New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-15
QUAKER FANS ALSO
ANGRY OVER TICKETS
Charges That Officials and Poll
ticians Got All They ~
Wanted. .,- ",....
ACCUSATIONS OF GRAFT
Supply Exhausted When Loyal
Supporters of Game Asked
for Reserved Seats
They Paid For.
rRv r.lerranh % The Tribune

Philadelphia. oct 1.-THE Philadelphia
Press" says 1t has proof that favored place
holders and politicians got all tire 'Torld's
series tickets they wanted frcfr 'sl'e tickft
Office Of the Athletic Baseball Club without
the formahty of sending apphcauohS
through the mails. accompanied by certiIeu
checks or money orders.
The rules that were made for the dlslrl-
button of the tickets 20 the fans VINO
supported the club all season werS east 20
the winds to crafty tho demands OF the
men in the City Hall the paper says
This is not pleasant re4dins fN those
loyal supporters II. baseball IN Fhlaue'-
phia. who as soon as the ticket sale opeheu
mailed certified checks Tor the two tickets
10 each game 10 which they were limited
The applications and checks were accom-
panied by envelopes stamped with the j.
cent registered letter stamps. and stereo.
typed reply was received that the suppl! u
tickets had been exhausted .,,.
The supply was exhausted because l".
reserved seats were sent ont I'm huncheS Oh
from twenty to- fifty to an inside ring oil
men. "The Press says, TO whom the ON
cers ~ the Athletic Baseball club look for
certain faNors
.'Tbe Press SAYS IL knows that council
men had no trouble I'm getting big blocks
Of the 50 and SO reserved seat tickets. I'D
one instance the block amounted TO be-
tween forty and fifty tickets.
There are forty-seven Select and eighty
one Common .councilmen IT, the average
number grabbed by each Of these ofiicla'S
was only thirty. the total thus distributed
and consequently. taken out OF the hands
Of the general pubic. was $50 seats The
total number Of reserved seats i'm the big
shibe park erandstand is said 10 be ter
thousand. II every councilman used his
opportunity. more than one1hird of all tho
reserved seats, ii is alleged, went into tha'
rat hole.
The funny part Of the arrangement, 1.-The
Press" asserts. is that no formaHty was
necessary TO obtain the precious paste
boards If the seeker was councilman y
y ord over the telephone. "a scrubbed note
sent by a messenger. casual call at the
Office I'm ShiJe Park. .were SUFFICIENT IN
themselves 10 produce the desired number
of tickets. OF course, the favored place
holder came down with the cash for the
bundle grabbed off by him. hut that was
no hardship. The. tickets for which he
paid g apiece are now being sold for $ll
apiece and the g seats are now on the mar
ket at SO
What didSthe wise ones give besides
q and s. asteat for their tickets The
broad hint has been n ade that they have
given and are"gtg9gs privileges. protection
and concessious%1frAt belong primarily 90
The citizens Of PhHaU alpha.
The Press inykss., the manascment OF
Slibe Baseball Paps y make puJly- Inc
than two tickets for"each game. It asks
the submission % the public OF the reasons
for the favoritism that has been disp aEed
I'm making this irregular distribution.
There are thousands Of angry fans IN
PHILADELPHIA who want o. know 'th- real
reason WHY their applications were CURLY
refused WilI%the reason be given 'Ihe
Press asks 3. -