The Washington herald., 1913-11-21
PLAN STADIUM
FOR GEORGETOWN
Concrete Stands Costing Half
Million Dollars May Be
Erected on Hilltop.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Griffith Has Heard Nothing from Garry
Hermann About Cincinnati
Holding On to Bates.
By WILLIAM PEET.

A welI-defned rumor has it that in
at Georgetown is a stadium, which will
cost $4,000. and will be built on the
present site OF the Prep School athletic
field.
The money with which to build the
proposed stadium is to be raised by the
alumni and friends of the university,
and further announcement regarding the
project will be made later.
With concrete stadium capable OF
holding a big crowd Georgetown could
successfully negotiate for the annual
Army-Navy football game, as Washing
ton Is the logical spot TO hold this his
toric battle.
The writer last night interviewed the
Georgetown authorities regarding the
proposed stadium rumor, and could OBJ
tain no official confirmation. 1t was ad-
mitted at the Hilltop that there was
some ground for the rumor, and that a
stadium was within the realms of possi
bility. Further than that nothing could
be learned.
From another source it was stated that
Mrs. Thomas +. Ryan, of New York, who
presented Ryan Memorial Gymnasium to
the university, was interested in the pro.
posed stadium and might start the ball
rolling with a generous subscription.
Mrs. Ryan has a warm spot in her
heart for the West Side institution, and
is only one of many wealthy people who
would probably be glad to subscribe to
such a project.
Just what sort of a stadium is contem-
plated could not he learned. The location
of the prep field. resting as it does on a
plane some seventy-fve feet below the
level of the college buildings, forms an
ideal spot for the erection of concrete
stands, either on the order of the Uni
versity of Virginia stadium or the big
open-air theater at Cambridge, Mass.
Until an official statement is given out
by the Georgetown authorities it will be
impossible to publish details.
Holy Cross College, OF Worcester, Mass.
is equipped with one OF the finest athletic
fields in the country, and the money
necessary to build the field was raised by
subscription. 1t took several years to
subscribe the necessary sum, but the
field was paid for some time before the
frst baseball game was played, and there
is no reason why Georgetown should not
be able to raise the necessary amount
with which to build a stadium.
Manager Grifith, Of the Nationals. last
night said that so far as he knew there
was no reason why he should not do
business with the Cincinnati baseball
club for OutfieIder Johnny Bates.
Il have heard nothing from Cincin-
nati," stated Griff ito the effect that
the Reds had decided not to ask for
waivers on Bates l expect to see Garry
Hermann in New York at the annual
National League meeting, and if L can
get Bates I am willing to pay a fair
price for him, as / believe he has a
~ Ioff
in him. 1 shall not lose a whole lot of
sleep, however, if am unable to land
him.
Grin also said that he received a let-
ter from George Mcbride, the Nationals
dandy captain, in which George wrote
that he was glad Grifr had put his foot
down on the world tourists plan, as he
CMcBride) had spent a most enjoyable
fall, hunting and fishing, and was per-
fectly willing to take things easy at his
home in Milwaukee until the baseball
season opened next spring.
ing story:
Simply because Walter Johnson's |
fathers eye was not keen enough to |
get one of Waits fast one, and he said |
that he thought his son was trying to |
play joke on him by leading him to |
believe he was pitching the ball, does |
not signify that the great speed hurler |
of the Nationals is not there. Anyway, |
that's what Jimmie Bronson, well |
known boxing enthusiast, says. Jim |
mie has been everything in sports from.
a feather-weight boxer to sporting edi- |
tor of a sheet" and he should know.
Believe my story" says James, this |
Johnson person is there with bells on |
in several different ways. Modest and |
gentlemanly? Why, say, that guy al l
most drives that sort of stuff into the
ground. Why, he's nothing but a big, |
good-natured kid, and he's one of the |
have ever met. But to get back to |
wslt's dad.
THE first professional game of base
ball Johnson. sr., ever saw was just J
about seven days ago, when the world |
tourist teams. the Sox and Giants,
played at Tulsa, Okla, and johnson the |
younger opposed old Christy Mathew
son on the slab. johnson pitched rings
around Matty, but that has nothing to |
do with the tale about johnson senior.
"As I said, old man Walter sat in
the grand stand to view his first game
of professional baseball The old man
Is a farmer, yoU see, and don't get |
around much.
Mr.. johnson trimmed his lamps and |
prepared TO slant his famous son in
action. Walt wound up and pitched
over a few speedy ones. The old gent
at once wanted to know why he hadn't |
the ball. You see, he was just |
like ninety y-nine-hundredths of Ameri-
can League batsmen, who howl that |
they can't see every time they face
Walt. OF course. the old gent couldn't
zee the ball. and Walt had to slacken
down a bit so that his pop might en-
Joy the game.
after the game Mr.. johnson said
that though he had never seen two pro-
fessional ball teams play, he was not
wholly ignorant of the game, and had
enjoyed II immensely, especially the in
nings which Walter had pitched Then
he and his SON Walter went back to
the farm.
Young Johnson-get me right now,
I'm not referring to a fighter-is the
biggest nut about his farm. He's the
limit on that back to nature stuff. He'd
rather sit out there and plow and cut
down trees and feed the chickens than
anything else in the world"
ROsedales Want Games.