The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-23
TO OPEN In PHILADELPHIA
Senators First Game VIII Be
Played in the Quaker City.

| Washington Fared Badly on HOiitiay
| Dates-so Games Here Memorial
Day. labor Day, the Fourth of
! Juiy-The Team to Report soon.
Jimmie Manning, manager OF the Wash
| ington baseball club of the American
| League, and Ban johnson, the President
| of that organization, arrived in Washing
| ton last night. Both looked rather tagged
| out. That was explained by the fact that
for the past two days they have been
working early and late in Philadelphia;
with other magnates of the American
League. AS a result of their labors the
schedule for the coming season was for
| INFLATED.
Washington might have Jared much bet
ter in the allotment of games The SEN
| ators will open the season away from
/ home, at Philadelphia. with the Quakers
/ On Memorial Day they will go to the
plate on foreign grounds and the same
! state of affairs will exist on the Fourth
{ OF July and on Labor Day.
WashingtOns bad fortune is in part at
tributable to a tendency displayed to
avoid playing games in National League
cities on the same days that the teams
Of that organization play there In spite
of the effort there will be sixty. occasions
when teams of both leagues will play in
the same city simultaneously. The fact,
however does not appear to worry the
American magnates much. They predict
that their teams will outdraw the older
organization.
Ban Johnson eft 70. Chicago last night.
He merely stopped in Washington as a
break in the return to the Windy City.
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quarters during the season.
Manager Manning stated last night that
work on the baseball park at Fifteenth
and II Streets northeast would from this
time on be pushed rapidly The grading
has been nearly completed. Lumber for
the grandstand. fences. clubhouse, and
other structures is already on the ground
As soon as the contractors who have
been working on the grounds have fin
ished the work of erecting the grandstand
will begin.
Manning expected to order his players
to report in this city on April l. 1t was
the intention to then pack the entire
squad off to Norfolk or some other Vir-
GINA point and put them through their
preliminary PAGES in the balny climate
of the Old Dominion 1t was with this
idea that the National League interfered
1t had been practically assured that
games would be played with the NORFOLK
and Portsmouth teams of the Virginia
North Carolina League. 1t is claimed,
however, that Nick Young, the President
of the National League. dropped a let
ter to the Virginia North Carolina mag
mates in which he advised them not to
play with any of the American League
teams. The letter. it is said, was prac-
ttcally an ultimatum to the effect that
would II n
pleasant for the minor organization if
they persisted in playing even practice
games with the American League teams.
The Nirginia-North Carolina people did
not feel strong enough. IL Is said. 10 OPP
pose the desires Of the National magnates.
Consequently Manning was informed that
the games he had scheduled ware off. AS
a result the players of the Washington
club viii not report till about the 81 or
4th of April. Most of them ara getting
into shape at their respective homes. ana
it will not take long for them to be
whipped into shape as a team TO play on
the opening day. April "a.
Inasmuch as the workmen will still be
busy with the Improvements at the park,
the Senators viii not be,able 10 loosen up
at that place. Arrangements will be
made, however. whereby they will prac-
tice either at Georgetown or Gallaudet.
The college boys will doubtless be glad
to get the cracks on their grounds be-
cause of the excellent practice they will
be able to get in return.
Games will be arranged with various
amateur teams and the Washington fans
will have several opportunities 10 sSe the
Senators in action before the season orens.