The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
WHERETHEY PLAY
Western League Schedule Has
Been Made Public.
Topeka Opens the Season at
Lincoln.
WILL BE ON APRIL 80
Holiday Games All to Be Play
ed Elsewhere.
After First Home Series Locals
Take Long Journey.

The Western League schedule for the
season of 1909 has been made public
by the Associated Press to whom it
was given by President N. L. O'Neill.
Although it has been suggested since
the schedule meeting that some
changes would be made, President
O'NeiIl has announced that the schedule
which is printed by the State Journal
will stand without changes.
The Topeka team will open the sea-
son in Lincoln, Neb.. April 20. Lincoln
has no Sunday baseball and any holi-
day game draws a great crowd. The
occasion of the seasons opening will
be observed by a holiday.
At the conclusion of the Lincoln
series the Topeka team will come home
for the first game of the season, Sun
day, May 2, with Sioux City. Sioux
City won the tpennant last season and
with the Champs opening here, the op-
erliue date ought to draw a big crowd.
.Following the Sioux City team, which
plays three games, the DeS MoineS and
Omaha team will follow in the order
indicated for a series of three games
each, making nine games on the nrst
ihOn1e ground series.
After the conclusion of the first home
tseries the Topeka team Will leave Tor
1.-THE hardest trip of the season, opening
at Des MOines May II. A series OF
lfour games will be played in every 9TH
Ter town in the following order before
1.-The team returns to Topeka: Des
NIoines, Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City,
Pueblo, Denver and Wichita. The Dec
| Grafton Day games VIII be played at
Pueblo, Monday, May 81, q game belng
lplayed in the morning and another in
The team returns home June for
four games with Denver, followed by
four with Omaha four with Des
EAIoines, four with Sioux City and four
with Lincoln. This will make home
series of 2S games. four with every
stretch of games has been completed
the Topeka team ought to have recoV-
cred from whatever reverSeS may be
met on the first long swing around the
circuit This stretch of games will be
concluded with the Lincoln series play
ed. Sunday, July 4.
on July 5, the date which will be
generally observed as the Fourth of
July, the Topeka team plays in Lin
coin, thus securing a good date for a
good holiday town. Topeka Will play
only the Fourth of July double header
in Lincoln at this time. The next ser
les will be four games at Omaha, fol-
lowed by four at Des Moines, four at
Sioux City, and three at Lincoln.
The next home series will open July
% with the Denver team, four games
being played. Pueblo will follow with
another quartette of games.
Topeka then goes to Wichita for four
games, Ln6n 10 Pueblo IOr 1OuF more
followed with another four in Denver.
On the return home Topeka will play |
four games with Wichita, opening
August IL. Sioux City follows with |
four, then Lincoln for four, then four
with Des Moines, and four more with /
Omaha.
The local team opens in Lincoln on
Labor Day, September 6, for three |
games, two of them being played La |
Dor Day. Three games in Omaha will |
follow and then a three game series |
will be played in Des Moines. Topeka |
does not reach Sioux City on this trip. |
The locals will return home then for |
q three game series with Wichita, op- |
ening September IA with 3 double |
header.
The Topeka team will return to |
Wichita with the Isben aggregation |
September 16 to play three games be- |
fore taking a trip to Colorado in which |
three games each will be played with |
Pueblo and Denver.
Pueblo will open in Topeka for three |
games September "a, and Denver will /
which closes with a double header, /
Tuesday, September %.
The league schedule calls for 154 games /
for each team, n being played on the
road and the same number on the home /
grounds. The Topeka team cops the
largest number of Sunday games, hav-
ing 13, but has no strictly holiday |
games. However, the team plays a /
double header July 4, Sunday, although /
Monday, July 5. will be generally OBJ
served as Independence Day, with the
Topeka team playing a double header
in Lincoln.