New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-30
COMMENT ON SPORTS
Blow at Ticket SCalplng Falls
on the Baseball "FanS."
POLITICS OF THE GAME
News and Views on Live Topics
of the Day, Both Amateur
and Professional.

Ticket scalpers no uOuDt VIII N''N
vent the best laid plans OF the Naoonal
Baseball Commission and the New YORK
and Boston clubs in securing some ucKets
for the worlds series games, but so lar
as can be Judged every possible oos'acie
has been put I'm their path In any case
every effort has been made to prevent
repetition of the widespread criticism
directed against the New York and fhlI-
ad.lphia clubs last year, when the un-
fortunate handling OF the seats aiinosC
brought about a baseball scandal AS is
usual in such cases. followers OF the game
must suffer. this year through the incon-
yonience of being forced 20 stand in line
10 secure their tickets for the lower tier
OF the stand and of having to go to the
game hours before the bell rings to be
sure Of finding a place even In the huse
stadium under the lee OF Coogans Biun'
1t has been said. and rightly. that little
trouble has been experienced IN hanolng
close 10 forty thousand persons on some
SATURDAYS and holidays during the sea-
son at the Polo Grounds, but unfortunate
ly the conditions so far as the worId
series games are concerned are entreiy
different 1t Is one thing to handle
crowd of close to forty thousand persons
when that is about the limit OF those VINO
want to attend and some seats are IeIt
for lite Corners, but II will be an entirely
different thing to handle forty thousand
persons whom probably double that num-
Der will flock to the grounds. it viii 70
surI.ising 10 me If the bleachers enc the
lower tier Of the grandstand are not niIeo
20 overlooking three hours before the UNI
pires shout PLAY BALL" and this means
that those who cannot give up iuli
dsy 10 seeing a ball game will have 10
content themselves with watching the
tickers or reading about 1t all.
This is not written IN a spirit OF crid-
cism. but simply as warning 10 those
who want TO see the first great battle on
October s between the Giants and the
Red Sox. How to beat the ticket seal |
pers is a problem hard to solve When
The demand is greater than the supply the
speculators are in their element, ana
nothing but a hard and fast law, making
Il q misdemeanor TO offer ticket Tor SAFE
ar any price over its face value VIII
STAMP out the evil, more particularly as
there are hundreds upon hundreds VINO
encourage the scalpers TO save themselves
some Inconvenience To all appearances
the clubs have settled upon as good a
nlan as can be devised, and II the police
handle the crowd so we'll as they did
war ago the chances are in favor OF az
little trouble as could be expected under
the circumstances.
II NAV seem captious at this time. with
,be baseball sky so cloudless and with a
roval struggle in store between two well /
matched teams, to bark back to the In
ternal chickering's of last winter, when the
American League adopted its now "a
NOUS declaration Of independence, whlch
ha, been referred 20 I'm The Tribune two |
or three times recently. AT that time
owners of clubs in the American League
were incensed when IL was suggested that |
the resolution meant little or nothing and |
soon would be forgotten. II turned OUT |
however, to be little more than airy persi-
hage as nothing was said at the meeting
on Wednesday Of the American League
being solely responsible for the handling
OF the tickets for the worlds series In the
city over which It had jurisdiction, which
was the burden Of the resolution. 1t
must be admitted. however that Ban
johnson is a power in baseball and prac-
ticaly hurled defiance at the National
Commission with impunity. On the face
of II compromise was effected, without
either side suffering in dignity, but the
fact remains that, in spite Of all the In
vestigation Of the handling of the tickets
last year. and in spite OF laundering
words and biting phrases, the same con-
dition obtains as was the case last year
the clubs will handle the tickets in their
respective cities, under the supervision Of
the National Commission.
1t is a pleasure. almost a privilege, TO
congratulate John ]. McGraw and his
Giants for bringing another National
League pennant to this city. The team
has suffered its downs as well as its ups.
but day in and day out the men have
worked hard and faithfully TO reward
the fans" for their support, even though
personally they had much to profit. The
chief cause for congratulation, however,
which is better even than the winning of
q pennant, is the way the players have
conducted themselves on the field The
time was, and not so long ago, when
the Giants gave the umpires more trouble
than any other team in the league
through constant faultfnding and bicker-
ing, but this year there has been a well
come freedom from senseless kicking"
without the loss of one bit Of aggressive
ness. The umpires will bear witness that
they no longer dread the Polo Grounds,
but rather welcome an assignment to this
city 1t is well.
Charley Murphy, the loquacious presl-
Dent OF the Chicago Cubs, wants II dis
tinctly understood that the training rules
against drinking and cigarette smoking
which. he says. will be enforced next
year were not made public at this time
TO give the impression that the best team
did not win the National League pennant.
Truly, Chubby Charley is many sided. II
has been denied that he was responsible
for the statement some two months ago
that Bresnahan. manager of the Car
6inals, was playing into the hands Of the
Giants and that the pennant race was
fixed" but the denial did not come until
long after ali newspapers I'm general and
the Chicago newspapers In particular had
harped on 1t and enlarged on 1t ad
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