El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

May Have as Much Trouble
as Did American League
in Earlier Years.

New York. Nov. 20.-Local baseball en-
thusiasts are doubtful whether the Federal
league viii be able TO obtain park in Man
haitian, despite the statements OF Ban john
son and Frank Farrell
There were even more Euesses made as to
where the American league would locate
than are being made now about the location
OF the Feds new home There was a neW
spot picked out nearly every day. only 10 be
stamped as visionary. and 10 have orieinatei
in the mind Of some cub reporter anxious
for a beat"
But when the location ssIected was A.
nounced officially and visited there was the
biggest kind Of a laugh caused and doubts
expressed Of the field ever being manu-
featured" into a baseball ground
Away Off in the Sticks.
Away up on Washington Heights in
out q the way nsighoorhood that no one
with the widest flights Of Imagination had
ever dreamed Of was the selection. and.
mind you. the whole island had been
searched thoroughly, no possible site having
been missed
The future American league park was
completely filled with powders OF really
mountainous size and Il did not seem posi-
BILE that they could be removed and the
the contractor Tom AcAvoy. took the diff
cult job in hand and was successful and
IN double quick time a beautiful PARK was
But since that time. when there usrs
very Few buildings IN the ueiEhborhood the
city has outgrown itself There are ROW
solid rows OF big apartment houses ana
even theaters covering Washington Heights
from end 70 end. hardly a vacant lot being
crowded with structures there does not ap-
pear TO be any available site left for q ball
park and SIN a dozen years ago the AMER
can league people were put 20 their wits
now Comes Gilmore
But in the face Of all that and . Dozen
years growth Of Manhattan since. president
Gilmore comes right out in public and
shouts from the housetops that the Federal
league IS about 10 build a park and grand-
stand that viii have seating capacity o.
- Co r.sr-,- ~ So r-rr,-- -.
moters do succeed in making good his state
ment all hats viii be DOTTED 20 them They
when 1t Is taken into consideration thar
Col Rupert with all his wealth and ez-
perience in Manhattan real estate. gave up
the idea OF locating the Yankees proposed
new park On Manhattan island. and has de-
cided on Long Island instead Gas reported
and that the Federal league viii be success
ful where the colonel could not be. the Fed
erel leagues proposition appears All the
more visionary.
Although Hal Chase once caught the small
box in Macon. Ga. the selection Of that city
for the Yankees training camp next spring
meets with general approval mere. georgia
has been fGvorite state for training camps
ever since Cap Arson t0k his Chicago White
Arson. in 1889. had a team composed
mostly Of veterans who found IL very diff
cult 20 get into proper playing form in Chi
tremely cold and windy
silver FLINT Who was old and going
spending his winters in New orleans. and
the veteran catcher brought back glowing
reports q BAH pieyiHg there an winter and
played winter baseball there
Arson Chose Atlanta
silver advised Arson 20 take his team
10 the Crescent City. but Cap feared 70 take
chance account Of the reported un-
healthiness OF the Louisiana metropolis He
did. however. agree 10 take trip south and
select a city He chose Atlanta ana never
regretted his decision The White stock
ma-raur
.'the pink Of condition" and afforded
revelation TO the Other players who had
trained in the north
big league organization TO go SOUTH made
a great hit and more than paid for their ez-
penses by playing exhibition games IN Ak
Iants and surrounding towns Southern fans
jumped at the opportunity Of seeing such
famous players as Arson. Flint Kelly. Gold
smith, Corc0ran and others. and nocked 10
the games in paying crowds
II was not for a couple Of years afterward
that other clubs decided 10 90 TO the
pense OF the long southern trip bit in 1855
there were several other clubs that made the
tom ever since. except the year the Giants
trained in lakewood y J.
Owens Goes to American League.
Clarence CtBrics'l owens who has made
a reputation for Judgment and impertura-
bility. viii be American league umpire
next summer He has been with the Amer
can association for two years. following
row over salary with the National league o.
one Of the best Of umpires. and his work and
general demeanor were 50 absolutely perfect
last season that president Ban johnson made
arrangements 10 add him TO his stafl This
was not difficult matter. a. Owens was
drawing S500 month from the association,
a figure much too high for a minor league
Chance Wants Back In Game
ct Wouldn't go back east but II the Coast
league wants TO talk business, I'm ready
So states Frank Chance. the former Chi
ca go National and New York American chief
tain The peerless leader has tired OF lead
ing the simple life and appears willing 10
get back in the game
Delaware v ants Baker Again
Frank B7 ker. former houe-ruu slugEer OF
the American league may again play with
Upland. OF the Delaware County league, next
season This much was learned from an
address made by president J. Borton Weeks
Of the league at the annual banquet OF the
Baseball league
President Weeks said Frank Baker Is
wanted in the Delaware County league next
year. John P. Grocer. millionaire phllan-
.hropist stated that ne was willing % paw
the salary q che home run kinE" again
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