O
with amrle standing room for 5000 more. and
q large space set aside for coaches. Mr.. Freed
man says that he cannot lower his terms, be-
cause such a move would result in a similar
req lest from the colleRians n year from now.
and so on until they would want the Geld for
pp9saidnS AND d sh9 general public thinks Mr.
Landlord James J. Coogan has decided to
take in his horns for the present. and will let
Receiver Freedman alone. He had n two
hours, contab with Treasurer Talco,t of the
New York Baseball Club on Monday. presume
bly, about leasing the Polo Ground for Thanks
ton but Mr. Coogan discovered 80 many un-
expected obstacles in his path that he finally
decided to leave Mr.. Freedman master OF tho
situation In Harlem.