The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-01
PLAYERS FARES LARGE
American Leasuers Will Ride e6,2S3
Miles This Year and the
Nationals 92,150.

According to the schedules, the Am
erican league clubs will have to travel
a distance Of SB,2S3 miles in order to
fiji their championship dates, while
the National league will traverse i92,-
1856 miles in pursuance of the same
object Assuming that each club car.
ried eighteen men on a trip tand that
average, is not high. as the Highland
ers often went on tour with more than
twenty in the past season), the
amount TO be paid to the railroads for
fares alone will foot up SGT ,S37,6S of
which the Johnsonites will pay $S4,-
661.S8 and the Pulliamites win furnish
$33,175.80.
If the pennant races were to be de-
cided by the number of miles each
club had to travel, the next series for
the worlds championship would be
fought between the Pittsburgs and the
Clevelands, while the tailenders would
be Philadelphia in the National and
New York in the American.
The Pire les will have to cover 5000
miles of territory more than the Phil
lies are scheduled to travel, one reason
for this being that the smoky city
men are constantly leaving home to
fill Sunday engagements in Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis. The same rea-
son applies to Cleveland's heavy mile
age.
The New York and Brooklyn teams
in stbeTr National will have "a great
money saving advantage in jumps, for
while the Pittsburgs are slated to
move around thirty-mine times, the
McGrawites will take only twenty five
trips and the DonovaRites only TWEEN
| ty- seven Journeys.
The longest jump on either circuit
is from Boston to ST. Louis, gap of
1929 miles. The ST. Louis Americans
will take this hop once during the
year, the Boston Nationals twice, and
/ the st. Louis Nationals once.
| The money to be expended for
Transportation by each club in the
American league is as follows: Cleve-
land, $5,1634S; st. Louis, $5,075.2S;
Detroit, $4,7S36s; Chicago, $446O.52;
Boston, $4,21S.S4; Athletics, $3,S40O4;
Washington, $3.588.S4; New York, $3,-
l5712O Total. $34,661.SS.
i The amount to be expended by each
/ club in the National league is: Pitts
burg. $5,353.20; Chicago, $4,519.80;
Boston, $4,33116; st. Louis, $4,314.a6;
iCincinnati, $4,3O1.64; Brooklyn, So
! 687.84; New York, $3,51360; Philadel-
phia, $3,153.60. Total, $33,175.S0.
i The Maps are down to run of
4 thirty-four rides, the longest of which
!, Is from ST. Louis to New York--1,06
miles. The rest of their journeys arr
not long, barring an s22-mile jaunt
between Philadelphia and Chicago
4 near the seasons close. Their short
!. est ride is between washington ans
4 Philadelphia, covering 13s miles, ant
4, they are due to take it three times
i No less than eight times do they d'
the hop from Cleveland to st. Louis
j Or return, which bridges a distance o
54S miles.
n Railroad men like to have baseball
clubs travel on their trains, not alon
! for the cash revenue derived, but ais
because their presence is considere,
in the light Of train insurance.
d Few ball teams have been in acct
j dents on the road, and these have no
been serious. A few bears back
train carrying the st. Louis an
| Cleveland American league clubs fror
the forest to the mound city went Of
J the track while going at a high speed
but none Of the tossers was particu