The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-07
Great Baseball Park
Is Being Planned
by Rich Financiers

New York. Aug, 6.-Dover Hall, one
of the largest and most picturesque
of the Southern estates, located four
teen miles from Brunswick. Ga, mas
Just been purchased by a syndicate OF
men prominently identified with base
ball, and the indications are that the
old plantation, which comprises 2,4so
acres, will eventually be turned into q
great training camp for the major
league teams. The Identification OF
George Stallings with the pro3ecs
lends further credence TO this view.
for IT has been one Of his pet theories
that It would be a great advantage Tor
a National League and American
League team to train togeuher. eacn
practicing in the morning independ-
entity and playing game in the at
ternoon. The scope of the property
would allow for the training of every
one of the big league teams, and this
would undoubtedly lessen the cost OF
Southern training, where each of the
clubs is forced TO maintain its own
camp.
The estate win hereafter be known
as the Dover Hall Club. The officers
are: President. Captain T. l. Huston;
vice. president. George T. Stallings;
treasurer. Frank VI. Stevens: secre-
tary. A. Allison. The directors are. in
addition to tine officers. b. B. Johnson.
president OF the American League;
Charles A. Comiskey. Irwin s. Cobb,
and Damon Runyon. Other members
are Jacob Rupert. James e. CARNEY,
Bud Fisher, John K. Tener, president
of the National League: Archie Huri~
bert. Robert Lee Hedges. Tyrus Cobb.
John ]. McGraw, Harry Stevens. j. c.
Tooie, Robert PAWS. Howard Trum-
bo, Norman n. Davis. Edward Bar
row, president of the International
League. and Harry ". Hampstead,
president of the Giants. The active
in to be limited to fifty,
but there will also be an associate
mem bership. The club will be incor-
and the shares win sell for $4,000 each.
Already large amount of money has
been subscribed. Ban johnson having
taken five shares In the club.
At present II is the plan to improve
the property so that 1t may be win
ter resort and game preserve. To this
end work will start soon and club
house costing about $50 200 Will be
erected and II IL believed IL viii be
ready for occupancy this fall Many
of the members are preparing to build
cottages, and one of the first con-
etructed will be owned by Captain
Huston.
Dover Hall Is within few miles OF
Jekyi Island and adjoining Is the Du
pont estate. The tract is situated on
n tidewater peninsula ten miles by
water from Brunswick and fourteen
miles by land. The question OF pur-
chasing IL has been under considera-
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a result of hunting trip 10 George
Staliing'a plantation last fall. Several
baseball club owners and newspaper
men went over the ground, which was
the estate OF the late George w.
Wright. AS game preserve IL Of
fered the finest inducements. and
plans were at once launched to ar
range for the purchase.
For the present 1t will be used as a
winter resort for baseball men, where
they can have the finest hunting at
forded In any section of the East
There are. In plentiful quantities. deer.
wild turkey. quail. snipe. duck. ran
and plover, coon. possum. and for
those who like Bit more excitement.
bear and wild cat. The estate has
four miles of oyster beds, safe har-
Dor for yachts and small boats. and
fine fishing grounds for drum. trout,
bass. whiting, and sheepshead.
The land Ia heavily wooded In places
and the timber rights In themselves
hold a large value. Several years ago
these rights we're snfd. and tfere was
cutting but there are still
hundreds of acres of virgin pine. The
new owners have repurchased the tim
Der rights, and there viii be no more
cutting of lumber except when IL is
necessary for the building of the pro-
posed bungalows. They will be OF uni
form construction OF boulder and log.
though members will be permitted to
build according to their own plans
and upon sites which they may select.