Clipping:The Polo grounds not under complete control of the Mets

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Date	Saturday, February 12, 1881
Text	...the Polo Ground looms up as the coming professional baseball field of the metropolis, and the only one, by the way, likely to b at command. This field would have been the home of a League team this coming season but for the fact that the ground could not be entirely controlled by such a club, ans the Polo Association needed the field two days a week for its own matches. But the time may come when the requirements of the grounds, as a mere money-investment, will cause it to be given up entirely to baseball and cricket, and such kindred games as lacrosse and football, to the driving out of the polo-playing; not because that game is not a desirable one, but that the trampling of the horses on its turf in polo prevents it being placed in proper condition for baseball. … four days of each week have been engaged by the Metropolitan Club...
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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