Evening star., 1925-10-08

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any price for their tickets
When this information WAC cono
municated by hong -dista nee telephone
TO officials of the Washington ba se
ball club. who are still in Pittsburgh
they pointed ont that on the reverse
side or every ticket sold IL this cryptic
statement: The base ball commits
siOner reserves the right to revoke
the license granted by this ticket If
presented by any person other than
the original purcha ser"
Tickets Are Made Void.
Every person who buys ticket
from scalper is getting a ticket that
is thus made void by the above state.
ment. The gatekeepers may legally
refuse to accept such admission cards
and the purchaser will have no re-
course to law. Hope Of getting his
money hack from the scalper will he
zero. beca use the scalper Is permitted
to carry on his sale 40 long as he
splits ffty-fifty with Uncle Sam on
the profits
Of1cials Of the base bah club. who
fought scalpers when they attempted
to obtain large blocs Of tickets earlier
In the series rush. intend to enforce
the rule against ira nsfer Of admission
cards to the best of their ability. AL.
though some persons may get by in
the rush. 1t will be compa ratively easy
to detect the scalpers' customers if
the gatekeepers make any effort at
all to carry out their orders
The scalpers are admittedly signing
their names and the amounts paid on
the reverse side of all tickets disposed
OF by them. In 80 doing they are
elinaina ting any possibility of arrest or
prosecution. and be it said to the
credit Of their business agility. the
scalpers. at least. are taking no
chances. They are leaving that part
of the transaction to the bewildered
fans.
Safe, Reporter II Told.
Here is conversation that took
place at one scalper agency this morn
ing. II is typical of similar converse
tions heard elsewhere. A reporter for
The star went to a store on Pennsyl-
vania avenue that had gone into the
ticket brokerage" business a. a side
line. Approaching the man In charge
the reporter. keeping his identity con.
cealed, of course. said:
Got any good seats for the world
series?"
Got two beauties. right in front
of first base, lower gra ndsta nd best
seats in the grounds. You can have
them for $i00."
Wow. That's too much. I'm
afraid to take chance. Suppose
they refused to accept them, where'd
/ be-
"HOw ran they refuse to accept
them they're good tickets, aren't
they?" replied the scalper.
Yes, while you have them. But
the back showing they were sold by
scalper. aren't you?" came back
the reporter.
"Oh, yes. and ! am signing my
name. too. Wouldn't I he f1ne
boob not to. But you needn't be
afraid. nobody's going to look on the
back of this ticket. All those fellers
at the ball park care about is the
front. It's q cinch you can't get in
without a ticket; S10o, yes or no. what
say?"
The reporter walked out. while the
scalper, still seeing the possibility,
shouted at his retreating back that
he had some less desirable seats for
SIS. some pavilion seats at $50 and
that II the reporter found anything
elsewhere for less. the scalper would
like to buy them himself at profit.
The whole transaction was reminis-
cent Of scenes At a three-shell mans
gaming table.
At another "brokera GO office. the
scalper laughed loud and long at suS-