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SHOELESSJOE3
09-09-2007, 09:45 PM
Scalpers at Yankee Stadium opener, first game 1923. Found this in the news archives. Two men were arrested for scalping tickets to the big parks first ever game 1923. One man was arrested for selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.25. Another selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.50. Both sales were made to policemen working under cover.
nymetsgiantspolo
09-09-2007, 10:37 PM
Scalpers at Yankee Stadium opener, first game 1923. Found this in the news archives. Two men were arrested for scalping tickets to the big parks first ever game 1923. One man was arrested for selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.25. Another selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.50. Both sales were made to policemen working under cover.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!! ahhaha.... how much is that taking into account inflation?
jimmyjimjimz
09-09-2007, 11:40 PM
so baseball tickets were $1.10 back then? GOD I wish it was still 1923. I'd go to all 81 games @ The Stadium every year.
skobabe8
09-10-2007, 06:47 AM
so baseball tickets were $1.10 back then? GOD I wish it was still 1923. I'd go to all 81 games @ The Stadium every year.
Except for the fact that youre paycheck was probably $3 a week.
jimmyjimjimz
09-10-2007, 01:01 PM
Except for the fact that youre paycheck was probably $3 a week.
why would my paycheck be $3 a week? I make $8.80 an hour
Sean O
09-10-2007, 01:18 PM
why would my paycheck be $3 a week? I make $8.80 an hour
No way. Maybe I passed out at work and hit my head, so i'm dreaming this.
Yup, that must be it.
Williamsburg2599
09-10-2007, 01:39 PM
why would my paycheck be $3 a week? I make $8.80 an hour
People also made alot less back then too. It wasn't like everything was cheaper with no consequences.
nymetsgiantspolo
09-10-2007, 01:52 PM
No way. Maybe I passed out at work and hit my head, so i'm dreaming this.
Yup, that must be it.
hahahahahaha
jimmyjimjimz
09-10-2007, 05:34 PM
People also made alot less back then too. It wasn't like everything was cheaper with no consequences.
Oh, wow. So minimum wage was like half a penny back then?
Urbanshocker13
09-10-2007, 05:48 PM
Oh, wow. So minimum wage was like half a penny back then?
There WASN'T a minimum wage!
SHOELESSJOE3
09-10-2007, 06:23 PM
Scalpers at Yankee Stadium opener, first game 1923. Found this in the news archives. Two men were arrested for scalping tickets to the big parks first ever game 1923. One man was arrested for selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.25. Another selling his 1.10 grandstand ticket for 1.50. Both sales were made to policemen working under cover.
Sure a half a buck was bigger than it is today. Still not a bad deal. Pay 1.50 for a 1.10 ticket, a .40 cent over charge and the other guy even lower 1.25.
This was the big show, Yankee Stadium first game ever and Babe Ruth the greatest show in N.Y. and any park he played in.
In 1926 Pantages booking agency gave the Babe 12,000.00 a week just to stand on stage and banter with the audience. In that year it was the highest paid fee for a single act. A baseball player being paid more than any single performing stage act in all of show business.
He was a hit, howling and stamping of feet and all he did was walk on stage. After one performance he was arrested for violating the child labor act. His crime, bringing a group of kids on stage to get into the act. Of course the charge was dropped before it came to court.
SHOELESSJOE3
09-10-2007, 08:01 PM
Here it is, from the N.Y.Times first ever game at Yankee Stadium.
ElHalo
09-10-2007, 08:05 PM
Oh, wow. So minimum wage was like half a penny back then?
I'm sorry; this can't possibly be for real.
There was no minimum wage until the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938. It was instituted at $0.40 an hour. If you go here (http://www.westegg.com/inflation/), you'll see that your current $8.80 an hour would, in 1923, equate to about $30.40 a week (working 40 hours). Before taxes, of course.
Interestingly, it would only equate to about $26.00 in 1938; such is the effect of the Depression.
ElHalo
09-10-2007, 08:07 PM
Here it is, from the N.Y.Times first ever game at Yankee Stadium.
Wait... if they pled guilty, why were they held over for trial? I'm confused.
SHOELESSJOE3
09-10-2007, 09:00 PM
Wait... if they pled guilty, why were they held over for trial? I'm confused.
Don't know for sure. Could be since they could not post bail they were held over until a trial or sentencing took place the next day. Assuming that charge might be like a loitering or minor charge where the offender is usually held over night, speedy trial. Any lawyers in the room.