Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-25
BIGGEST STADIUM IS
ATLANTIC CITY PLAN
s1,5OO,O0O No,o Pledged
for Sports Project-To
Law Cornerstone in June
or July
Atlantic City, n. j., Jan. %.

Atlantic City, n. D., Jan. 70.
"NTEXT summer possibly June or
~ July. we expect to lay the corner
,,o,c Of the National Stadium at At
lantic City. .
This was the optimistic statement Of
Novor Edward Bader, one of the most
progressive chief executives this famous
soo shore resort ever has boastcd, COM
,,ontinR on the latest enterprise
launched by Atlantic City's hustling
hrsiucss men. The mayor of the world s
n,arground is q busy man. but never
zoo busy to lend his aid to anything
TINT will benefit this place.
He was up to his ears in work when
the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER repre-
.o,,ative horned INTO his Office in the
o,v hail. guided by John Smith, state
tnxinp commissioner, and Dan Nc
Tomghlin. who gives about twenty four
i"nrs n day to the service of his guests
n, rho Traymore, and in addition boosts
and assists any project that will add
~ the prestige of Atlantic City.
IIizzoner was slightly more than en-
tbusiastic over the proposed stadium.
Atlantic City needs such an institu /,
ton" he averred as he passed around
.Lo mo-" .mokes. and when Harry Late de-
,I oidsJ that now was the time to start it
oorccd that he had made an interest
;,o sncech. We want to bring to At
ian,ir CITY such notable athletic events
"s the Army Navy football game, the
1,ymnics. the national lawn tennis
tn1rnnment, big intersecti0nal gridiron
son,es: in fact, anything in which the
people are Interested.
Atlantic City long ago ceased to
no merely q summer resort. 1t Is
CARVING metropolitan city, travelling. in
bigb spring, summer, autumn and win
Tor That being the case, it Is ncces-
ssry 10 give the people, residents and
S;si,,rs the things they lack. This the
s,oI;um will do, and the best feature
NJ the project is that virtually every
Substantial citizen Of this place is be-
hind the enterprise. We already have
made o bid for the next Olympics, and
wc have reason to believe the authori-
,iCs at West Point and Annapolis are
fnyorably disposed toward staging their
annual football classic here.
ut is one Of the biggest things ever
,ronosed for Atlantic City, but the
growth of the resort warrants 1t, and 1t
e sure 10 meet with the approval not
only of the visitors, who come here from
every section Of the country and even
Europe, but also of the home foik with
m eye to business
Promoters Big Men
The officers Of the National Stadium
Of Atlantic City are: Harry Late,
president; Carleton Adams, vice presi-
dent; Mayor Bader, treasurer. and Jo-
seph McNamec, secretary. MIR. Late
is one Of the proprietors of the Alamac
Hotel, Mr.. Adams is a prominent real
for and Mr.. McNamee is city clerk.
Il, George Ulizio is chairman Of the
board and the counselors are Joseph
A. Slattery and Joseph A. Corio, q
members Of the State Assembly.
Everybody in Atlantic City knows
Harry Late As Dan Mclaughlin says:
He is one of the livest wires on the
beach front, though he does things with
out insisting that twelve-inch record
be- made of them, which is only another
way Of saying that Harry's middle
name is Ideas
Maybe some one Mt some time thought
Of a stadium for Atlantic City, but the
credit goes to Harry Late, because it
Is a fact that he did think of it and,
what Is more to the point, put it over
with the assistance of his fellow live
wires.
There is no end to the possibilities
OF the stadium" said Late. We have
done big things here. but much remains
TO be done and II our hopes and plans are
realized most Of the athletic activities of
the United States will revolvc around