 The Support Committee promised to include the construction of a sports field in its program, but little was noticed of this incentive.During the public debate on the budget of 1916, the desirability of a ground given by Mr Asch van Wijck was referenced.On 12 June 1915, Mr. Van der Upwich wrote in an article for ‘Op den Uitkijk’, where he wrote about the planning of the sports terrain, offering the Gouvernementsstalweide or the Veemarkt as possible alternative construction sites.