Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-13
Review Of Sports
and Athletic News

Chicago ticket scalpers who are mob
liking their forces, to reap golden
harvest out of the prospective worlds
series are going to have the battle Of
their lives, according to President Com
iskey Of the White Sox, who consent
ed to discuss plans for the big event
for the first time after being assured
Washington had beaten the Red Sox
yesterday. n
The White Sox magnate declares that
for every reserved seat sold for the
games played at the south side grounds
II his team gets into the worlds SER
les, he will have the name ana adj
dress of the purchaser, and for every
seat that gets into the hands Of a
scalper he will be able to publish the
name and home address of the person
who bought the seat for the purpose of
making money out of 1t. Moreover. he
declared, he would let the public know
the names of fans who scalp tickets
by advertising them in the newspapers
of Chicago at his own expense.
Publicity is the process by which
the master of the White Sox hopes to
cope with the evil that has created
more scandal than anything else in
connection with worlds series contests
In the past. IH previous years inves-
tigation has shown that the ticket
scalpers profit chiefly through the
greed of baseball fans. who obtain re-
served seats in good faith on their
own names and addresses, only to sell
. ~ kxa CO.
value. and II they want to see the
games themselves take a chance on
getting into the unreserved sections.
thereby putting money in the bank.
1t is Comiskeys plan to expose that
kind of people to their neighbors. II
the Sox are contenders in the big ser
les, and experience has demonstrated
that the regular. fan is the scalper's
chief source Of profit during worlds
series.
Three more open dates are sched-
uled for the White Sox. During that
time the Red Sox will be busy. but II
they win on all three days they can
reduce Chicago's lead only by game
and half. Every game Boston loses
will make the White Sox task that
much easier
Allied Against Sex.
Il Is going to be . tough battle, at
that. with the entire league apparent
ly lining up to down Comisky's men
in the stretch. or. II they can't do that,
to discredit their triumph In every
possible way. President Ffasee's elev-
enth hour offer OF $1,000 bonus to sv-
cry Red Sox player II they beat out
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duce some strenuous battles. for the
average ball player will stop At moth
ing to cop a thousand simoleons. In
fact, It has been suggested the best
way to capture Kaiser Bills scalp
would be to mobilize the professional
ball players and offer them bonus Of
$4,000 to get It.
Cleveland Is endeavorfng to escape
the penalty Of the Indianss rowdyism
in Sundays game by protesting the de-
cislon which led to the forfeit and
there Is indication the path Of the
Row1ands to the wire will be beset
with every kind Of an obstacle that
can be placed in It.
Il the White Sox win the disgrun-
tied playerx club owners. and man
ayers seem to have their alibis al
ready framed. The outbreak Of Owner
Ball Of the st. Louis Browns, which
led to damage suits being filed BY
two Of hin players, Is being seized with
svidity by the disappointed owners.
President Johnson OF the American
league was in St. Louis yesterday to
get the facts in the Ball case and did
not receive the official reports OF his
umpires regarding the Sunday wran-
gle at the White Sox park. He Is ex-.
pected to return today and tackle that
proposition.
OF the sixteen games left on the
RowIands schedule. only one is at
home. They are due to; leave for De-
:roit Thursday night to play three
games there in two days. returning
home for one game with st. Louis on
next Sunday. Then they go east to
play twelve games, winding UP the
season.
Baseball Material Galore.
Great Lake, ILL., Sept 13-Jackfes