Clipping:The legal status of the Polo Grounds
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| Date | Friday, December 9, 1881 |
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| Text | Mr. Fodringham, of the Polo Association, states that the announcement that Mr. Day, of the Metropolitan Club, has secured a lease of the Polo Grounds for 1882 is premature. Why is there so much secrecy about this business? The land on which the Polo Ground is located belongs party to the city, as two streets, One Hundred and Eleventh and One Hundred and Twelfth—are to be cut through it, as also an avenue. The Polo Association hold a lease of the property, and the opening of the the streets is kept back through the influence of the association. The Polo Association have three things to do in this base ball business: Either to run a team themselves, share gate receipts with a club manager, or lease the ground for a year. The question is: Which is the court they have adopted or will adopt? It is difficult to suppose that any man would engage a team without having a ground secured on which to play them. But this is what Mr. Day has done, according to Mr. Fodringham's statement. Brooklyn Daily Eagle December 9, 1881 The Polo Grounds have been leased for the season of 1882 by the Metropolitan Club, and hereafter all the athletic meetings for pedestrianism, bicycling, etc., and all the lacrosse and football matches hitherto held under the control of the Polo Association, will be held under the auspices of the Metropolitan Club. New York Clipper December 17, 1881 |
| Source | Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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