The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-02-16
SPORTS OF \ DAY
NATIONAL, LEAGUE
SCHEDULE BEST
EVER DRAFTED
President Tom Lynch Considers
it a Masterpiece-Giants Open
With PhilIies at Polo Grounds

The National League in session at
the Breslin hotel in New York yes
terday adopted the playing schedule
for 1911 and ended the most peaceful
meeting this organization has ever
known. The New York Club opens
at the Polo Grounds on April IL with
lyn on the home grounds on Column
bus Day, Oct. IL. The schedule is
the result of the long and untiring
work of the Schedule Committee,
composed of President Lynch, Secre-
tary Heydler, and Barney Dreyfuss.
The schedule is the best that the older
league has ever drafted, and is con-
sidered a masterpiece by President
Lynch.
Conflicts with the American League
have been wiped out this year every
where except in Chicago, and the in
crease of conflicts in Chicago is con-
sidered as more than offset by the
Increased number of Sundays sched-
uied for the National League in that
city AS il now stands there is an
equal division, each league having
maximum of seventeen Sundays, with
eight conflicting dates, and with but
one conflicting Saturday. In St. Louis
all conflicting games have been ellmI-
league has thirteen Sundays to itself
or so per cent. of the whole. There
are only two scheduled double-head-
ers. both assigned to Boston. One
was made necessary to avoid an extra
trip of the Brooklyn Club to Boston
and the other to avoid a conflict.
None of the clubs in the East play
two series in succession with the
same club. This will do away with
the bad probation of a weak club be-
ing pitted against strong club for
a long stretch of games.
Each club plays on twenty-siX Sat
urdays out of a possible twenty-six.
Cincinnati and st. Louis play an ex-
ira Sunday, which is due to possible
overnight jump from the East to
two Saturdays and two Sundays in
the West. This is new feature.
worked out by Barney Dreyfuss of
Pittsburg- The openings and holidays,
of course. are fixed by the rule of
alteration with the American League.
The committee drafted the schedule
in a conference with the American
League, and the meetings, it is adj
mitted by both leagues, were carried
on in a spirit of cooperation and fair
ness.
The mileage of each club during
the season was announced as follows:
New York, 1854 miles; Brooklyn,
1897: Boston, 1924; Philadelphia.
S.42s: Pittsburg, 1880; Cincinnati,
1O.s62; Chicago, 14.5a7;Sand st. Louis,
teams is Se,733.
After some discussion the league
again adopted the Spalding baseball
for a period of twenty years. This
ball has been used by the league for
thirty-four years, ii was announced,
and found satisfactory, so the league
saw fit to renew the contract, despite
the propositions from other concerns.
Treasurer Whalen of the New York
and President Russell of Boston were
tod RI drox a
contract for twenty years with Spald-
ing & Brother. After the meeting the
Goldsmith concern of Cincinnati an
pounced that the proposition they
of s525.000 for a term of twenty years,
half to be paid in cash in yearly in
stallments and half in baseballs. This
proposition was declined.
The league paid President Thomas
salary $1,000, from $4,000 to $4,000.
On the motion of President Ebbets
of the Brooklyn Club the date of the
schedule meeting each year was set
for the first Tuesday in February. Mr.
Fbbets was also appointed a commit
tee on telegraph overtures.
The only deal that was reported
among the big gathering of baseball
men at the hotel yesterday was the
sale of Infielder Boz Hall of BaIti-
more to the St Paul Club of the
American Association.
There was very little discussion at
the meeting about the renewal of the
National agreement with The Ameri-
can League. This agreement expires
next year.
Charles W. Murphy held a peace
conference with Heinie Zimme rman,
the Cubs substitute infielder, after
which he announced that Heinie's
wish in the matter of salary had been
Eranted and that he had signed with
the Cubs for another year. .