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Show O'BRIEN STOPPED THE SCALPERS Now York, Oct. 2S There are heioes and there are heroes Joe O'Brien, former president of the ! American association, belongs to the I latter class Joe is now the secre- I t.iry of the New York National league club Upon his shoulders fell tho conduct of the sale of tickets for the world's serios games in New York -J.jmajjmiiiiijna-, lift, u,r-- uTr City A year ago there was a big scandal provoked by the fact that a largo part of the tickets fell into the hands of the ticket scalpers. The evil was also prevalent in Philad61-phia Philad61-phia last fall, in Chicago In 1010 and In Detroit on several occasions. So barofaced wns tho Bcalplng and (he throw-down of the New York fans In 1011 that the American league wa3 forced, at Its winter nieoting. to announce that In future It would conduct its' own sale and hold tho National leaguo responsible for the salo of tickets In Its town. Then John T. Brush, owner of tho Giants, released the official who had had charge of the sale in 1011 and engaged Joseph O'Brien as secretary of the club. The series that just camo to an ond was the first affair of Its kind that had ever been handled by the former A. A. executive. But that did not feRso him In the least. He I went ahrnd Just as though he had been battling with ticket scalpers all ; his life. First of all ho decided that only S.O00 scatB for each gamo would be reserved and sold in advance. The general public was to have a chance to get the other 30,000 seats each day. In pursuance with his plan, thoso 30,000 scats were sold nt the Polo Grounds the morning of tho Rrtmo. No more than two were sold to a person and the purchasers had to enter the park at once. Of course, his plan worked a hardship hard-ship on some persons who were thus forced to put in an entire-day ut tho ball paik, taking their dinners with them or purchasing them on the J grounds, but (o offset that, the real i patrons of the game during the on-tlre on-tlre season got their seats at $1. $2 and $3 and they saw the gnnies, which they did not in 1011. It Is doubtful If over 600 tickets found their w'iv into tho hands of tho speculators spec-ulators and tho latter lost out on them. As a result of O'Brien's feat In baffling the scalpers, tho applause he received when ho walked across tho field prior to the ?econd game was well deserved |