Clipping:Free passes and inflated attendance figures
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| Date | Saturday, August 16, 1890 |
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| Text | [from Chadwick's column] I told the Chicago Club's president that I thought the free ticket system, which both the warring leagues had adopted, was an addition to the big blunders of this campaign of blunders. His reply was to the effect that he left it in Morton's hands to do as he liked in the matter, and Morton had followed the P.L. Club of Chicago's example, but only to a limited extent. Spalding had some figures about the P.L. attendance at Chicago during Aug.4, 5 and6, which he gave me as a sample of what the “Comiskey crowd” had been doing all along. Here are the statistics, which A. G. said were perfectly reliable, as he can prove if required: Anno'd Actual Gross Brotherhood League Games. Attnd's Attc'e Rec's. Aug. 4, Chicago with New York 3000 617 $365.00 Aug. 5, Chicago with Cleveland 2147 842 488.75 Aug. 6, Chi's with Cl'd (2 games) 2228 846 484.26 This gives the average receipts at $223 per game. The above is but the latest sample of the false counting given out to the newspapers. The Sporting Life August 16, 1890 [from an interview of Nick Young] Since the season began I have been furnished with the actual attendance at all League contests, and this has necessitated my keeping another table in addition to the duties already imposed upon me as secretary of the League. Four duplicate receipts are signed by the manager of every visiting League club, one for the home manger, another for the president of the visiting club, and third to be forwarded tome and a fourth for the president of the home organization. Upon these blanks appear the actual paid attendance and upon which basis the receipts are reckoned and divided, no attention being given to persons who are admitted free. Comparisons show that the turnstile count and the published figures the next day vary from 12 to 20 per cent. so far as the National League is concerned, in Philadelphia, for instance, the manager of the League team pay considerable attention to the press, and especially when Saturday games are played, so that will account in a measure for the increased attendance over other days in the week. Only one return has been received from New York, and Brooklyn and Buffalo appear to have been ignored entirely, so far as Brotherhood attendance is concerned. Boston and Philadelphia have also been ignored in this respect, and the experiment of counting the turnstiles has been confined to Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg, where it is still in vogue. Our agents pay their money the same as any other spectators, only care is exercised to secure reliable men, and if the Brotherhood want to do it they can try the same plan that the National League is pursuing. The Sporting Life August 16, 1890 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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