Clipping:AA twenty-five cent admission for boys and ladies
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| Date | Wednesday, April 25, 1888 |
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| Text | The Athletic Club, with the beginning of the championship season and the inauguration of the 50-cent tariff, made a rather surprising change by throwing upon the grand stand to all who entered the grounds; so that now the general admission is 50 cents, but those who enter the grounds can have their choice of either sitting in the grand stand or on the open-field seats. Besides this, boys under 15 years of age will be admitted at half rates—25 cents. For the accommodation of the ladies, their male escorts and those who desire reserved seats a section to the right of the grand stand will be reserved and the seats cushioned. For this section an additional fee of 25 cents will be charges. By many this innovation is regarded as a grave mistake, calculated to drive away many of the better class of patrons. The managements, however, argues that the grand stand has accommodation for far more people than would avail themselves of it under the increased admission rate; that the space might just as well be devoted to the use of the general public as to remain empty, and that the space now reserved for ladies and gentlemen who care to pay extra is ample... The Sporting Life April 25, 1888 All of the Association clubs have now followed the lead of the Athletics inlaying down a law unto themselves, winked hard at the fifty-cent tariff and established what they call a “boys' rate.” Cleveland was the last club to asserts its independence by announcing that lads “under twelves” would be admitted for a quarter. That is the fee asked for youngsters at St. Louis and Kansas City. In Cincinnati and Louisville they are welling what they call “youths' tickets” for thirty-five cents. While not admiring the arbitrary manner in which the half rate was tacitly adopted, we cannot but indorse the move, because the percentage from each admission will remain the same, and also because it is wise to cater to the rising generation. The boys of to-day are the base ball enthusiasts of the future. Take the game away from them by putting up a tariff they cannot scale, and their education is neglected. He will lose interest in the game, and drift away from the sport. The Sporting Life May 16, 1888 One by one the Association club managers take affairs pertaining to general admission into their own hands. President Von der Ahe now charges ladies 25 cents admission, admits them free to the grand stand and gives up 15 cents of the quarter to the visiting club. He just makes a dime by the operation. The Sporting Life May 23, 1888, quoting the Cincinnati Times-Star |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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