Clipping:Deadhead tickets; graft
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| Date | Thursday, April 4, 1889 |
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| Text | The number of deadhead politicians who find means to get the entree to the grand stand of the professional ball grounds is very large. For instance, the New York Club last season gave out to the officials 400 season books, which if used every day would amount to $52 each, or a total of $20,800 for the whole number during the season. This amount of books would have to be supplied again this season, in addition to the $10,000 offer made to the city to be permitted to stay there until October, making a total of $30,800. It would not be so bad if the crowd in question was anything like a decent one, but the books are lent to the political heeler class when the owners cannot use them, and that is why there was always such a lot of objectionable people on the grand stand last season. All this crowd will be got rid of if the club leaves the Polo Grounds and goes to Staten Island. The worst class and the noisiest of the grand stands are political deadheads. They think they hide their position by their kicking propensities, but they only show their true standing by it. |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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