Clipping:Policies on rain checks
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| Date | Thursday, August 8, 1878 |
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| Text | Each club makes its own rules in this respect [to rain checks]. In Chicago and other places the rule is that after a person has passed through the gate neither money nor tickets shall be refunded under any circumstances. On the Boston grounds, however, the policy is a more liberal one, the rule being that where rain prevents play from commencing—as in the case of last Tuesday—tickets (no money) shall be refunded, but, where play has commenced, nothing shall be refunded. This has been the rule upon the Boston grounds for years, but fortunately its enforcement has been called for so seldom that undoubtedly it had passed out of the minds of the general base ball public. Then look at the equity of the thing. Every visiting club that presents its players in readiness to play a game is entitled to its share of the proceeds, viz.: 15 cents for every person that enters the grounds, whether the game is played or not. On Tuesday upwards of 1200 people, in round nu8mbers, were present. Before play commenced the rain descended in torrents, as will be remembered, and, in accordance with the rule, the tickets were given back. The Chicago club were entitled to $180, but President Hurlbut [sic] of that club very generously waived his rights in the ratter. Yesterday 1800 people were present, and of that number 800 entered on the tickets that were returned to them the day before. The Chicago very properly demanded their share of the receipts, viz., $240. Supposing they had demanded and received their p4roportion the day before also, that would have been 30 cents on each returned ticket. Then, supposing that each of the 1600 people had received their ticket back yesterday and 1200 of them go in on the strength of it to the game that will probably be played this afternoon, there would have been another percentage due the visiting club, making 45 cents in all, on a large majority of the tickets, leaving five cents to the Bostons as their proportion. The Chicagos, however, waived their right on Tuesday, but it would have made the sum of 30 cents to be paid them on each ticket returned yesterday and used any day while they are here. The clubs all have to run risks as well as the spectators. When the hour arrives for opening a championship game, though the day be cloudy, and five, ten or 50 people are present, the clubs are obliged to play. When the work of the season is summed up, it will be seen that the receipts of a good many games have not paid the expenses of the same, because the weather was unpropitious and the attendance small. Whey, in equal fairness, should they not adopt such rules as would redeem in part this financial loss, and the loss be borne by the public, whom the clubs endeavor to please and entertain? |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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