The New York herald., 1921-02-07
New Stadium VIII Have Better
Transportation Facilities
Tken Polo Grounds.
THE BRONX Is JUBILANT
n. Y.'s Sunday Baseball Fol
lowing of 100000 Can Now
Divide Its Patronage.
by DANIEL.

are substantially as outlined in THE
NEW YORK HERALD a week ago yester-
day. The Hebrew Asylum grounds were
K. favored by the owners of the club, but
two big obstacles arose. The most I'M
portant was the lack of assurances that
the city would not cut West 1S7th street
right through the middle of the grounds
an dthe other was the fact that the
Broadway branch OF the Seventh avenue
subway would be practically the only
means of transportation.
Travelling in the subway In the heat
of a summer day is not generally ia
vored by baseball fans, so Col. JACOB
Rupert and Col. Til Huston decided to
drop the determination TO locate on
Z Manhattan Island and went forth to the
4 site in The Bronx That they have
+ chosen wisely was the opinion expressed
q wherever the subject was discussed yes
4 terday The grounds in The Bronx are
even better provided with transportation
facilities than the Polo Grounds. And
( let us not lose sight of this important
\ factor, in locating in that borough the
+ owners of the Yankees are going TO give
{. the numerous body of fans in that Sec
4 ton of the city something which they
have been wanting for many years-a
home team in big league. To get this
professional baseball representation The
Bronx was willing to enter even the In
ternational League. Year after year
Bronx men entered the meetings OF the
International with pleas for a iran
chise, but the New York clubs OIL the
majors would not consent to the inva-
sion of their territory and the project
was blocked.
When the Yankees move into their
new home they will continue to repre-
sent this entire city in the American
League, but fans of The Bronx will feel
that they will represent their home bor-
ough and county in particular That is
bound to mean a great deal to the club,
& particularly in the box office.
May Open Next Year.
While the Yankees do not count on
opening their new park until the spring
of 1923 1t would not be surprising to see
them move into 1t in April of 1879.
Labor Is more plentiful than 1t was last
year and materials such as steel are
lot easier to get than they have been
since 1914.
x With the Yankees in stadium OF
their own we will be confronted with
1.-The problem OF conflicting dates, most OF
Them on Sundays. 1t is an open secret
that one OF the nsderations which ied
the owners OF the Giants to ask the
yankees to move out of the Polo
sEirounds after the season of 1892 was
1.-THE Sunday baseball proposition. Last
tseason the Giants got thirteen Sundays
Sat home and one holiday. The Yankees
had TO be awarded twelve Sundays and
xfwo holidays. This year we think the
schedule will call for a reversal of that
arrangement. so that the American
Ieaguers will use the Harlem park on
thirteen Sundays. A Sunday game at
the Polo Grounds means house" Of
something like s37, 900. 1t is easy to
see why the offer of total rental OF
$4,000. 900 for a twenty year lease, made
by Coils Rupert and Huston to the
owners OF the Giants for the Polo
Grounds some time ago. was declined
with thanks
With the Polo Grounds all to Them
selves the Giants no doubt will ask the
schedule committee Of the major leagues
20 allot them Sunday datee at home
whenever they are in the East They
want not only all the Sundays OF their
home stay but Sundays when they are
IN Boston and Philadelphia, and even
when they are In Pittsburg. The Dodg-
ers and the Pirates ran in from Pitts
burg for Sunday game in Flatbush last
season and drew more than $4,000 spec
tators.
The Yankees win make request OF
the schedule committee to give them as
many Sunday dates in New York as will
be given to the Giants The result VIII
be many conflicts between the Giants
and the Yankees In New York, and the
first real fight for popular patronage
since the American League invaded New
York on the hilltop grounds in 1903. 1t
will mean, too that New York fans Will
see more first class baseball and better
baseball than ever before. 1t will mean
that the New York clubs viii exceed
even their present herculean efforts, II
that be possible, TO strengthen their
teams. Competition adds zest and Is
the life of professional endeavor
Patronage Enough for Both.
II might be added that New York has
Sunday baseball following OF at least
100000 and that there will be patronage
enough for both the Giants and the
Yankees. They may kill the semi-pro-
fessional game in this section, but we
doubt II they entertain any worries on
that score. There were times last season
at the Polo Grounds when probably
10000 persons were turned away for
lack OF room. Add TO this number the
vast following which stayed away from
the Sunday games because OF the knowl-
edged that the jam would be great and
that the chancese OF being turned back
were about even with those Of getting In
and you are forced 10 realize that there
is room IN this city for two major league
games every Sunday Of the season. How
ever. these conflicts will not come very
often. When the Giants are In Chicago,
st Louis and Cincinnati the Yankees
will have the sundays free to them
selves. And when the Yankees will be
booked in Chicago. ST. Louis and Cleve-
iand the Giants win have no opposition
here. The situation in the East on Sum
days balances itself The fact that
Sunday baseball IL permitted In Brook
lyn in the National League Is discounted
for the American League by Sunday
games In Washington Tho chances for
major league Sunday baseball ig either
philadelphia or Boston ere practically
MI
The conhictihg Interests at the two
parks will not be confined 90 baseball
we may see big varsity football games
on both sides OF the Harlem every Satur-
day during the fall. and professional
games on Sundays II the bill now up ri
Albany goes through. The cheers from
both stadiums will float across the Har-
lem and blend In one big roar for New
york as the sporting centre Of the united
states.
The owners Of the Yankees are 70 be
congratulated strongly on their move for
absolute autonomy and their decision h
,~tvo thc American On riie a p1orc which