Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-06-27
COLLEGE
WILL LOCATE HERE
Spalding, Father Of Game, Believes
the Mimbres Valley Is Best
Place for Training
WILL SUPPLY THE BIG LEAGUES
School TO Be Situated In Town OF
Spalding on Rio Mimbres
Company's Tract

T.. i. York of the Rio Mlmbres II
rigation Company returned from San
Diego Saturday, where he had IA con- .
ference with A. g. Spalding, presi- /
dent of the company. a novel fea-
ture of the development of this large |
tract of land, which reaches to with
in mile and half Of Deming, will
be the establishment, according to
Mr.. Spalding, Of training college
for baseball players. Mr.. Spalding'
known as the father of baseball, has
had this pet scheme for many years
and he is now going to put 1t into
effect and has selected as site the
town of Spalding, a few miles north
west of Deming. His attention was
first called to this climate when he
wintcrcd the Chicago baseball team
at Haywood many years ago. Mr.
Spalding says that the winter tram
inp put the team in splendid cond-
ton. In fact, they showed better
form the year following their train
| inc n, Haywood than ever gefore or
after in his experience. The only
reason that permanent quarters were
moi established in this section was On
account of lack of accommodations,
Mr.. Spalding intend, to supply these
accommodation now and to estab-
Hsh n college where promising young
players can be taken and given sci
cntific instruction in the art OF base
ball.
MAKE EN- TO ORDER
He says that there are hundreds
of young players of the bush league
of excellent promise who need oni,
: the proper training, and that he eX
pects to attract recruits from thes
d leagues to his training camps wher
= he will have employed the best base
e ball talent in the United States. "fo
n instance" said Mr.. Spalding, 81 be
: G.vc that at the present time | ca
II rct Anson of Chicago as one OF IN
e trainers for my camp and | know {
c other first -class men Of world wld
c rcputaton who will be available ft
II such work
= AN ATHLETIC CENTER
!. While this is a hobby of Mr.. Spal'
!. inc's. still it has some connectit
with his other enterprises. In Il
+ first place it is u part of schc"
to make the town of SpaIding, NJ
" Mexico. the athletic center for u
Of Southwest. Polo grounds will be Ia
IN off. an automobile speedway will
TX constructed which will be second
re none in the country, an elabora
us club house will be built, golf hnl
nd tennis courts and all kinds OF oil
u door sports will be provided for.
Id, is well known that A. G. Spalding
er. head of one of the largest SPORT
house goods in the world. Its bu
ness last year having amounted
about fourteen million dollars
ity in addition to its being a hobby
" Mr. Spalding's there is busin
tes side to his encouragement of spo'
ort LANDSCAPE GARDENER
'ge Mr.. Cook, the landscape garde
H. for the Rio Mimbres Irrigation C
hey pany, will be here this week and
Ird' ect definitely the site, having all
surveys for the above menho
grounds made under his personal
at rection. There is splendid auto
. l.. bile road between Deming and Sp
as ing, il requiring only forty min
The to make the trip. There was pre-
for at this conference in San Diego
d a sides Mr.. Spalding, L. G. Fshe
Chicago, vice.president OF the
NIimbres Irrigation Company, an
p. York, colonization agent
lnce SATISFACTORY DEvELoPMl
- Z. II. Bickford, local manage
the Rio Mimbres Irrigation Comp
A. A.. Io,olonmcnt work is