The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-13
NINETEEN RIOTERS
KICK AGAINST CLUB
Claim That SO Cents Is Enough
for Grandstand Seats at
Ball Park.

Nineteen undersigned fans today regis
ter their. complaints against conditions
at the George avenue ball park. an the
following letter to the editor OF The
Times shows:
Washington. d. c., May II. 1916.
''2116 p street northwest.
st read with interest your article In
the Noon Times whereby the Washing
ton baseball club announces q new scaie
OF prices for the Man who can AFFORD
It." What difference does <t's magnan-
Unity on the part OF the ball club make
to the majority Of fans. About the only
advantage they viii derive Il that they
can ''mouch'' little further down. ard
all that II will mean TO the ball club 10
that the vacant seats instead of being
In the second and third rows, will be
showed beck TO the rear. One thing Ia
sure-they won't get out enough addi-
tionai fans to make up the difference In
what they will lose by reducing the ad-
mission of those that can AFFORD 800
and ,l.25 easier than the 50 and rs cent
fan can a quarter.
Il have talked with hundreds OF people
for the past year. and they all feel that
they are entitled to a grandstand seat
for 80 cents. and every one of them
claim that they would go out from two
TO three times as often as they now do.
II they could get a comfortable seat for
80 cents. II this is true then my con-
tention Is that the ball club would be
benefiting themselves as well as doing
the fans a favor for II surely Ii better
to have a man go to a game twice in
week at 20 cents. Another advantage Is
that the larger the crowd the more pep
there is to the roofing and playing, and
person will be anxious to go IL he
knows that there will be a respectable
crowd. instead OF a lot OF empty seats.
{ sincerely feel that the average fan
would go more than twice as often II he
could get a grandstand seat for 90 cents,
for then he would patronize the weak
visiting teams, where IL he has to pay
Is cents he will prefer to work or go to
a show. II he goes 20 a show he Is as
sured Of q comfortable cushioned seat.
and also knows that he will not be held
up for a program. They not only hold
you up for n score card at the ball park,
but ] have yet to find one that II any
where near correct.
The ball club may contend that you
can see the game for so cents now in the
pavilion. but II you have not tried
these so-called seats / would advise you
TO do so. and then you will know why a
person would not relish a second visit
III the pTtStht btdlb WHICH sell IOT "a
cents. You are not only a good distance
from the home plate, but you have to
sit on a six-inch plank, without a back
rest, and no comfortable place to put
your feet but in the pockets of the man
In front of you. After one hour you will
begin to squidm and twist. trying TO find
Q soft spot in the board. and before the
game 10 over you will forget you are
watching a BAN game. and will find your
mind wandering to the bottles of lubri-
cants which will bring relief TO your
IT do not know of many other ball
parks. but I do know that In Cincin-
natl they give you a seat with arms
and back to II for so cents. Why
don't they do this In Washington
There's reason. After you have paid
one visit to those 30 cent seats you
Will gladly pay 70 cents the next time
you go II II takes the last quarter
you have. Then by the time you in
dhlge in a score card, a soft drink. and
car fare. your afternoons outing
amounts to $780,
"If the Washington ball club is really
sincere and wishes to give the fans
cheaper land reasonably baseball, why
doesn't 1t reserve the first five rows
and throw the rest of the grand stand
open for 50 cents? AS for the present
so cent seats, they are cheating you "a
charge a quarter for them.
THE undersigned all concur In the
above remarks. and II they were each
writing a separate letter they. would
say the same things In a different way.
We would appreciate II very much II