Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — PLAY AT MONTE CARLO [ARTICLE]

PLAY AT MONTE CARLO

Management of Famous Resort Planning Winter Baseball. Two Teams From United States to Piay Exhibitions—Casino Authorities Would Have Players Thors Instead of South. Next winter, or the winter after the war ends, the baseball fans who to enjoy a winter season of the sport would do well to reserve quarters at Monte Carlo, for, if the plans of the Casino management do not, go astray, the first Monte Carlo season after the war will have as its piece de resistance six weeks of baseball between the New York Giants and another leading team. The grounds have already been chosen. They are the present football grounds In Condamine, and the Casino authorities are only waiting for definite signs of the end of the war to open negotiations with American club owners, with a view to bringing two or more teams to Monte Carlo for a winter season. Their idea is that, instead of the teams going South in February for six weeks’ training they could come to Monte Carlo about the middle of January and give a Season there which would take the place of the spring training at Marlin and other Southern resorts.

M. Camille Blanc and hf t s codirectors of the Casino have suffered from the war so acutely that they are planning to have Monte Carlo more luxurious, splendid and extravagant than ever. They think one of the best ways to recoup their losses will be to attract American millionaires and million heirs in swarms to their gambllng-den-by-the-sea. - The war has cast a blight on the Casino, on Monte Carlo, and, worst of all, on M. Camille Blanc and hjs codirectors. It Is tearfully said that the Casino has lost large sums of money during the war, not because there have been huge winnings by the' players, but because the players have been so few. The two-course “herriot” dinner and war bread apply In neutral and independent Monte Carlo just as they do in France, 150 yards away. Sports do not exist. A large proportion of the shops are closed, while of those open a good share are closing out on forced sale, and In the remainder nearly anything one wants can be bought far below Paris prices. Jewelry is ridiculously cheap in Monte Carlo this year. There Is a pawnshop on nearly every other corner of Monte Carlo, but not half a dozen in the town are open.