The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-04
Brush in Bitter Letter 10 John
son Tacitly Refuses TO
Investigate.
TICKETS TURNED BACK
Despite Public Demand New
York Management Reported
Thousands Seats UnSold.

CHICAGO. Nov G.--Pies;denl John T.
Brush Of the New York Nationals tonight
gave our copies of letters hc mad eN-
changed with g. & Johnson. president
OF the American league. relative TO inc
alleged svalping OF tickets tp The world 5
series Of baseball games. President
Johnson's letter to Brush. which was an
answer 10 "A communic3 lion demanding
an Investigation or ruinors of coIius'on
between the New York club and the
scslpcrs, follows;
.'N'hcp the subject uf handling tnc
worlds series this fall confronted inc
commission suggested that TIC sale OF
tickets bc placed in the control oi tls
officials of tho two contending clubs. ~
anything went amss They would be hcIu
accountable. This position was taken Tor
The reason that ] thought the c!uos were
better informed and equipped 10 meet To-
cal conditions and could cater chieHN 10
those who had been their main support
during the regular championship season
Scalners Rob Public
'Whcn | arrived in New York the
night preceding the day for the opening
camc OF tho series. | was confronted by
members of the press who demanded 10
know What action would be taken by the
commission relative to the ticket scalp
ing scandal " that tine | had no IN
formation that there had been amy trou-
BILE over tho sale Of tickets In the world
series.
I'm the few succeeding days. from IN,
formation Drought me. J was nrfnlr lcd
TO believe that tlIc leading ticket brok-
rrs OF New York were abundanuy pro-
viJcd with tickets. and In consecutive
sectional uunhcrs
III seemed 10 mr. this condition could
not have happened unless there was col
lusiou between someone in your oihcc ana
the scalpers.
..,tfE IN hrVg sold on Tho
paci;y Of the Polo grounds for the t'lrcc
games.
1T is a matter OF record that thc man
aGomcnt cJ Tho Ncw York Cluo turned
game between loco and 1900 tickets.
"Wha, steps were taken by the Now
York club 70 notify the public That these
tickets were still Oh sale?
"The press announced that uil tho re-
served scat tickets FOR the series had
bccu sold.
pcrs insis; that there he All invcstiea- =
isnn |, uppcars TO nc you arc most
vitally intcrcstcd in iliis matter and
should court an esiisation lf t''crc
ins been any wronydoipG- someone in
Your employ has bccD culpublc aud II dc
wolves upon YOU personally TO lnvcsti-
gate
would have much difficulty in getting nj
the faris Oar chief aim is Ia protect
the public from erafi and VIC should work
together tor that purpose. lt"spcHituily'
"E. r. JOHNSON.
Brush Dodges Issue.
Tp this Girush today replied.
In this. mt reply 80 yuuis ot Novcnl-
her J. do nor wish Tor an instant 20
lose sight OF tho main and only issue,
which Is tlIm TN" newspaper articles
credited to and moi denied by you. state
that YOU would have investigated In"
ticket scAudaI In New York II you bad
the consent "f Nessrs. Hermann and
Lynch. wherein il was charged that
someone in tnn Now York dub service
HANDED out Ia the Ticket Spccu"tors 500"
ar onup tickets at an advance of 81 cacii
and that I notified sou in my letter Of
Octubcr H3 that YOU need not wait one
minnie fur thc consent Of Messrs. Herr
mann and Lynch. hut that you could be-
1iu an iul cSi i:ltl"u at once and haN" the
fulI cooperation nf Cvcry employee Of The
New YorlS club Ia fid YOU IN your work.
"Yuu have Information do NOS Iius =
scss. which gives +uu an adNdninS" III
Developing the fac;s Tu usk the New
York cub t. investigate itself aud sit In
Judgment rs iuGGo and jury upon It's
own "asc wnuld hc ikc asking tn" na
iioual commission 10 investigate It's own
failure To suppress Tho iupuiiy Of ticket
scalpnS in Nov York aud ph;:HJcipili;,.
If II lncH how aud had thc power aud
kncw t,iat the evil WIS being dUn".
In saving tlIis u1 offcuHc In tho M
ti"nai commission is intended. itcspcct i
fulIy, JOHN I. BEl SIl.