The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-02
PROMISE NEW FIELD
FOR NEW YORK CLUB
Location Not Yet Selected by
New Ownprs-Donovan Will
Take Charge To-day.
EBBETS FNNClES DAY1ONA

At ,au offices of col. Jacob Rupport. Jr, /
o. O'Clock The morning the first official /
meeting Of tHa new stockholders Of tho /
..v York American L'Jruc Club will be /
..M Wild 1871 nono, .I, the new mani .
4a.r VIII ,.uf." with Ncssrs Ruppert /
funston and Rtr IoNusuu. Bll Wts cv- .
p,gt.d from Philadelphia yetterday, but
up 10 % Late hour last night had not put /.
.r Yu appearance
ru Iunu-uH said yesterday hy was F.
somewhat undecided Js to when uo would
be tn'. 600 depart for home. Tie g. anN-
,ur. 600 lend ,,.It possible assistance tp
.re new owners aud especially TO hty,
s.,'ed as soon as possible, the location
Of the proposed new paris Concerning
the site ~ tuI- park Ban is uou-cOm-
militia. iIu would give no hint uftet 2
long conference with capt Huston last
night
'tessrs Huston and Euppert intend to
build a handsome hom, for the New
Works But % would never do to ans
nouucc those plans prematur'iy You un-
derstand that would simply he raising
rlrthyr Obstacles"
VI. johnson declared that he did not
believe the now owners would utilize the
site that tho former owners had selected
At g2oth street and Broadway
"tfoveNer' h- declared amy statement
mat ! made 200 connection with building
IN Manhattan would NOT preclude that
site Tie land lies ln Manhattan Dor
ough, though 30 is beyond tho ship canal.
NJ Farrell Will tell you that tho point
has been decided IN the courts"
one Of Mr. Farrell's officials intimated
yesterday that the new ground would
he Gated 40 ti5th street and LenoN
svsA Operations there would necessi-
t4te considerable pilng and filling ln
but the 0ll.r could easily he secured
from tho subway construction going on
w that u,lEuborhood. lie also argued
that Cant. huston, who rs an experienced
contractor nd engineer, would find an
excellent h.'d for his skill In this lihc
OF worl. M Johnson declared that
The cost of piIiug and filling would I've
within $50 900, he believed. N tho new
owner, should care TO employ the tract.
However Doe said the matter OF grounds
was problem Of great moment uuJ
that the American Lcasue club hackers
did not propose To jump at conclusions.
They viii weigh the question carefully
from every angle. johnson says the club
will surely have a home of liz own 10y
1916.
Il develops that the New York club
~.l not be obliged to take tho five play
.rs who have been named among the
offerings from the seven collcarues--
High, Rehg, hlpp b'rger and Miller.
This matter will be put squarcly up 70
Manager Donovan. From what he has
rad alreAdy there is litle doubt that
I"pp and High will ind their way here.
An outhelder ~ the first order IS 10
come through special arrangement with
rival club.
Charles n Ebbets has returned from
uaytpra. Fla. where he spent week
invest eating conditions of the place that
had been selected as training camp
Tor the Dodgers The Fiatnush Squire
.as gone into eCs'asies over the pos t1l-
pressed vts the president OF the Brook
}yn club that h- has signed I'VE years
Isase with the Daytoua Athlsic Assocl-
alton Tor the use OF the fine baseball
plant II ~ building
They certainly are putting up m" tin
90, and best equipped field to be found
IN the sunny South" said MI Ehbets
last night THE grand stand viii have
accommodations for 5000 persons. Inc
mark ls two miles from pnyionA ana
three miles from ormond Beach
Within "a radius OF four miles there are
over dfty hotels. During the season o'
he year when my club viii be IN flor''d
stmato the POPULATION OF the Nl''h"S
viii reach more than 10000. .
81 am sure the Brooklyn players Will
End paytona decidedly interesting ar
'rding AZ II does a medium Tor every
r.althful outdoor ana aquatic sport
There should be a combination OF aug
and pleasure so az to reduce to q mnI-
mum the possibility Of the men becoming
stale
Manager Wilbert Robinson plans -
| have am mis- mon in hnytonA not la'ei
Than March From March to Marcn
! Il practice games will be played between
BROOKLYN players. From March 10 u
March q games will he played win
minor league clubs and college AEgr"sd'
tons After March &c number OF game'
with major clubs will he arranged u