St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-25
BEST SCHEDULE EVER MADE.
Chats What the Players League
Claims for Its Production,

I'ITrsBURG, Jan. 24.-The schedule
committee of the Players, National
league continued in session until 5
O'Clock this afternoon. At the termi-
nation of that time Secretary Frank
Brunnell appeared. He announced
that for reasons polite to the new
league it could not possibly give the
schedule in detail until the meeting in
this city of the general delegates
Of the Players league, which would
occur March II. but said that the COM
mittee had by unanimous consent con-
cluded to impart the following: ''fhe
season will open Monday, April 81, and
close Saturday. Oct. 4. Each club will
play lao games. Without regard to
dates. the Eastern clubs will open with
the East and the Western with the West
on the date stated and play until May
49, After the termination of that date
the Western clubs will go East and play
the clubs of that section from May IA
until the 31st inclusive, giving the
Eastern clubs Decoration day. While
they will not admit it, Pittsburg will
play two games with the New YorkS.
1t has also been arranged to pit the
clubs outside of Pittsburg in two games
against each other that day. After
Decoration day the Eastern clubs meet
the Eastern and the Western clubs
the Western again from June 2
to June Is. The Eastern clubs
then go West and play the Western
clubs from June 20 to July inclusive.
including two. games in the Western
towns July d. The Western clubs then
go East, playing from July to July 10.
At this juncture the Eastern clubs 20
West and play from July 81 to Aug. 4.
The Eastern clubs then meet each other
&c Ill In fnnY
to Aug. 10. The Western clubs follow
this up by playing the Eastern clubs
from Aug. 81 to Sept. 2, Labor day,
with two games. Again the East meets
the East and the West the West from
Sept. to Sept. II. The season winds
up with the Eastern clubs going West
to finish up the season from Sept. 10 to
Oct. 4. Concerning this schedule Sec
Tetary Brunell said: 1T was our de-
sire to give the dates each club met, but
Chairman John M. Ward objected.
He based his objections on the
grounds that to do so would be simply
TO furnish the National league an
opportunity to discern our weak points,
and as a consequence derive benefit
therefrOm. we at once saw the wisdom
of his idea, and by unanimous consent
concurred in resolution to defer its
adoption until our meeting which Oc-
ours in Pittsburg March IL. This is the
most satisfactory schedule ever pro-
duced in the United States, all of the
cities being wired to as regerds profit
able dates before its adoption. Buffalo
and Cleveland, who were not repre-
scented owing to the former city
desiring me to represent it by proxy,
and MIR. johnson, of the latter city, be-
ing called suddenly away, heartilyagreed
To In of Trixy han Il,,g pir
being especially gratified as to what we
had done for it. If the National league
hopes to profit by any of our blunders,
it can expect remarkably little from the
calm and cnnsummate manner in which
we have sent adritt the best schedule
yet complied for any base ball organi-
cation in North America, the home and
perpetuation of the greatest and best
paStime yet given by God to man."