New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
delightful Daytona,"
as Seen by Ebbets
Squire of Flatbush De-
scribes Training Camp
of Superbas.
TOWERING PALMS,
STATELY PALMETTOS"
Amid Such Ideal Surroundings
It's Up to Robbie to Produce
a Pennant Winner.
BY HAYWOOD BROUN.

by HAYWOOD BROtN.
The length Of Rhskin sentence
wrote Gilbert Chesterton, "is like that
length in the long arrow that was boast
ed Of b. the drawers Of the long bow.
He draws not clothyard shaft but a
long lance to his ear; he shoots
spear. But the whole goes light as a
bird and straight as a bullet"
10 Is Ruskin, then, who must be
hailed as a precursor Of Charles II. Eb-
bets. Yet, after a perusal Of Delight
full Daytona." the first fruit this year
from the pen Of the Brooklyn magnate.
one must admit that the figure con
ceived by Chesterton is much too linn
tied in scope 10 apply 70 the style of
Ar. Ebbets. HIS prose horizon Is un-
bounded. In other words, the sky is
the limit.
Abandoning the metaphor Of the bow.
we should say of an Ebbets sentence
that the writer takes a dog. preferably.
e course, dachshund, and TO his tail
ties an elastic band. Fastening one end
Of the band 10 his hand. he cries "Sic
'em, Tiee!"
Thus it may be said that an Ebbets
sentence never comes 10 an end Il
merely cracks under the strain. And
here We have Delightful Daytona":
81 returned from a weeks visit %
Daytona, Fla, yesterday, with the sat-
lSfactlon that in all respects Daytona,
known as the prettiest winter resort
IN all the world claim which she is
justly entitled to, with It's perfect eli
mate, cool nights, when one can sleep
comfortably under covers; its most
truly wonderful, hard, smooth and al
most level thirty-mile ocean beach 400
feet wide, without break IN its even
surface nothing like IL IN the world.
proving not only an unparalleled
grand motoring driveway, but also "A
perfectly safe surf bathing beach; its
beautiful, majestic. placid Halifax
River a mile wide, where the sportsman
can enjoy boating and game fishing; its
many miles of excellent hard surface
and attractive interior roads passing
through charming scenery. penetrating
dense tropical forests with towering
palms, stately palmettos. moss drape 4
oaks and tall pines leading 10 ancient
stone ruins. will be an ideal training
camp for Manager Robinson and his
men not only for conditioning purposes
under a tropical sum- but also 10 enjoy
the harmless recreatious and natural
attractions of their months home.
thereby combining duty and pleasure,
thus reducing to a minimum the pos
sibllity of their becoming stale"
Ancient Ruins.-liere IL is possible 10
take issue with Mr.. Ebbets 10 seems
as If he intended 10 convey the i'm
preston that the presence Of ancient
ruins would be an aid TO the Brooklyn
/ Baseball Club. In the past the team
, has always been handicapped by them.
Towering Palms.-A covert reference.
without doubt, 10 the excessive de-
mands of those players who have re
celved offers from the Federal League.
Harmless Recreations.-A game with
reasonable limit.
Hard, smooth and almost level. with
out break in its almost even surface.
What object worn by a ball player
Just above his neck is like the beach
at DaytOna?
Many critics have divided Delight
ful Daytona" into two parts and have
insisted that only the first part was
written by Mr.. Ebbets himself.
They point out that Part II has none
Of the adornments OF style possessed
by the great descriptive passage.
Moreover, IL shows none Of the con-
summate skill Of sentence-making dis
played in the earlier part OF "De-
lightful Daytona." Be that as IL may,
here is Part II:
"The Brooklyn club has signed a five
years lease with the Daytona Athletic
Association for the use Of its up-to-
date baseball plant when built: the
clubhouse will contain "A dressing room
with thirty lockers and a lavatory with
five shower compartments, steam box,
hot and cold water, rubbing table. etc.
THE grandstand will accommodate
1000 persons, and, with its modern ar
engagements Of ingress and egress, to
gether with sixty private boxes AMI
press compartment, will. in addition
( 20 unlimited space for parking autos.
make il the finest baseball plant Of it's
/ kind in the Sunny South, not equalled
by any other major league training
camp in the country; the ball field is
/ located two miles north Of Daytona
and three miles south Of Ormond:
within a radius Of four miles there arr
/ located over fifty hotels. which. with
/ inuumerable private residences, make
1 up a total population Of about so 600
| people during the season; the advance
D IObhlAEo ~ Nllh AlbAn lAA EN WWNfAH
/ are so numerou that 10 was found i'm
/ possible 20 secure accommodations in
one hotel for the officials, players. war
/ correspondents and friends Of the
/ Brooklyn club who will visit Daytona
/ next March, this month being consid-
cred the busiest one Of the season:
| therefore. quarters have been secured
/ for fifteen 70 twenty people each in
three of the best hoteis-viz., The De
/ spland. the Prince George and
/ Schmidt's.
Robinson plans 10 have all Of his
/ men In Daytona not later than March
/ ?; from March 6 10 II practice games
/ will be played between Brooklyn play
\ ers; from March 10 10 n games will
/ be played with minor league clubs and
small colleges, and from March % q
April 2 games with major LEAGUE cluts
and large colleges will be arranged u
/ possible"