The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-15
Baseball Grounds az Terminus Of Nc
kinney Car Lire Gould be UtiI-
i-ed for Various Kinds
Of SSortk
UOAlLNG BACK
Disr1on1 ard Football Gridiron WouIc
Ce-4o. Center Ffela-Cogla Get
Horses Here in June
and Serter,Se-.

Why not utilize the eleven acres O.
ground owned By the KeoEuk Baseball
association a. the terminus OF the Nc
kfalsE sTsuue street car line, add g
couple Of acres more and have race
meets twice z year, automobile races,
a place for baseball, both professional
and amateur, football e place for car
nivslE and community park and chill
d-sa's Playground
The organization and administration
u such park could be placed IN the
hands Of few stockholders, who
would subscribe from $500 10 1900
each. 4 graudEta1d could be erected
which would seat 2,515 people, and
would serTs for both races and base
ball Besides this income there would
be that from rentals o, the horse
stables and Ihs Ike, since the best
jogging roads IN the Country, FOX win
tar training arg TO be found right
around ksoEuk.
Tie suggestion for such a PROPOSE
ton originated with Fred H OTe-ton,
who has some wei defined ideas az 70
The possibilities OF making z comnunt
u park Of this sort z success The
S4o-2-A-S G. A-S "!
Main Errset and the Boulevard are
easy o. access, especially since the
Mckinley avenue terminus Is here,
and since the land can be secured 20
cut the boulevard straight through, in
stead Of curving, as it is now, it is be-
neTec- 4 few shares OF stock at from
$500 10 $1,000 each would insure re-
turn on their money for every sup
scriber. and would make the paTk .
real thing.
There are eleven acres in the park
owned by the Keokuk Baseball
Grounds association. It is probable
that this association would be willing
TO go into the matter. With the pur-
chase Of an additional couple Or tssee
acres, ample room would be secured.
A half mile track could be built for
horse racing and auto meets. In the
center field would--be ample space for
a baseball diamond and a football grid
iron. Around the track would be space
for public playground for the kid.
dies, and park for picnics and the
like. The ground would be ample to
accommodate carnivals, too, it is be-
lieved.
Grand Stand and Track.
With the construction OF the track
and diamond would come the building
Of a grandstand which would seat
$500 people. II would be ample for
races Or games A ten fopt galvanized
iron fence would enclose the grounds.
1t is understood that a man owning
a string Of horses in an Iowa city
would come here with his animals and
pay annual rental for the chance to
work out the horses on the roads
about here, which are considered the
finest Jogging roads in the country by
experts. The city Is admirably locat-
ed 20 hold two race meets, one in June
and one in September. The one in
June would catch the horses On their
way 20 the smaller towns, and the one
in September would catch them on
their return.
In the interim Of horse racing, their
would be auto races, and the Ike. and
the diamond would be used by both
professional and amateur clubs. II is
felt by the people who have talked
the matter over that baseball is by no
means dead here, and that a club wifi
be put into this city before long. The
day Of horse races IS still in its pr1rn.
desptte the entertainment OF the gaso.
line derbtes. People still Ike IN &c.
horses 30 around the track. and there
are plenty OF thrills left in the game
for everyone.
Success o. Other To~,ns.
The success OF the smaller towns
around here with horse races and rairs
makes II certain thing that We could
make go OF # here" Mr.. Overton
said. baseball by no means ig a dead
issue; the war isn't going to last for
ever, and We are going to have the
game here again. Horse racing Is not
over with, either. and when people
go IN automobiles miles to see |orse
race two thousand people would be
a small crowd at the kind Of race
meets We could have here, egpeciaIIy
with the street cars right at the
grounds.
The sports could be worked in nice.
ly, baseball, auto racing and horse
racing in the summer, track meets in
the early spring and football in the
fall"
1t is understood that several local
men stand ready to take stock to the
amount OF 81 900 each in such a pro.
1eot, and II Is hoped that the matter
Will be taken up at once.