Arizona republican., 1911-11-15
THEY WANT TO KNOW ALL
ABOUT TICKET SCANDAL
Alleged Sales to New York Scalpers is
Under investigation by National
Commission.

NEW YORK. Nov. 14.-Investigation
of the alleged scandal connected with
the sale of tickets for the worlds series
baseball games at the Polo Grounds
was taken NJ today at the meeting of
the National commission. President
Johnson of the American league, who
has assumed the leadership in the in e
quiry, will submit to his colleagues the
Information that has come to him. 1t
has been alleged that large quantitie..
of the tickets for the first game in this
city found their way into the hands
Of ticket scalpers President Brush
and other officials of the New York
National league club Indignantly deny
that they were parties to any plan for
such disposal of the tickets and say
they made every effort to prevent
Spectators from securing the tickets.
Another important matter before the
commission is the resolution presented
by August Hermann. chairman of the
National commission and owner of the
Cincinnati Reds. which fOrbids the ac-
tive performers i'm the national pas
time from indulging their theatrical
talents during the off season and also
from reporting worlds series games
for the newspapers. Dozens of base
ball stars have added to their financial
assets by appearing in vaudeville. and
l.ube Marquard and several others are
so engaged at present During the con-
tests last month between New York
and the Athletics over score of play
ers from other teams turned reporters,
making a pretty penny thereby. and
even some of the players actively en-
gagged. among them Big Chief Meyers.
the Giant catcher, wrote accounts of
the games.
The players are up in arms against
the Hermann resolution. which they
say is designed To further enslave the
athletes who fill the packets of the
Johnson and Tom Lynch. the col
leagues of Hermann on the commission
give their approval to the plan. it will
mean that valuable source Of reven-
"e will be lost to the celebrities of the
diamond.
Players maintain that they have
tamely submitted To many inconveni-
ences for the good of the game but de-
clare they will stand for no such man.
acles as Hermann is forging. At least
the pastimers who are in New York
will not do the tame submission stunt.
They declare they will fight from the
drop Of the hat. and that a union of.
baseball players, akin TO the trade un-
ions and possibly affiliated with the
American federation of labor, is by no,
means impossible. Let the c-c-cursed
magnates have c-care,
Talk of union or protective asso
citation among the players has been re-
vivt Such an organization would
mean mutiny. and it would be a.
mighty grave mutiny if all the players
should stick together. Those who fav
or a union say the players have al
ready sacrificed too much liberty. The
baseball contract of itself makes tn
men little Ioss than the slaves Of theitI
owners. to be bought and sold like
Uncle Toms They may be retained in
definitely without salary increase.
while their employers may discharge
them on ten days notice. Some of the
players favor an appeal to Attorney
General Wickersham to prosecute the
baseball magnates under the Sherman
antitrust law. while others allege mat
the statute against peonage would
about fit their cases. If the Hermann
is indorsed by the trium-
Vrate, say the players. look out for
blood on the moon, presaging war;