Clipping:Winter baseball in Florida
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| Date | Thursday, September 12, 1889 |
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| Text | Florida is rapidly coming to the front as a rival of California in thew inter base ball business. Mr. H. M. Flagler, proprietor of the famous Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, has decided to fit up a winter ball park at St. Augustine that, in appointments and accommodations, will be second to none in the country. The contract has already been let for the construction of a magnificent grandstand, and by the time the regular season in the North is at end the St. Augustine Park will be ready to welcome the strong Northern teams. Mr. Flagler is determined to have the best, and his agents will engage the best base ball talent in the market. Offers will be made to leading league and association teams to spend the winter in Florida and make St. Augustine their headquarters. It is safe to say that the offers will be accepted, for there are few men in the base ball business who will refuse a life of ease and comfort in a beautiful climate with expenses guaranteed and a good profit assured. Besides base ball, the park will be used for bicycle, foot ball and tennis contests. St. |
| Source | St. Louis Republic |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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