Evening star., 1918-02-12
TAX BASE BALL TICKETS
Holders of Passes Will Have to Pay
Ten Cents Extra Next
Season.

CINCINNATI, February 12.-The ma
tional base ball commission today
gave out notice explaining in de-
tail the manner in which the war tax
would be collected at ball parks during
dropped into a box by all pass holders
in major league parks next season at
every game they attend. The usual
war tax. of course. will be assessed
to all purchasers who buy tickets.
The commission announced that this
matter was taken up in Washington
with Daniel C. Roper. commissioner OF
internal revenue, and his several as
sistants.
The finding said. in part;
when the raincheck proposition
was thoroughly explained to the in
ternal revenue commissioner at Wash
ington a ruling was quickly made by
him that no second tax would be col
lected where the holder of an admis-
sion ticket had not witnessed the per
formance. AS to the annual and daily
passes-free admissions-the scheme
proved. This is in line with the joint
action of the two major leagues at
the conference held in Chicago in De-
cember last, when it was thought ad-
yisable to collect 10 cents from the
holder of every pass, whether annual
or daily, which entitled him to a sew
enty-fve-cent seat.
1T will only be necessary for the
holder to drop 10 cents into a box at
the turnstile entrance each time the
same is presented.
"The authorities also acQuiesced in
our request to have the turnstile count
made the official one, in so far as it
pertained to passes. instead of having
for proper credentials. 1t will be
noticed that rainchecks will have to
be issued to the pass holders each time
the passes are presented, SO that II the
game is not played no second tax will
be collected.
ITO secure a proper ruling. covering
season boxes that are sold for a fixed
price, was quite a complicated matter.
but if the rule stands as now outlined
in the regulations it should be salts
factory to all clubs. because it covers
not only the reservation for a season
box which does not include any ad-
missions for any games, but also COW
ers the sale of a season box that does
include admissions for all the games.
IAN important regulation recently
promulgated by the authorities makes
1t permissible, where it is found i'm
practicable to handle pennies. to ad-
vance the 25-cent admissions to 30
cents and the 75-cent seats to S5 cents,
conditioned that adequate lobby signs
are printed as stated in the regula-
ton. This will permit the two major
leagues to increase tho prices on
bleacher and T5-cent seats. if they
deem it advisable to do so. to pre-
vent congestion at the box Office in
the making of change.
where a person buys a bleacher
seat for % cents or 80 cents. as the
case may be, paying war tax of 3
cents, such person will only be required
to pay an additional . cents when he
buys an exchange ticket to the pa
vilion; in other words. the war tax
finally collected from every patron
should not be any greater than the
amount he would have been charged
had he originally purchased the seat
which he finally secured.
These regulations. however. have
not as yet been approved. as certain
matters pertaining to the question of
bona fide employees have not been
determined"