Clipping:The new Metropolitan grounds
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| Date | Wednesday, December 19, 1883 |
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| Text | The new grounds of the Metropolitan Club were visited on Dec. 8th only to find the condition of things anything but promising for the completion of the field in time for next year's use by the club. The action taken by the aldermen in closing 108th street from First avenue to the river can easily be reversed by the incoming Aldermen of 1884, and the uncertainty in regard to the matter of opening or closing the street in question makes any large investment of money in constructing a new field a rather hazardous enterprise. The square selected for the grounds is but an accumulation of ashes and street rubbish, which will have to be covered up by a layer of good soil nearly two feet deep, and then it would require a year's time to give it a turf surface. The expenditure involved would exceed $10,000. In case of a failure to get it ready by May next the Metropolitan Club would have to lease their old field from the New York Club. Under these circumstances it would not be advisable to change the position of things on the old field, for it may be necessary to use it next April, if not through the season. If this should be, it is to be hoped that a permanent fence dividing the two fields will be erected, as the canvas fence was a decided failure last season. The Sporting Life December 19, 1883, quoting the New York Clipper [from an interview with James Mutrie] On the plot bounded on One Hundred and Seventh and One Hundred and Ninth streets and First avenue and East river wok on inclosing and filling in will begin at once. On Nov. 27 the board of aldermen granted the privilege of closing up One Hundred and Eighth street to the river. The lease is for five years. The grounds can be reached by the Seven avenue road from the station in One Hundred and Fifth and One Hundred and Eleventh streets. They will be fitted up in the best style. Of course, they will not be nearly as large as the polo grounds, which are far too roomy for one club. The Sporting Life December 26, 1883 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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