The sun., 1916-10-19
Johnson APPROVED
SCALE OF PRICES,
SAYS COY. TENER
President Of National League
Answers Bans Complaint
About Brooklyn Rates.
PLAYER LIMIT MAY BE
CHANGED NEXT YEAR
n, %rREDrRICK o.. LIEB.

~ FKEDtRI'N .' I'Eb'
,.. s,,ir. I.bbeis announced his
.cs pri,es. Including sixteen
W. srnrd stand chairs az IS "A
49,, o,J 60 for hlearher seats, IL was
wv ,ds, tina, the Brooklyn club was
..' 90 an un~rra sonab,e tax on its
worlds series I'H'eo'arus anu we aIn
w. 1a,, raner of the National League
ont A statement, in which he as
ful; blame for the high prices In
y.",Ll,r IN the name OF the National
S,r,,tssior. saying The Brooklyn club
"a .,.o,u,,'y no voice I'm the matter"
s,rre tho series ended Ban Johnson,
,-osicr, OF the American League, has
.,,.r ont several interviews In which
~ .ever,l, crlt.c,,es the high worlds
- ,r..s aud Announces himself I'm
,,or ~ a general cut. Bip Ban. in
ding his rr.'ir:sing. looked in the gem
s,,i lre,,inu If Brooklyn.
s.,sr,I rersous have written 20 Tur
s,.x asking why Johnson raps the high
nrtr.s FOR the games IN Brooklyn when
Ran was a party To setting the Fiat.
bu.h prices. according TO Teners state
rsn, The former keystone executive
haa been taklng a short vacation since
~. -o,,1,. series bu, ua. h,rl n, h,.
desk Yesterday. We asked him to help
=. out OF our dilemma.
Since the series we also have received
INDIGNATION from nm oac,aI sourc. tn,,
rh,s,. or,sinsiIy h,d in,srdsd &c asn
stu more for certain seats than he aid.
bI, that the commission en-, him down
We also M, tina, mn to Tener.
Tencrs statement.
"Ebbe,. did call attention T., tbs fac,
,hs, the Giants got So. 25 for a no, seat
during their worlds series. a box of fon,
selling for s25" said Toner "uoyeyar
!, was shown to l,bbets mat each poIo
Grounds hox was a concrete amir or.
,r.ly separa,e from ,,s ne,phhor and
rhhe,s readily consen,e, 70 ,ba rosun'
40, % i've ia nr,na 49,, 'enuc.
1 The ONLY seats tina, there was any d,.~
eiss'on about"
,u,s'y rir,ad ,io., ~ o
i,heie5 ~. ,-,.o $3.50 ae'u,.'s
,is .,id .,ho .au,saT|a a.ooN'!"
,-i,ss and ,n.ra,or. a'p.oNeu ,ne
.o- ,bsw n, c,rrss H'1po.'s.p'e
.,,b a,d .,,h 80 no' say
~m t'r 20 nuch' n another seat shall
,,,,rn ~, s We CONSIDER the
49, " '"e srdho stand and its
aShe1, why were the
~. ~, raIseu IN Boston, and why did
s,,l. ~, -. ~ u uiletcht
,to,,i. -, '' '"e rhiiau''phla Ma
.Tha ,o.
r'.i ,I.h were inherent. Tener re-
.,n,d IN ,bs 20 cent stnnus CORE
Mon On, e. ,or d'uS .nat connie
some un,,ar ,ra,ds,a' -. n'm'e''es hau
Auen,io, was ca,ios 800.
-. ,,.I"' .",e" the ra'' 'lat
"a N'''et's hah any " ~grandstand
es's they were very few. ard that their
rth.,... 80 "eIt i"oisd' whereas
rs onen Ia a.,, paNIIoh seats were
The number 81 - ..
. hecn charged r,L. na "n.ch =" had
s,lrued Tep.r .,Tha r.e".e, con-
vas A preced.,, Co., ..,nalns mere
e''"us'ahd seats
compared to Fight Promoter.
~ can't understand this a,yuau
fri, promoter can char ".sn"y, a
choice seat 10 a thirty mIrn,o e. -
a brutal exhibition. ano get Az, III
Il, We, thew raise ,ba d,oy a"as WIN
4. charged ,or ~ u,'Nens because 20
hour exhibition of the cIeanss,
the world" f'' "
Then YOU do no, agree ui,, h
too high Tener was asked ~ "e
i have nothing TO saw on ,ho .,,,
!ect," remarked Tener. SUI
Tener then was asked wbe,bo. ,o,.
son registered any protest ,oai,s, 49,.
prices Of tickets In BrookIyr IN a..
Aot" replied Tener. After the COM
iGlss!on gave its consent 10 Ehb... ~
j ,harie IS for certain g~randstard s..,.
Johnson said, Then IL will ha ali -,
Ir Nav.n OF Detroit 10 charge e..
s,ahdstand seats right behind The hoxas,
a that lime Il, looked as though De,ro,,
",sht win.
ie.er makes no excuse for Tho NJ.
uonal League in its poor showing d,r,n,
worlds series and nos, so,snn uu,1"-
curing the last half dozen wears .,1'ha.s
- no use In The National League vain
any excuses or giving any aubIs ",
nave Played poor ball, very moor hon H.
lhe last few Series. our nitcbers hoii
~ olt that is all. And apnrecia,a
NAY something must be done. am nn,
"!hs 70 pretend not 10 sea II
IN the opening sentence or my m
hla' message to the club presidc,ts :
nave called attention to the fac, that tho
Nau'nI! League does not get lis nres,i~s
II NE executive offices. bur on Tho h,ti
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