Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-07

after 10 D. m. and retired at once to their quarters in one of the uptown hotels.
 While the principal actors in the great climax of the baseball year were wooing sleep the ticket spectators and the baseball public were far more active. Despite the plans and pro- testations of the New York National League officials, the New York ticket speculator prover his right to the title of king of craft Although there were but 5000 reserved seats sold by the club to @ selected list of patrons, certain percentage of the coupons quickly found their way into the hands of the ticket vendors who offered them at prices many times over their face value. There was the usual cry of scandal and investigation" but old timers smiled and spoke of similar previous experiences which resulted 1n lots of talk but no action.
 Because of the fact that but 5000 of the 3S,000 seats were disposed of In the advance sale the opportunities for speculators to secure tickets were not so great as in the past.
 Big Prices For Tickets.
 Consequently those that were avail able commanded almost fabulous prices ranging from $50 to $100, ac- cording to location. Single seats for the opening game were quoted at $50 each and found ready purchasers even at ten times their original price
 James E. Gaffney, president and owner of the Boston National league club, was one of the first to interview the spectators. Gaffney applied to the New York club for 46 seats, as was his privilege as & club owner and member of the select list He stated that the local club officials told him that none was available.
 Gaffney Spends $500.
 The Boston club executive thereupon went on the street and purchased 16 tickets for $500. With these as evil dence, he went before the national commission and explained the situa- tion. In a statement given out later the commission said that the New York club officers knew the original holders Of the seats but were not ready to make the names public. Blocks of seats were sold to city offi- cials, and 1t was reported that those which Gaffley bought were thought to be from some such cource. The members of the national commission said that with the exception of this isolated case no other evidence of speculation had been called to their at tention. It was also stated that any action in the matter would be deferred until later in the week.
 Baseball enthusiasts who had made journeys of thousands of miles i'll or der to be present at the opening of the series were not influenced by the re- marks of the national commission and continued their hunt for a speculator who would exchange a coupon for any sum within rCdSOn-Or even a little beyond it. Two 32d degree fans from Alaska offered $50 for a set of three tickets, but continued the search when the sharp fee tured vendor demanded $100 and refused to dicker 4 trie of Texas enthusiasts paid $T5 for three seats for the opening game and ap- peared to feel that they had secured a bargain.
 The national commission appeared to be more interested in the cases of the players who were supposed to write special articles on the worlds series than in the activities of the speculators. After a meeting to con- sider this and other features of the series, Garry Hermann said:
 Players as Newspaper Writers.
 The commission feels just the same