Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1918 — FAREWELL TO EBBETTS FIELD AS UNCLE. SAM TAKES IT FOR COLD STORAGE PLANT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAREWELL TO EBBETTS FIELD AS UNCLE. SAM TAKES IT FOR COLD STORAGE PLANT

No more will the bleachers roar at the umpire or go wild over a home run at Ebbetts field, the big baseball diamond of the Brooklyn Nationals, as the government has commandeered It as a cold storage plant. According to Charles P. Ebbetts, owner of the dub, Uncle Sam will try to make good use of it fob the army and navy. Other famous ball fields, including the Polo grounds, home of the New York Giants, may also be taken over for similar purposes. It is heartbreaking to the fans, of course, but they realize that it is not a good-by, but an au revolt, to baseball.