The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-01
WHO GOT The MONEY?
Exorbitant Prices Paid to See the
Football Game.
Spectators Reaped a Harvest at
the Pub'ic's Expense.
for Handling the Vast
Crowds Wore Perfect.

The great Thanksgiving Day football
gam" has been played, and the season %
1895 brought to Il glorious close. III"
NiCtOrs have celebrated their grand
achievement in breaking In "A most de-
cisiv" manner the remarkable record OF
Yalc's successes, Will the vanquishcd
hosts from sew aven have sought
what consolation they could in the bit
tri nour Of defeat.
All that now remains to be done Is
IN tn" way OF settling up accounts. and
dividing the profits. and this labor viii
probably occupy for several days the
attention of the University Athletic
clubs Committee. which had charge Of
the financial management Of the game.
There so"ms to be no doubt that very
much more money was taken In for the
game at Manhattan Field yesterday
than for any previous game played In
/ this city. Certainly the crowd spent
more to see It than ever before.
! II all the seats In the grounds. In
Guiding both the covered and uncovered
stands and those In the clubhouse.
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 $4,000.
| This amount Is based upon the esti-
mate that 10000 admission tickets at 81
each were purchased and this Will not
seeias too high to any who saw the
dense crowds which were packed about
the sides OF the field yesterday after
| noon
The 1000 covered seats at 81 each
would have yielded $4,000: 5000 uncov-
cred seats at Sl.hO each, $1,000 the
| 1...y \, fuE. an ~
coach positions at $50 each. $1,000. and l'j
club house admissions at 81 each, $40.
1t Is n fact. however, that many hun
dreds OF tickets for the grand stand us
well as for the open seats fell into the
hands OF spectators, who reaped a
rich harvest by charging purchasers
al tn way from s. TO So APIECE for
ChOiC" positions on the covered stands.
! while the hl"achery seats brought from
s. to So each.
! Naturally the question Is asked. where
| tickets, for they seem to have an un-
| limited supply OF them all day yestcr-
lay while the committee in charge OF
! IT,, Sc affairs declared that It had dis
pose, OF every seat on the grounds.
| 1t Is customary for some students who
! Obtain seats at the original price to sell
| them at an advance to Spectators II
few days before the game, but the total
number which the latter obtain in this
way Is usually very small Rumors have
| been floating about for two days past
|
held by the spectators were obtained
| directly from those who had charge of
their distribution, and that this was don"
with the view Of swelling the gate re-
| ccipts.
or course the members of the Com
mittee deny that any such deal was
! made, although 1t Is admitted that they
gave tickets to the spectators with the
understanding that they should not sell
them at more than 30 cents advance over
the original price.
L..
however, the spectators evidently had
no idea of standing by 1t. for no seat ON
either OF the grand stands could be
usually at So and the number sold at
these prices Is estimated at more than
200. Under these circumstances the
amount Of money paid by the spectators
at yesterdays game, must have been
nearly douhl" that which Is represented
by the number of tickets sold.
In other words the receipts instead of
horhood OF sSoooo, and there are lots of
people who would like to know how this
big difference has been disposed Of. Have
the Spectators grabbed II all?
on the basis OF s42 900 gross receipts
nutting down the necessary expenses al
5000 and $1,000 for the rent OF the field
$50 900 equally between them. The public
pays its money to See these big game!
; with the Idea that 1t goes to support thu
two football associations and cncourag,
college athletics generally. ana it is re-
. Garded as rank imposition that 5,
E small percentage or the sXoreitan
= charges that were made yesterday shoult
, 90 to the college men.
| The University Athletic club Commit
= tee attributes the fact that there wer
e lots OF speculation In tickets to variou
p sources one Is that some OF the bi
e agencies which We're allowed ticket
broke their agreement and sold ticket
at stir prices; another that the student
sold tickets to spectators, another tina
when 200 stand & tickets We're placed o
sale Nov. - Spectators hired boys t
90 buy them In small patches. SIN Al
o other reason Is given that men Claimin
to he college graduates. who We're a
loted tickets. sold them ut big az
I. vance.
e Mir. Henry S. Van Duzer, Treasurer
a. the Committee, this morning furnishe
y n list OF ticket agencies which were II
N lowed tickets. Among these We're q
u videde 400 covered seats. 400 uncovere
~ The agencies signed a written agre'
= ment TO charge but SO cents over It
regular price. and not to buy any ttcl
"a, cts at ! higher figure than the L. a.
" had set upon them. The list Is as 70
A. Lows:
Huffman. III nroadwey Tyson . Co. FIN
n McBride 81 urosiwa,; Miller Equitable Bull,
er ,1E Imperial Hotel, and Alexander sturts,a
" We have pretty good evidence" ga!
agents broke their Gsr.ement and charg,
as Hlsn as ~ ana SlU tOf tickets, ltQl
man kent his contract 20 the letter
Mr., Tspan, OF the Fifth Avenue Hote
told me thai baton ~ 200 tilSctS wh!C
., had boon allotted to Princeton student
TN was offered him, Jonas. oC the Asst,
he House was offered a. college tickets.
I'd 1T would seem from this that stuicn
p- We're the means Of spectators gettlT
he hold o; tickets. We knew just TO who
at t!ckcta we're allotted, ana bv ,h.s meal
De ! was able ~ discover a man ufforl
tickets for sale on The grounds that
was II college graduate. There were 9th,
cases a! THIS kind
"a Mr.. e. t., Matthews IN, Chairman OF u
No., l. y. e. Committee, said this mornir
that the sp"cnla'iug matter would
"A carefully investigated. In reply u
- question why these ticket agencies We
- allowed any tickets at all. Mr. Matthew
In son : all:
We thought these men were 9
reputable, ana hv this means we hop,
t. prevent plcayune specializing
THESE agents htN" a large number
patrons Who are men of the best elias
]" whom We CNnsiderel We're entitled
.a- tickets. and "" thought this the be
method " letting these patrons x
- tr!.'t1.
= yale rni Princeton students M
hay" Cluhhvd together and furnish
tickets t. spectators. | myself hca
| | o. one such college combination.
y ! II presume the spectators got I
y benefit of these eNtOrtiOnate charge
one thing Is sure, the colleges and I
University Athletic club did not.
III We md that the ticket aEenCi
Ia t. a.