Clipping:The benefits of twenty-five cent admission
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| Date | Thursday, August 22, 1867 |
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| Text | We notice that the admission fee of twenty-five cents now charged for first-class matches on enclosed grounds is not relished by the masses, but by the respectable portion of the community it is regarded as a desirable improvement, as by means of the increased price hundreds of blackguard boys and roughs generally are kept out, while the respectable patrons of the game are afforded better opportunities for enjoying a contest. The character of the crowd kept off the Union Ball Grounds by the extra charge of twenty-five cents may be judged by the blasphemy and obscenity of the language used by the hooting assemblage which congregates on the outside and peep through the fence holes at the players. It is these juvenile roughs who have been the cause of half the disturbances at match games on free grounds, as we are glad to see that the increased tariff has been the means of keeping them off the enclosed ball grounds. In regard to the charge itself, it is the smallest fee demanded for any kind of amusement. |
| Source | Ball Players Chronicle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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