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IN. Y. SPORT WRITER TALKS OF DOVER HALLSTALLINGS AND NAMES THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASE OF LAND.Siil Mi'rri-r, one of tin- visiting Now York spoil writers, who was recent I v lhi- guest oi Manager George Stall ings ..I Dover Hall, has written an ar tirle in his paper, the New York Globe, which outlines in a wa tin* plan on foot for tin* purchase of that property and the purpose for whichn is to he used.'I he article in the New York paper, written under Mr. Mercer's signature, will he of much interest here anti is asfollows:Plans for the organi/ation of a new big league baseball eluh are being ear lied on quietly here in New York, and within a lew weeks the enterprise will he lattnelied with a list of stockholdersthat will include Ii\ •» or six eluh own ers in the American and National lea gnes, and no less than three or four famous players.For tin* lirsi time in baseball history syndicate methods will he openly practiced in the management of the club, but there will be no dividends declared, and baseball players will work for nothing. Nearly all of the stock has been subscribed anil the hooks will soon close.This club will he located far from the big cities 01 the National, Amen can and Federal leagues. Admission will he by invitation only, an no uni piles will lie allowed to enter the grounds. The season will not begin until October and will close in April.Such is the prospectus of the Dover Hall baseball Cam]), located al Dover Point, (la., near the city of Pruunswiek, and not far from Jekyl island. the noted winter home of many American multi-millionaires.As the result of a proposition’made h George Stalling;;, manager ot the fins I on braves, and investigated by oilier baseball men, a deal is pending for t he put chase ol a permanent winter camp, where magnates, managers, and the friendly fan can enjoy their vacations pursuing tin* wild turkey, stalking the noble deer, trapping tin* wild hoar. Hushing (lie timid quail, sprinting with ilie scared .rabbit, hangingIHE OUTLINES PLAN OF GEO. ' away JU ,,,lt;l duck, halting for the•silver trout and the sea buss, digging up the sucetiient oyster, cracking the | native pecan and the latest jokes, drawing to a bobtail straight or try tug to nil two pair, stirring around the } old camp lil t* in Hie loghottse swapping lies, winding the ancient horns as a lung tester, and sleeping the sleep of a child.Dover Hall is tin estate of .‘{.f»00 acres, thickly woded in places, and it is described as a ‘'hunting paradise by Tvi us Cobb an«l oilier noted trap pers who have sought game oh its wide reaches. It lies on a peninsula some thirteen miles back of Prims-wick, with salt water marshes aplenty I anil deep water at the very door of the lodge. * Duly a few acres are under cultivation Hundreds of acres of stately pine trees and underbrush ’ make a tine cover for game. Only this season English pheasant have been i addl’d to its stock of game. The. rli mate is delightful iti winter.It was here that George Stallings was horn, and now that the present owner desires to sell at an attractive figure, Stallings lias interested his baseball friends in the project. It is planned in make Dover Hall a line bunting-club, where baseball men who can take no summer vacations can gather every winter. Dover Hall is still in its virgin state. It originally was a land grant from George 111, of England, and has been in only eight different hands. A gandfather of Stallings was once its owner.Visitors to Dover Hall will not be forced to subsist solely on roots, herbs, and berries, as old D Itunynn would say-. There is plenty ot fish, game wtitt farm products tight on the place. All around it are Ihe hunting lodges ot wealthy northen sportsmen.When .Jim Gaffney and party visited the Stallings plantation last month they spent several days at Dover Hall and were entranced with it. As a business proposition it would be p good busy at the price lixed, but the prospective purchasers intend to keep it as a winter rendezvous for baseballmen. Permanent title can be secured for less than $20,000 and alreadymdre than $20,000 has been subscribedin shares of $1,000. Among tin- subscribers arc Jim Gaffney, ('bailie Go Tlliskey, Pan Johnson, Harry Hemp stead, George Stallings, Ed Harrow, Captain Huston. Ty Cobb, Pill Donovan, John McUraw, Frank Stevens, Joe Daitnin, Hughey Jennings, and Frank Navin.
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Brunswick News
Brunswick, Georgia, US
Sun, Feb 07, 1915
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