Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-06
TIGERS WILL HAVE
TWELVE SUNDAY
GAMES At HOME
Will Not Be at Wieden-
mayors Park on Only Three
Sabbath Days Next Season,
According to Schedule That
Will Likely Be Approved To-
day in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. 8.

49, = - COs VI
A DRAFT of the Eastern League
~ schedule, which will probably be
adopted at today's meeting OF
the league with no radical changes,
shows that Newark Jared fairly well In
the line of Sunday dates.
The Tigers have twelve Sundays at
home, meeting every team in the
league at least once, according to the
list of dates which President Ed Bar
row presented for tho approval of the
magnates here today, when the annual
spring meeting was called to order at
the Hotel Rennert.
The Bengals are scheduled to play
away from home on only three Sun
days. and the other half dozen Sum
days are open, with the probability
that Joe McGinnity a arrange to
jump to the metropolis of Jersey for
exhibition games.
The usual intercity series between
Newark and Jersey City is on the
schedule for Memorial Day MAY So)
and independence Day DULY q. New
nrk is scheduled to play at Baltimore
In a double-header on Labor Day (Sep-
TENDER d.
An innovation in the schedule will be
that Providence Is to play In Newark
IN q Sunday for the first time sn
years. The Grays are to pay the
Bengals at Joe McGinity's new baili-
wick Sunday. June 4, II no changes
are made in the list of playing dates.
Newark also Jared well on Saturday
dates, having about fourteen Saturday
afternoon games at the home park.
The opening games will be as fol-
lows:
Montreal at Newark.
Rochester at Jersey City.
Buffalo at Toronto.
Providence Mt Baltimore.
Rochester will follow the Royals, and
then Buffalo and Toronto will come In
turn. The first swing around Gals for
-four games at each town, Newark
leaving the home park to open the sea-
son at Montreal on May s and return
Ing in time for the Decoration Day
series with the Shelters. o.
There Is one thing that Joe McCSin-
nifty did not like about the schedule.
1t calls for the Tigers to be away from
home twice IN three-week trips, but
that is to be expected once in a while.
Before leaving Newark this morning
Joe McGinnity said he had received no
word from Larry Schlafiy in regard to
Larry's being present at the meeting.
Higher Classification.
One of the things expected to turn
up Is the matter of the fight for higher
classification, which will be made In
conjunction with the American Asso-
citation II President C~hivington is pres
ent. as 1t was reported that he will
be. President Ed Barrow appointed a
committee to report on the matter at
the last Eastern League meeting In
New York, and the report will be made
today. !.
Oficial recognition Of the Baseball
Writer'S Association, formed at the De-
cember meeting, will be made at this
meeting.
Ernest Lanigan. baseball editor Of
a New York newspaper. has been APP
secretary and will assume his duties
today.
The staff Of umpires announced by
President Barrow yesterday Is as fol-
lows, there being only one exception to
the list published by the Evening
STAR a fortnight ago:
Pat Wright, last year in the wiscon-
sin-Illinois League; Bob Black. of the
Tri-State League: Bob Fender. from
the Virginia State League; Bob Hart.
from the Connecticut State League; Bill
ly Bannon, brother Of Foxy Grand
pa from the Three-I League; John
Pollock, from the Wisconsin, Illinois
League, and Frank Rudderham, Of the
Southern League.