Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-08-18
MINNESOTA MAILS
GRID. APPLICATIONS
Statement on Games, Priorities,
and Mail Orders is Given to
Public.-Minnesota Prices Low
er Than Others.

Minneapolis, Aug. 17.--More than
1900 application blanks for Mime
sofas seven football games of the
season of 1927 went into the mail
this week addressed to persons who
have sent in mail orders in past years
and thousands more are available to
all who write in and ask for them.
The applications were mailed by Les
lie Schroeder, assistant ticket man.
ager. who should be addressed at the
football ticket office, University of
Minnesota.
Season tickets will cost SO this
year. the individual games prices hav-
ing been set as follows; North Da-
kota, Oct. 1, 81; Oklahoma Aggies,
Oct. s, So; Indiana, at Bloomington,
Oct. Is. $2.75; Iowa Homecoming,
Oct. %. $3.50; Wisconsin Dads Day.,
Oct. 20, $3.50; Notre Dame lat South
Bend) Nov. S, $500; Drake, Nov. IL,
So; Michigan (at Ann Arbor), Nov. 10,
S. Box seats, 81.
That Minnesota has adhered to its
policy of keeping prices reasonable
is shown by the fact that each of its
games away from home will cost
spectators more than even the big
home games. The Minnesota top has
been kept at $3.50, while Indiana gets
$2.75 and So for box seats; Notre Dame
So, and Michigan So and 81 for box
seats. Iowa also charges So when its
big games are played at home, and
sometimes $3.50.
Mail orders will close on the fol-
lowing dates: for North Dakota, Sept.
10; Oklahoma, Sept. rs; Indiana, Oct.
8; Iowa, Oct. 10; Wisconsin. Oct. II;
Notre Dame, Oct. "a; Drake, Oct. 81;
and Michigan, Nov. Z.
Priority schedules have been dept
the same this year as last except
that all priority will be abolished on
orders received after September 10.
That Is the date on which season
ticket sales will close, and priority
will be given only on orders received
by Sept. 10. Orders will be filled in
the following order: Season priority,
season 'non-priority, individual game
priority, individual game non-pri-
ority. In other words all season tic
ket seats will be given preference
over the priority selections for indi-
vidual games. The best possible
seats in each classification will be
used to fill mail orders. The balance
of the seats will be placed on sale
to the public during the week before
each game.
r. When an order for individual seats
at more than one game Is sent In
separate checks covering the seats for
each game should be mailed. Twenty
cents to cover the postage and reg
,istry fees must accompany each mail
order, but stamped and self-addressed
envelopes should not be sent. - Sep
arate orders cannot be placed together
unless they are securely pinned to-
gether when mailed to the ticket Of
flee.
All checks should be made payable
simply to the University of Minnesota.
Three of the home games are with
ancient and honorable Minnesota riv-
ais, North Dakota, Iowa, and Wis
consin. The two latter have been as
signed the places of honor on the
home schedule. Homecoming and
Dads Day. North Dakota has opened
the Minnesota home schedule in
terestingly for many years past.
Drake and the Oklahoma Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical College have two
of the strong teams in the Missouri
Valley Conference and seem certain
to offer splendid opposition to DR..
Spears team, better, in all ikeli-
hood, than last years games except
the biggest ones.