New-York tribune., 1918-02-15

Here are the prices that will prevails
at all major league parks the coming
season: Bleacher seats, 80 cents; pavil-
lion seats, 55 cents; other seats, IS
cents, $1.10 and $1.40. There are diff
ferent seating arrangements, of course,
at the various parkt. The 30-cent ad-
mission takes care Of the 25-cent
the half-dollar tax. The 75-cent seat,
under normal conditions, will now cost
the patrons 10 cents extra, or SIS cents.
The dollar seat will sell for dollar
ten and the dollar and a quarter for
a dollar forty.
1t will be readily seen from this that
organized baseball's prices have the
better of the long suffering general
public, because the operators have pro-
tected themselves at fat scale which
eliminates the pennies. However, it is
not proposed to make the patrons sad
die the full loss. A refund will be
given on all admissions where the club
owners have the better Of the bargain
The odd cents in lump sum Will be
donated to war charities. ..
The individual clubs will be respon-
sible for all excess tax over former
general admissions. This joker. of
course, was designed to guard against
change of admission.
The joint committee which decided
upon a scale of admission prices talked
informally of the Federal League en-
delegation has aired its views on this
proposition the American League Sc
iected President Ban Johnson and
Frank j. Navin as a committee to act
Jointly with the opposition to effect
settlement with the outlaws.
The American League decided not
to engage in military drill fleat season.
This was quite in keeping with the
spirit of the organization, now that
spirit Of this commendable idea, is ab-
sent with his regiment of engineers
on duty in France. Ban Johnson, league
president is the only militant magnate
left.
The American League delegates to
yesterdays meeting follow:
New York, Colonel Jacob Rupert;
Cleveland, James c. Dunn; Boston.
Harry II. Frazee; Detroit, Frank J..
Navin; Philadelphia, Connie Mack and
Tom Shibe; St. Louis, Robert Quinn;
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Grabiner; Washington, Clark Griffith.
According to Connie Mack no move
was made by the American League to
rescue the White Elephant from the
mire.
"The greatest joke l ever heard"
was the way Connie sized up the ca
nard that the johnson outfit was ready
to force players upon him in the in
terest of balance of power.
"Why, l wouldn't stand for It," said
Connie, 'if my associates were so fool
ish, which they are not. I sold players
I'd be to cry for help!
II need help, of course, but I'm going
70 look for it at the right spot-at
home, where all help begins. Pm not
saying l am not prepared to take ad-
vantage of any trades that present
themselves. That is legitimate bust
ness. But, as for asking assistance
from rival club owners, after having
put the team on the market-well, any
body who insinuates such thing
speaks disparagingly of the honor Of
Cornelius McGillicuddy."
Bill Donovan, former manager of the
Yankees, will act as first lieutenant
to Hughie Jennings next season. Wild
Bill yesterday signed a contract to ap
pear with the Detroit Tigers the COM
ing season. He will take the place Of
Jimmy Burke as coach for the battery
talent.
Sam Ross, the southpaw pitcher with
Newark last season, and Everett Banks
ton. an outheder who played with
Richmond in 1917, were both released
yesterday to Memphis, of the Southern
Association, by the New York Ameri-
cans. These youngsters were farmed
out last season by Wild Bill Donovan.
James c. Dunn, of the Cleveland
Americans, has purchased pitcher John
Enzmann from Newark Enzmann
is a right handler, who stood fourth
IN earned runs in the International
a League last season, with $50 per game.
y lie won seventeen games and lost fif-
teen.
John Henry, one time famous as the