Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-11
TRAVELS OF BIG
LEAGUE TEAMS
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN CLUBS
WILL PAY OVER S2f7.25O IN
FARES THIS YEAR.
AGGREGATE DISTANCE Is LONG
Cleveland Must Travel 14,094 and
Pittsburg 14.e73 Miles and Head re.
spectiVe organizations-Two New
York Teams Are Tall Enders IN Re
gard 70 Mileage.

In arranging the major leagues team
dates for This season the schedule
makers managed to decrease the mile
age q tflne Probably the railroads.
hotelkeopers and baggage haulers VIII
draw just as much money out Of The
baseball clubs treasures. as it is
likely the number Of players and camp
followers that viii he carried on the
various trips Will be larger than ever
before.
The National league clubs ia order
to nh their championship dates during
1909 viii have 10 go owe a distance of
90 $50 miles the American league
teams. 95r32S. The clubs of the elder
organization viii travel 200 fewer
miles than they did last yetr. the iu
nior leaeuers' mileage having been de-
creased by iif.
II The National and American league
solons hung mp prizes for the clubs
that travelled the greatest number of
miles during the chase for The gon
falous Cleveland and Pittsburg would
be the next entrants in the worlds
championship series The Maps are
slated TO make 81 trips. covering 1904
miles; The Pirates 30 %jaunts. covering
li,673 miles. The tail enders in The
mileage leagues would be the two New
York combinations The iiiRhlanders
are down TO travel 9.6iS miles, the
Giants s.132.
The reason for the Maps and Pi
rates having such a large mileage Is
that they cannot play SUNDAY games at
home and often have to beat it 10 ST
Louis and Chicago.
or the two Chicago clubs the White
Sox Will have to do the most travel
Ing The South siders are down to
make 80 trips and To Y 1890
miles. The Cubs will 20 on % jour
neys and pay tribute to The railroads
for l2.4Sl miles !
The worlds champion Cubs will be
busy individuals between 6.25 p m
on Friday. September 3. and $40 a. m. |
on Monday, September e. In this in
terval Of time they win be riding on
The rail for almost 80 hours. having 10
jump from Brooklyn TO Cincinnati !
from Cincinnati 10 Chicago. and from
Chicago TO Piltsbure. q total distance
Of l,53l miles. The longest jump on
the major league circuits Is from ST
Louis 10 Boslou-t,229 miles. This
leap viii be- taken this season bs the
Boston and BROOKLYN National League
teams and by the st Louis American
league club
The CUBS greatest hop This season
VIII be from NcS York TO 81. Louis.
LOGS miles and the hitless wonders
Chicago 10 Boston-l.03 miles
The cost Of moving a team around
he circuit. assuming that ON an aver
of 20 persons are carried. amounts
O Sll7 a mile. This is no guess.
IA American league magnate. having
allowed access to his books so that
he exact cost could be determined
Ihis moguls team Travelled l0.52l
niles last Year. aud the expenses
amounted TO just sl.. $50 81. divided as
For hotels. S5.612. for rail
DAD farcs Si.75,1 6. for Shoppers and
'nllmaps. Sl21s for buses and bag
rage wagons. $GN505 As the big
oaguc teams Will travel during This
season championship campaign
.S5 6Ni miles the bin Tor moving
hem around Will be just s2l1 2502S
THE number OF miles each club viii
90 travel and irips to be made
ollow.