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Show FAREWELL TO EBBETTS FIELD AS UNCLE J SAM TAKES IT FOR COLD STORAGE PLANT No more will the bleachers roar at the umplro or go wild over n homo run at Ebbotts Held, tho big baseball diamond of tho Brooklyn Nationals, as tho government has commandeered It as n cold storage plant. According 40 Charles P. Kbbctts, owner of the dub, Undo Sam will try to mako good liso of It for the army and navy. Other famous ball flcldB, Including tho Polo grounds, homo of tha New York Qlnuts, may also bo taken over for similar purposes. It Is heartbreaking to the fans, of course, but they reallzo that It Is not u good-by, but an au rcvolr, to baseball. |