| Show FOOTBALL GRANTED A FAVOR BY UNCLE ISAM SAM NOT ACCORDED TO O NATIONAL GAME Baseball Has Kick Coming Obliged to Pay cW War ar T Tax Taxi x i l When College Game Is 1 Exempted Exempt d From Charge By James C. C I Isaminger n II LADELPHIA I Pa Nov 11 11 lV Wonder if the baseball sovereigns sovereigns will stop fighting Ion long longI g I 9 enough to take action this winter winter win win- winter ter on the singular singular lar attitude of the government in abolishing the war tax on foo football all games although although although al al- al- al though it will continue to collect 10 per cent on ball games next year it It would seem that in the interest of th their ir patrons the patrons the bas baseball baU fn fans they fans th they y would at atleas leas file their protest at V Washington Washington Wash Wash- ash ash- ington n nand and make their position clear Football attendance this year liS' liS breaking all aU records As a rule role the jams do not take place until the choice battles on the schedules sched ached ules are r re reached but this season opening games are arc testing the capacity of many a field One authority at the University of or Pennsylvania told me the other day that every bis bg college ollege In the the East East would play C t to the biggest receipts and the largest attendance a In history and In nearly every football aU park or stadium prices have been tOted tilted The rhe government ent which Is so BO keen to 1 collect ct its Its 10 per cent from baseball ad- ad does not profit by this wave ave of I prosperity but where but where Is the fairness The I abolishment of ot the football war tax does doesn I n not t divert the 10 per c cent nt to the coffers of the co college Th The fo football public has has never yet jet et protested protested pro pro- tested about the tax It has always ready to give th the 10 per cent to the government through he football gate aswell aswell as aswell well as the baseball gate or the theatrical e trance entrance CAN AF AFFORD ORD TO PAY Moreover no class of sport patrons are better able to pay the tax than the football football football foot foot- ball lover The tax Is often orten a strain on the baseball patron especially the night night- wage earner who attends three or four tour games a week Baseball draws Its revenue from the masses massee football from th the rich yet et th the treasury department department department depart depart- ment without any pressure as far as l own wipes out the tax on football but collects It on other sports The hit fur-coated fur millionaire who goes to tog Tale Bowl In his Rolls Ryce 01 C and a a. the thet- thet g 11 mos flies bottle of hot scotch within reach d doesn't e nt have hae to pay a 10 per cent dent tax but sOme poor DOor boob who w washes dishes in an n night all-night restaurant has to come across with the tax just the same Wheres Where's the consistency Jf lf the baseball magnates would get to together to- to gether and point out how unfair the government government gov gov- Ov- Ov has been In picking out foothill football as the first sport on which to drop the thc tax It is almost cert certain ln that th they y could h hive have ve the assessment on baseball killed Let LH them the get busy without delay |
