The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-11
DEPARTMENT GAMES
Official Baseball Schedule for
Season Is Announced.
BOOK EIGHTY-FoUR CONTESTS
Eight Matches Week Is the Plan.
Saturday Games Few and Far Be
tween-White House Oval Again
Secured for Playing FieId-Season
VIII start on May 3.

At q meeting Of the officers and d.
rectors OF the Departmental Baseball
League last evening in the Office OF the
president. Merritt o. Chance, the schedule
Of games for the coming season was
unanimously approved and adopted as
presented
The season opens on May 3. with the
Interior and Commerce and Labor teams
as the attraction.
Eighty-four games are booked. each
team playing twenty-one games or three
games with every other team.
Eight games are scheduled fer Revery
week during the season; single games
being played on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
and double-headers on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays. No games are seized
uled for Saturdays. except in May, o.
on holidays. II is inten led, However, 70
utilize Saturdays in June and July. II
necessary for the playing OF Of tie or
postponed games Other open dates are
May g. Is, q. Is. and June .
The Departmental League has again
obtained the use Of the White House
EIlipse for its games, and all contests VIII
be played on these grounds Games viii
commenced al 5:I5 promptly as was the
rule last season
The leagues schedule appears exclu-
sively in The Washington Herald. and IS
printed below.
The schedule;
May S-CoEneTce and Labor IS. Iaterior.
Nay 4-Wsr AgTicul1R.
Nay s-Sagy 81 TreasITy.
May 5-Post-osice rs. Commissioner.
May 6-InteTior y. War
Nay 6-Ag-nlfurB IS. NaTy.
May 5-C0mmissioneTs CozueTce and Labaf.
Nay s-TTssSzy y. PoSs-otace
Nay s-Cozunsrcs and Labor IS Agrcglture-
May I3-WSr IS. Tressury-
Nay io-NzEy Is. Comzaissioncs.
May li-InteriOT IS. Post-osice
Nay i2-AgTicalture IS Treasury
May l2-War Is. Nary.
Mag lS-intgrior IS Commissioner
May ls-Conmcrce and Labo- y. P0s.-oEcs
Mas i4-Wsr rs. Commissioner
May 5-AgTicalrsre y. Post-oaioe.
Nay I7-Interior Trs1sury.
slsy U-Coamerce ard LsboC vs.. Nsry-
Nag lS-Wsr ~ Pcst-ofHce.
May Is-AgTicuit1re Is Connisaone1.
Nay 1e-Connercs and Lsbor vs.. Treasury.
Nay E-InteTio- Is. Navy.
May z-CaGnsroe sad Lsbor - wsr.
Nay 2i-Interior y AgrioiltlIre-
Nay ez-Navy - PusI-0f1ce-
Ny E-Trsasury - Commissioner
June i-IEtcrior vs. CoOTmc-cs and LsboT-
June 2-AEiC1ltU-e r. Var
June 3-TTyssuTY v. Nay.
June 3-C0snzeTee and LzboF - Pos,-oascs-
luns s-Wag vs. Intsrior.
June 4-SaFy v. AETiuitrrs.
June s-C0unsrce ard Labor ComniSsionsrs-
June 7-Fostcfice rs. TrsasuTy.
gure s-As1cultu-e CoEze-cs and Labor.
JRns 2 Treasury ~ War.
June 9-Co1n1niSioneTs - Mar.
jane IL cst-osice IS. Interior.
June 1f--Trez Srrv rr ArT1rultrre.
Juns il-NaTy Is. +'YsT.
June ft-cosznsissioae-s Var
June li-Pas;- olacs "a CJsumercs and Labor.
Ju1s IS-CcnuissorsFs Is Var
June ls-Fcst-Ofioc Is Agriculture.
suHe is-Trsssgry IS. IutsrioT.
sumo iI-Nsry " Commerce and LaboE-
June Is-Post-oficc - War
Juns is-Comnissioners - Agriculture
Jans E-Ir0asaTy - CoHmeTvs and LssoF.
juno 1-Sary Is. futeTioT.
june 2-War ~ Commercs and Laboy-
JEne Z3-Acrisglfurs - InteTi1r-
June Zs-Post-0fsos IS. Nav
5uns si-CCIluliSsisneTs IS. TrszsuT.
June Ss-Ccrcuerce ar sbor IS. Irteris-.
June &-Wa- IS Agriculture
June Sa-NsTy - Treasury.
Juns 5e-Poss-ofioe - Commissioners.
June s3-IEfsrior IS. Wsr-
JAY I-Asie1l;uge Nay
July G-ComnissiousE Is Commerce ard Labor.
July 2-TresSury IS Posf-offce-
JUly 6-Cormercr and Labor IS Agriculture.
July War -. Treasury.
july Nay IS Commissioner
July s-Interior * PoStof5ce-
July s-AS5cglturs Is. Treasury.
July 9-war IS. NaFy.
Juiy l2-IRtsrior - Commissioner
July l2-Csnnsrcs and Labor Is. Postcacs-
July I5-Wsr - Co11nissionerS
July 14-AEriculture Post-oascs.
July B-in;eriog =. Treasury.
July T5-Commerce and Labor - Nsry.
July l5-Wzr IS. Post-ot7ce.
Julg lS-Ag-icuiture Couuisi,ners-
july I9. Commerce ard Labor IS. TresSzry.
jay l2-I7te1oT Nav
Juiy G-Conmerce and Lshnr II WRI.
July Zl-Iu1srioT n. Agriculture.
July 2z-Nsyy vs. Post-ofice.
July 2s-TresSs-z y. Commissioner.