Evening star., 1933-09-23
Exchanges" Already Have
Established Two Offices
on Fourteenth Street.
INTERNAL REVENUE MEN
TO WATCH TAX VIOLATION
E. B. Eynon Holds Pasteboards
Are Contracts With Original
Purchasers.

While world series ticket scalpers
were setting up Offices here to "buy, sell
and exchange" tickets to the games
at Griffith Stadium, E. B. Eynon, Sec
retary OF the Washington club, an
nounced today that tickets handled by
scalpers would not be honored at the
ball park turnstiles.
The scalpers have established two
Offices in stores on downtown Four
teenth street, and put out signs that
they were ready for business. They
have no "stock in trade" yet, however
since the first tickets have not been
issued by the Washington club off,
cials, and will not be distributed until
next Tuesday. But they are taking
orders.
The scalpers are within the law in
their actual operations, working under
licenses from the Internal Revenue
Bureau, and are prepared to dig in
and handle tickets regardless of what
the officials of the Washington team
do to try to stop them.
Refusal Not Believed.
One Of them announced he did not
believe "scalped' tickets could be re-
fused at the turnstiles, so long as the
Internal Revenue tax on the face value
of the ticket and on the amount of
profit to the scalper is paid. Internal
Revenue Bureau officials had no inter-
est in the attitude of the ball park
watch the scalpers closely to see that
the proper taxes are paid. Any irregu-
larities. they said, will result in sum-
mary action.
Eynon, in announcing that repur-
chased tickets would not be honored
for games here, said:
I'VE are selling tickets to the fans
themselves to eliminate the eXorbitant
prices charged by the scalpers. The
tickets themselves are a contract be-
tween the Washington Club and the
purchaser, and when they are resold
the contract is voided Most emphati-
cally will we enforce this. and when
repurchased tickets, bearing the stamp
ing Of overcharged prices are presented
at the gates, they will be turned down" I"
Eyron claimed the club officials have
a legal right to deny admission under
those conditions.
We'll have plenty of tickets" said
one of the scalpers today. He explained
they are not depending entirely on the
fans for their supply of tickets. having
put in their applications for the paste
boards under variety of names.
Seek Large Profit.
The scalpers plan to collect profit
of from ST to $40 on the strips of
tickets For the box seats, which will
sell by the pair at the ball park for
$3.50, the scalpers say they will charge
$50. For the strips of thrse $3.50
grandstand tickets. which are selling
at the ball park for s33 the pair, the
scalpers will charge $40. while for the
$3.50 bleacher seats. bringing s1760
for a pair Of strips of three, the
scalpers will ask their customers for
s25.
Eynon also announced today that
only those applications of fans which
have checks attached will be accepted
at the ticket Office He said that when
a fan sells his allotment of tickets. he
is liable to prosecution by the Internal
Revenue Bureau for selling the tickets
without license
Police were on hand at the Four
teenth street Office this morning to
check up on the license details and
found that application had been made
for occupancy, sign and Internal Rev.
enue Bureau licenses.