The evening world., 1893-12-01
WHO GOT The MONEY?
Exorbitant Prices Paid to See the
Football Game.
Spectators Reaped Harvest a.
the Public's Expense.
for Handling the Vast
Crowds Were Perfect.

The great Thanksgiving Day football
gam" has been played, and the season ~
1888 brought to glorious close. IN" .
yicturs haN" celebrated their grand
achievement In breaking IN most do
cisiv. manner tn" remarkable record of
YaIe's successes. Will the vanquishod
hosts from Sew avcn have sought
what consolatiun they could In the bit.
tel nour Of defeat.
All that now remains to 10 done IL
IN tn" way Of settling up accounts. and
dividing the profits, and this labor will
probably occupy for several days the
attention Of II" University Athletic
clubs COMMITTEE. which had charge ~
tn" financial management Of the game.
Thor" seems to be no doubt that very
much more money vas taken In for the
game At Manhattan Field yesterday
than for any previous game played in
this city. Certainly tn" crowd spent
more to see it than ever before.
If all the seats In the grounds, in
Guiding both the covered and uncovered
stands and those in the club house.
had been sold to their occupants at
the prices fixed by the Committee, the
total gate receipts might be figured at
a rough estimate at about si2O
This amount IL based upon tho csti-
mate that 10000 admission tickets at 81
each were purchased. and this will not
>c"ils too nigh to any who saw the
! dense crowds which were packed about
the sides Of the field yesterday after
| noon
The 1000 covered seats at s. each
would have yielded Sll,ooo; 5000 uncov-
cred seats at 81. 30 "nch. $4,000; IA"
1,,.N gs.alfI l.l ~ IL IN I
coach positions AT $50 each. Si,w and ! 10
club house admissions at 81 each, si75
! 1t IL n fact, however, that many hun
| drrds of tickets for the grand stand as
| well as for IN" op'n seats fell into tn"
/ hands of Spectators, who r"ap"d
rich harvest by charging. rurchn s@,s
rhoi"" positions on IN" covered stands,
Will" tn" hl"ach"ry seats brought from
S. to 81 each.
Natural, tho question is asked. whore
tickets FOR thry seem to have an I'M
limited supply Of them all day N"ster,
! lay Will" the committee" in charge of
'l.,.sc affairs declared that it had dis
pose, Of every scat on tn" grounds.
! II Is customary for some students who
nbta IN seats at III" original price to sell
them at an advance tn spectators n
few days hefor" tho game. hut the total
| number which tn" latter Obtain in this
way IL usually very small Rumors have
| been floating about for two days past
that the greater number Of tho tickets
held by tn" spectators were obtained
directly from those who had charge of
! their distribution. and that this Wa done
with the view of swelling tn" gate re
Ceipts.
OF course tn" members of III" Com
mttee deny than any such deal was
made, although it ia admitted that they
Understanding that they should not soil
them at NOR" than 80 cents advance over
the original price.
II any such agreement was made
however. tn" spectators evidently had
no idea Of standing by It, for no seat on
either of the grand stands could he
bought yesterday for less than S. and
usually at $40 and the number sold at
these prices is estimated at more than
a,nW. 'nder these circumstances. tn"
amount OF money paid by tn" spectators
at Yesterdays game must have been
nearly doubl" tsSt " hich is represented
10y the nunbarl"f tickets sold
In other words tho reCeip,s instead OF
being A2.Noo were actually ir the neigh
borhool ct ss".ooo, AMI there are lots of
people who would like to know how this
hig difference has been disposed Of Have
the Spectators grabbed It ,ll'
ON the, basis of A2,w gross receipts.
nuttinE down the necessary expenses at
S.on0 and SGOOo for tn" rent Of the HELD,
Yale and Princeton would divide about
10000 equally between them m" public
with the idea that it - TO support the
two football associations and encourage
college athletics generally. and IT Is re-.
, Stlutl as u RANK imposition lilll 70
small II percentage Of thr exorhitan,
charges that We're made Yesterday should
60 tO the COll.g" mon
Tne | University Athletic club Commit
e. tee attributes the fact that there wcr.
lots OF speculation in tickets to variuu!
? sources, one Is that some of tho bis
%Ernc'Gf o which w"rG o ""w so1 tc ckc
ut stin prices; another that the students
sold tickets to sueCulat"rs, another tina
when goo stand g tickets wrrr" placed OF
lA Itlt. Ia t..tl h.NNH
40 buy them In small patches. Still an
other reason Is given that men claiming
To he college graduates, who were al
l"tel tickets, sold th"m at Il big al
. vance.
- MIR Henry $, Van puzcr. Treasurer o
:. the Committee. This morning furnishc
' Il list of ticket agencies which We're III
n lowed tickets. Among tines" wcr" di
u vlede 200 covered seats. 4oo unCovCrc
~ seats and IA boxes.
u The agencies signed Il written agre"
= m'nt to charg" hut - cents over tn
regular price. and NOT to buy amy tick
=, ets at / higher figure than tn" I. \. ,
had set upon them Tho list is as foI
huffman III Mroaavoy. TYSON : 60, ,,r,'l
!, A,Gmn% 't"'", T}san H. WniSor ii ,,,I
n ing Imperial Io',L ami Alexander, Sturt,vaI
y we have pretty good evidence" sal
agents broke their asr.rment and charge
AS high as s. and $40 for tickets. Rul
man ktlt ms contract 80 INC l'lltl.
MIR Trpln. of the l'Irth Avenue iINte
told we tina. = hticn nf 2oo II, Krts. whic
had been allni"l to Princeton students
= WAS offered him Jonas, of N" Asst,
he House, WAS offered - college tickets.
ri 1T woull seem from this that stuicn
20 W"r' the means Of speculltors Eettiu
hN hold OF tickets We knew inst To who
AT tickets were allotted. and by ths meal
y" ! was able to discover a man oNsriI
tickets fur sale ON the grounds that
was "A collCK" graduate. There were oth'
cases of this kind
., Mr.. &. +, Mauhrwson. Chairman OF II
80 /. \. &. tummi,tN1, said this mNrniu
.'' that tn" spcculating matter would
"d carefully investigated In reply to
re- question why these ticket agencies We
his allowed any tickets Al all, Mr. MATTHEW
in son said
I've Thought these men were q
reputable, ard hy this means We hop,
- prevent piCayun" specializing.
THESE agents have 4 larg" number
patrons, who are men Of the best elias
m whom "" considered were entitled
IN tickets, ana We though, this the be
method of letting these patrons <
- tickets
yale md Princeton students m!
have dubbed together and furnish
tickets to Spectators. | myself hca
4 OF one such college combination.
81 II presume the spectators got I
benefit OF these eXtortonate charG'
Ona thing is sure the colleges ana |
University Athletic club did not.
III we md that the ticket agenci
~ lot haN Nxstl -