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Show Bleacher Seats te Join the Si. C. L. Ranks CHICAGO, April 12 Twenty-five cent baseball in the American association associa-tion is no more. The high cosl of the national game will be ushered in with the opening of the 1D20 campaign. President Hickey has just announced an-nounced that with the start of the pennant race April 11 the prices of all seats in every park in the league will be slightly raised to meet the mounting cost of operations and' the higher salaries paid baseball players. The fan who last se:ison paid thirty thir-ty cents, war tax included, for a favorite fav-orite spot in the bleachers will be obliged to lay down fifty cents this season. This includes the war tax. The price of grand stand seals will be advanced from CO to 75 cents, war tax included. But, there is solace for the fan v. ho' sits in the reserved seats. The price will remain tho same S5 cents. The price of box seats however, how-ever, will be fixed by each individual I club. I President 1-i.ckey, in his statement announcing the increase declared that a readjustment of tho prices of admission admis-sion was absolutely necessary to as sure success of the game. He declared that operating expenses since the organization or-ganization of the American association associa-tion nineteen years ago had doubled and in some instances were three limes as high, whereas the price of admission had remained the same. |