Garland City Globe | 1918-09-19 | Page 9 | Farewell to Ebbetts Field as Uncle Sam Takes it for Cold Storage Plant

Farewell to ebbetts field as uncle i sam takes it for cold storage plant No more will tho bleachers roar at the umplro or go wild over n homo ran nt Ebbetts field, tho big baseball diamond of tho Brooklyn Nationals, as tho government has commandeered It as a coid stornga plant. According -to Chnrlcs P. Ebbetts, owner of the dub, Undo Sam will try to mnko good 'use of It for tho army and navy. Other famous ball Holds, Including tho Polo grounds, homo of tha New York Giants, may also bo taken over for similar purposes. It Is heartbreaking to the fans, of course, but they rcallzo that It Is not' a good-by, but an nu rcvolr, to baseball.