Clipping:Inconvenience of getting to the Staten Island grounds
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| Date | Wednesday, May 15, 1889 |
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| Text | [from J. F. Donnolly's column] The truth about St. George is that unless a man means to take a day and a night off, there is little use of him going there. The brokers and office men who in year's past have simply skipped from their places of business into an elevated train, and were whirled uptown and almost dumped at the gates of the ball ground, and then after the game found themselves within easy distance of home and dinner, will not take kindly to Wyman's [sic: should be Wiman] resort on the bay. To reach there means a walk or a short ride to the ferry, then a half-hour's sail at the very least across the bay, and then a nine-inning battle with the mosquitoes. And then coming home—there's the rub, indeed. For nine-tenths of the patrons of the Giants it means a return journey in a overpacked ferry boat, a long ride up town home and dinner somewhere about eight o'clock. How many times a week will a man risk that? Then again, if a man misses a boat going to the game it means the loss of probably an inning or two. There is very little figuring required to get at the bottom of the present difficulty. The Sporting Life May 15, 1889 It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and therefore the Brooklyn Club is benefited directly by the New Yorks' loss, as many New Yorkers prefer going to the Brooklyn games to taking the long ride to Staten Island. The Sporting Life May 15, 1889 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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