The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-05

VINO are the real pfoIlteefS IN
the world series ticket deals here?
The agents whose establishments
have sprung up overnight between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
on Pennsylvania avenue
Not on your rain check! The
real "scalpers" are private citizens
Of Washington.
Asks Fair Deal
Frank L.. Palmert proprietor of
. souvenir store at 1921 .Pennsyl-
vania avenue and a dealer in world
series tickets. came into The Wash
fngton Times office today and asked
for a square deal.
Were not getting crazy prices
for tickets" he said. THE hold-up
men are those who are trying to
sell tickets to us. Come down to
the store and take look. See for
yourself.
1t was a dull morning. at Pal.
meri's. AS the reporters went into
the shop someone called out from
an adjoining agency: what have
you got? I'll buy," The voice be
jonged to one of a group OF New
YORK @scalpers." who had opened
ar office in a soft drink place Just
4 few doors away from 122l.
Very Dull Morning
T. was a very dull morning. Mr.
paIrneri explained that he was max
ing verv little on the sales, due 10
tbe advanced cost of buying the
nastaboards from individuals and
having so per cent tax 10 the IN
ternaI Revenue Bureau.
The nrices at Palmerfs run from
$50 to $40 for pavilion seats: &C
cording to location; $40 10 koo iod
grandstand seats, while $OO or 4oo
buys a three-game strip ehlIlhhs
the holder to a box seat:
A weIl-dressed. well-built man OF
.bout fifty. radiating prosperity and
auccess. walked briskly TO the
How much for this strip-pa-
ViIion seat?"
Fifteen dollars.
The stranger laughed and started
= i've been Offered ss5 for it,"
he called back.
Want 500 for Seat
'"That's the way it goes. salo
NJ Palmeri. You'd think thai
man was rich, but he isn't above
goins around bootlegging tickets
He's an example of what were get
tfrg in here. They want to gel
Sioo for a grandstand seat, and
foolish prices like that.
A colored chauffeur was pricing
the tickets when a little, dappei
man. a Broadway type, swung into
the counter.
what have you got?" the pro
prietor fired back.
The man felt in his coat pocket
Come back here" said Mr.. Fal
meri. att.
They went into a back offlce
where terms were mentioned and
rejected. The newcomer started ou'
at fast gait. but halted midway
from the street door.
81 amt giving them. you know.
he shouted. IL can get twice AZ
much as you offered, right down
the street.
willing to Give Him a Job
els that SOP Mr.. Palmeri count
AIRED - Well. 1 need a salesman
like YOU. Come back here and II
give you job. .
You ought to come around a
night" the proprietor said, wher
the guest had gone" That's wher
the crowd comes in. Say-In be
that fellows in with that New
york gang, trying 10 sound on
prices. He had as many tickets a
his pocket would hold"
Where are the tickets coming
from? Nobody seems to know. But
take 1t from Mr.. Palmeri, the
bring them in, numbered consecu
lively. in blocks of ten. twenty o
! more. Surely they didn't get then
all at once at the ball park.
There isn't as much Of deman
for "scalped" tickets as there wa
last year. About this time. befor
the 1924 series. it was almost in
possible to fight your way into
ticket agency. Today, there's n
trouble at all.
II lust wanted to show you,
said Mr.. Palmeri. after few MOI
prospective ticket sellers had com
. and gone. after offering their ware
at fancy prices. Were not NAL
ing a lot of money out of this. An