The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-17
BIG BASEBALL CAMP
Major League Men Buy Estate in
Georgia.

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Dover Hall, one of the largest and
most picturesque Of the southern es-
tates. located IA miles from Bruins
wick, Ga, has been purchased by a
syndicate of men prominently identi-
! fed with baseball, and the indicat-
| ions are that the old plantation,
which comprises 2,436 acres, will
eventually be turned into great
training camp for the major league
teams. The Identification of George
Stallings with the project lends fur
Their credence to this view, for it has
been one of his pet theories that it
would be a great advantage for a
Northern League and American Lea
que team to train together, each prac-
ticing in the morning independently
and playing a game in the afternoon.
The scope of the property would al
low for the training of every one OF
the big league teams and this would
undoubtedly lessen the cost of south
ern training, where each of the clubs
is forced to maintain its own camp.
The estate will hereafter be known
as the Dover Hall club. The officers
are President, Captain T. l.. Huston;
vice-president, George T, Stallings;
treasurer, Frank NJ. Stevens; secre-
tary, James Allison. The directors
in addition to the officers are: B. b.
Johnson, president of the American
League, Charles A. Comiskey. Irwin
S. Cobb and Damon Runyon. Other
members are Jacob Rupert, James
i. Gaffney. Bud Fisher, President
John X. Tener of the National Lea
que, Archie Hurlbert, Robert Lee
Hedges. Tyrus Cobb, John j. McGraw
Harry Stevens, J. C. Toole, Robert
Davis, Howard Trumbo. Norman H.
Davis. President Edward Barrow of
the International League and Presi-
dent Harry n Hampstead of the
Giants. The active membership is
to be limited to so and there will also
be an associate membership. The
club will be in corporated under the
laws of Delaware, and the shares will
sell for $1,000 each. Already large
amount of money has been subscrib-
ed, Ban Johnson having taken five
shares in the club
At present it is the plan to improve
the property SO that it may be win
ter resort and game preserve. To this |
end work will start soon and club
house costing about $4,000 will be
erected, and it is believed it will be |
ready for occupancy this fall. Many |
of the members are preparing to |
build cottages and one of the frst |
will be owned by Captain |
Huston. s
Dover Hall is within a few miles of |
Jekyl island and adjoining is the Du |
Pont estate, The tract is situated !
on a tidewater peninsula 10 miles by |
water from Brunswick and IA miles
by land. The question of purchasing |
it has been under consideration for
nearly year II started as result
of a hunting trip TO George Staliings
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 a game preserve it offered the
finest inducements, and plans were
at once launched to arrange for the
purchase.
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winter resort for baseball men, where
they can have the finest hunting af
roded in any section of the East.
There are in plentiful quantities,
deer, vii turkey, quail, snipe, duck,
rail and ployer, coon, possum. and for
those who like bit more of excite.
ment, bear and wild cat, The estate
has four miles Of oyster beds, safe
and fine fishing grounds for drum,
trout, bass, whiting and sheepshead.
The land is heavily wooded in
places and the timber rights in them
selves hold a large value. Several
years ago these rights were sold, and
there was considerable cutting, but
there are still hundreds of acres of
virgin pine. The new owners have
the timber rights. and
there will be no more cutting Of lum-
Der except when it is necessary for
the building of the proposed bunga-
lows. They will be OF uniform con-
struction of boulder and log, though
according to their own plans and up
ON sites which they may select