• The Philadelphia city council considered, but made no decision about, the team's request to lease grounds for a ballpark at 26th and Jefferson

• Representing the team at the meeting were sportswriters Frank Hough and Samuel Jones

• One of the council members said that the terms of the lease—$1,000 per year for three years—were too low and a local land developer complained that a ballpark would reduce property values in the area and would increase vandalism, though several council members objected strongly to this assertion

• Due to procedural reasons, the council could not vote on the measure at this meeting and planned to bring it up again in a week at their next meeting

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