Clipping:The fifty cent admission in St. Louis
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| Date | Wednesday, July 8, 1885 |
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| Text | The attendance at the [St. Louis] League grounds during the past week, though an improvement on the previous week, is not what it ought to have been. It is not the fault of Mr. Lucas or of his nine, but rather that of the League for insisting upon a fifty-cent tariff. At twenty-five cents in place of a thousand the average would have been four or five thousand, and in place of receipts averaging less than five hundred dollars per game the result would have shown from a thousand to twelve hundred dollars from each day's contest. On Saturdays, at twent7-five cents admission, this town is always good for from eight to twelve thousand. Harry Wright says that there is no doubt but that the same exception should be made here that is made in Philadelphia, for, to use his own words, “the St. Louis League Club is in just the same position that the Phillies were in '83, when the Athletics were winning right along and playing at twenty-five cents, while the League tariff was stiff at fifty cents.” The Sporting Life July 8, 1885 President Lucas has asked the other League clubs to consent to the 25-cent tariff, with 40 per cent of the gate receipts to the visiting club, as is done at Philadelphia. Buffalo also wants this privilege. Detroit, probably now with a winning team, is satisfied to let the rate remain as it is. The Sporting Life July 15, 1885 |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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