Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-28
American and National
Leagues Fix Schedules Today.
B0ST0NS OPEN HERE
"Chick" Stahl to Have His First Bat
tie Against Cantillon.
ST. LOUIS GETS CHAMPIONS
Outlaws Threaten New Orleans
Tracks-Eastern Leagues Bat
ting Averages.

CHICAGO, January 2S.-President john
SON of the American League and Secretary
Robert Mercy left Saturday night for Cleve-
land to meet President Pulliam of the Ma
tional League. The executives will compare
notes on the schedules. and 1t Is expected
when their conference Is at an end ina
documents will be ready for ratification by
the respective big leagues at the New York
meetings Ecoruary 25
most of the American League dates have
been decided upon. although not officially
1t Is unlikely that the plan to have the
worlds champions open at st. Louis April
IL will be changed. The New Yorks will
open at Philadelphia and Boston will start
the season at Washington. Cleveland will
open at Detroit.
The base ball magnates are rapidly get
ting the prelimnares for the season Of
1877 Strengthened out. Every day players
are sending in their signed contracts, all
the plans for the training trips have been
arranged and now the playing dates for
the two major leagues are up for discus
sion.
President Pulliam of the National League
and President Johnson of the American
League Will meet today at Cleveland Each
Will have draft of the schedule for his
organization, and the two will go over them
carefully. The principal features Of the
schedules were decided upon some time
ago. and the aim of the two executives at
today's session will be to avoid conflicting
dates In the cities where there are two
clubs
Owing to the fact that it has been de-
cided that each club of each league shall
play 1o4 games. there will be very few open
dates in the various cities. These though,
will be reduced to the smallest number
possible.
Within less than a month the various
clubs will be heading for the south and
the coast to get the rust out of the players
systems and to develop the teams for the
coming championship races The New York
scheduled to leave Chicago February rs
for Los Angeles Cal Before the players
get back to the Polo Grounds they will have
travelled about 10000 miles.
A few years ago the Chicago Nationals
went TO the coast for training purposes
and on their return trip made stopovers
In order to get In games in various cities
The Cubs took what is known as the north
ern route. and thus encountered much cold
weather, which partly Offset the weeks
spent in the warm climate OF southern Cali
fornia.
The Chicago Americans will 60 across
the border for their spring trip. They will
invade Mexico and show the natives of that
country how worlds champions can play
the game.
With all the money and time spent on
spring training trips no team has yet Sc
lected the ideal spot to get into condition
The reason probably Is because such a spot
doesn't exist.
No matter where team goes ii is GER
tain to strike cold weather after its return
home. especially with the CHAMPIONSHIP
seasons opening around the middle of April
Still, the southern trips undoubtedly have
good effect in getting the players in con-
dition much sooner than If they were not
taken. and as long as base ball is as popu-
lar II has been in the past few Years
the clubs will continue to make the outlay
for the jaunts in March.
Both of the Philadelphia clubs will go
south the latter part of February Man
ager Mack will make a new experiment of
taking his team 10 Texas for boiling out
and will then work them north by degrees.
The Philles will again go to Savannah,
which location appears to suit the club
owners and players admirably.