The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-04-17
TRAVELS OF BIG
LEAGUE TEAMS
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN CLUBS
WILL PAY OVER s2t7.e5o IN
FARES THIS YEAR
AGGREGATE DISTANCE IS LONG
Cleveland Must Travel tt.oe4 and
Pitssburs iI.673 Miles and Head Re-
speeti~e Or9aaizations-T~o New
York Teams Are Tail Enders in Re-
gard to Mileage.

In arranging the major leagues team
dates for this season the schedule
makers managed tn iicrease the mile
age trifie. Probably the railroads.
hoteikeepers and baggage haulcrs will
draw just as much money out of the
baseball clubs treasures, as it is
likely the number OF players and camp
followers that will be carried on the
various trips will 0e larger than ever
before.
The National league clubs in order
TO tiu their championship dates during
1909 viii have To go over distance OF
sa.:sSS miles: the American league
teams. sS.SsS. The clubs of the elder
organization will travel s.loo fewer
miles than they did last yetr. the jul
Nor leasueCS' mileage having been de-
creased by 4tt.
Ii the National and American league
Solons hung up prizes for the clubs
that travelled the greatest number of
miles during the chase for the gon-
Ialons Cleveland and Pittsburg would
he the next entrants in the worlds
championship series The Maps are
slated 10 make 81 trips. covering l4.oe4
miles the Pirates IS jaunts, covering
1863 miles. The tail enderS in the
mileage leagues would be the two New
York combinations. The Highianders
are down 10 travel e.siS miles. the
Giants S.7Ss
The reason for the Maps and Pr
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.
OF the two Chicago clubs the White
Sox will have to do the most travel
ing. The South siders are down to
make - trips and 10 cover $1,000
miles. The Cubs will go on % jour
aeSS and pay tribute 10 the railroads
for le.4Si miles.
The worlds champion Cubs will be
busy individuals between s:ss5 p. m.
en- Friday, September ;, and $40 n M.
on Monday. September &. In this in
terval of time they will be riding on
the rail for almost 80 hours. having TO
jump from Brooklyn to Cincinnati.
from Cincinnati TO Chicago. and from
Chicago to Pitishurg. total distance
of 1851 miles. The longest jump on
the major league circuits is from St.
Louis TO Boston, .ssa miles. This
leap will be taken this season by the
Boston and Brooklyn National league
teams and by the ST. Louis American
league club
The Cubs greatest hop this season
will he from New York to ST Louis.
1905 miies-and the hitiess wonders.
from Chicago to Boston, .05S miles.
The cost of moving a team around
the circuit, assuming that on an aver
age of 20 persons are carried. amounts
to Sl.is mile. This is no guess.
an American league magnate. having
allowed access TO his books so that
the exact cost could be determined.
This mogul's team travelled 1854
rsiies last year. and the expenses
amounted to just sle.360.Sl. divided as
follows: For hotels SS.67s: for rail-
read fares. si.T57.76: for sleepers and
Pullmans. Sl.s1S: for buses and bag
gage wagons. S6S5.05. As the big
ieague teams will travel during this
seasons championship campaign
i>S.6Si miles, the bin for moving
them around viii be just SIT 2S.
The number of miles each club will
have to travel and trips to be made
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