The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06
BOTH CLUBS HAVE
Been EX0NERATED

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Evidence Showed Wholesale
Scalping Took Place But
Places No Blame
Cincinnati. o., Jan. 6.-Thc final
lid was clamped and sealed here Fri
day on the celebrated ticket scalpine
scandal that ruffled the baseball hori-
ION directly following the worlds
championship series in New York
and Philadelphia last October. While
the national baseball commission
gathered enough. evidence to assure ii
that wholesale ticket scalping took
pace IN ooth towns. vet this evidence
National OIL Philadelphia American
League clubs. owners, managers, play
ers or employees, were in collision
with the scalpers. The commission
holds that the charges Of the press at
the time We're justified, but generally
scores a number of people who at the
time Of the episode offered to produce
proof as to the alleged collision, but
talled to deliver any evidence of value.
IN addition to generating both
cIuDs. the commission praises them
Tor the extra precautions that We're
taken against scalping. State and
municipal legislation against scalping
is urged.
Tho finding signed by August Herr
man, chairman, Ban b. johnson and
I. ]. Lynch. of the national commits
sion, Is in part as follows:
After a thorough investigation of
reports from newspapers and other
sources that ticket scalping was open.
~ practiced In each city represented
by Its team in the worlds series of
1911. the national commission has
reached the following conclusions:
Tickets In large numbers were in
the hands Of spectators in both the
cities of New York and Philadelphia
and were sold at exorbitant prices,
which there was an imposition on the
public. 1t follows that the newspaper
criticisms were to this extent war
ranted and justified"
In New York the sale of tickets
by spectators was carried on almost
exclusively in hotels cafes, news
stands and other public places.
In Philadelphia. in addition to the
sales In these places, they were also
conducted by the spectators in the
Hobbies Of the hotels and on the pub
lie highways.
In SO far as the club owners or the
regular officials of the two clubs are
concerned. there has been nothing
whatever developed, even by intima-
ton. that would in n way implicate
any OF them Of having been in collu-
sion with the ticket spectators, but
on the contrary. it has been shown
that every reasonable %precaution was
taken by both clubs to protect the
public. Therefore. the club owners
and the regular officials of both clubs
are completely ex%onerated.
at is evident that it was the aim
Of both clubs to provide adequately
for their respective regular patrons.
In Philadelphia the number of re-
served seats sold for the first day was
8,93S. OF this number the club itself
distributed S.1S1 tickets among rs
persons consisting Of club officials.
Philadelphia newspapers. players and
miscellaneous persons. the names Of
nished the commission. In addition
to this. that club has also furnished
the commission with a statement
showing to whom the tickets furnish
ed these persons were afterwards al
lotted, thus making a complete rec
ord Of the disposition Of 1881 tickets
u OF a total Of 1898 sold. The tick
cts representing Of the New York club
that the difference between this
shown under b &C. and d represents
the total number Of tickets sold at the
public sale Of Thursday, viz. 1881.
"1t Is also the contention Of the
New York club that tickets secured by
through mail orders and
at the public sale were without doubt
very large in number. They base this
contention upon the fact that they
a great many letters for mail
orders which looked suspicious, de-
claring, however, that such suspicious
They also contend that suspicious in
dividuals were put out of the line at
the public sale and yet in spite Of all
care and precaution the club officials
admit that the spectators obtained
worlds series tickets. 1t must be evil
dent that these tickets could not have
been secured by the spectators in
any great numbers through the mail
because it is shown by the New York
were sem out through the
mails.
Members Of the commission We're
beyond question justified in the expec-
that a thorough investigation
would establish collision between
SPECTATORS and one or more employees
Of the New York club for these rea-
sons:
1.-TWO days in advance Of the pub
lie sale Of tickets to the Polo grounds.
every newspaper of prominence in
New York al the advertisements Of
every we'll known ticket scalper of
that city that choice seats for worlds
series games would be on sale at his
place Of business the difference be-
those properly accounted for
and the total number sold were sent
out through mail orders. It must be
apparent therefore. that whatever
eventually found their way in
to the hands Of Spectators was
through methods best known to those
engaged in the business Of specializing
in tickets. and in small numbers in
club owners, their officials or employees
responsible.
"In New York the tickets for the
first game were disposed Of in the fol-
manner.
"A-out Of a total Of 341 boxes the
commission was furnished with a list
showing the names Of persons to
339 of these boxes were sold
directly.
"B- the club has also furnished
the commission with the names Of IS
to whom they distributed
1908 tickets. This number includes
1,549 tickets furnished the national
and those to the new pa