Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-07
PEP DATES SHOULD
PLEASE THE FANS
Seventy-seven Home Games
Include Many Saturday, Sum
day and Holiday Contests.
FIRST CLASH SATURDAY

Newark fans can be well satisfied
with the dates allotted in the Federal
League baseball schedule for the sea-
son of 1915. The "Peps," as the New
ark Feds have been officially nick
named, will engage in seventy-seyen
games at the new park in Harrison,
playing the first home contest on
Friday afternoon, April 16, with the
Baltimore Terrapins as opponents.
Included in the list of home dates are
seventeen Sundays, twelve Satur-
days and three holidays,
,, First Game in Baltimore.
Newark will open away from home,
enga ging in a three-game series with
the Terrapins, at Baltimore, starting
Saturday, after which the Peps will
go to Brooklyn for two games, This
will bring them to Newark for the
opening game here on April 16. The
Newfeds will remain home for four
game series with Baltimore, to be fol-
lowed by Brooklyn for four games
Buffalo Is next in line on the local
grounds. followed by st. Louis, Pitts
burgh, Chicago and Kansas City, thus
meeting every team before their
initial swing around the circuit.
The Pops begin their first Western
invasion at Buffalo May IA. While
abroad the Peppers will meet Buff
falo, Pittsburgh, st. Louis, Kansas
/ City, Chicago, in order, returning
home on Decoration Day morning to
meet Brooklyn.
On the afternoon of May 81 the
Pops will face the Tip Tops in Brook
lyn. The following day Brooklyn will
be met at Brooklyn, while on June
2 the Pops will meet Baltimore at
the Harrison park. June 3 and are
idle dates, but on June Bill Phillips's
team will start q two game series
here with the Buffeds. Newark will
go to Brooklyn on June 9 for five
games, the locals coming home on
June 13 for a Sunday game with
! Buffalo, after which ST. Louis will be
met in fourgame series at Harri
son, followed by Pittsburgh, which
will play here for five games, Kansas
/ City four games, Chicago three
games. Brooklyn will be here on
! July and 3, while Baltimore will
! play here Sunday, July 4.
on the morning OF July the Pops
will play in Brooklyn. while the same
clubs will clash here in the after
noon. The Peps will play abroad on
July G, and with Baltimore, re-
turning home on July 10 and IL for
games with the Terrapins.
Start Western Trip in Buffalo.
The Pops will then go to Buffalo
for four games, thence to Kansas
City, to Pittsburgh, to st. Louis, to
| Chicago. On August 6 the Peps will
| jump back from Chicago to Newark
to open up a series of games with
Kansas City in the final series of
games at home with the Western
clubs. Kansas City is followed by
| Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and
Buffalo. Newark will then swing to
Baltimore on Saturday, August IS,
jumping home the following day to
play a game with Baltimore. The
team will go back to Baltimore tc
play there on Monday.
The Peps then amble to Buffalo to
play a four-game series with the
Buffeds, after which they will come
home for a Sunday game September
Is with Baltimore. They will meet
the Brooklyn Feds in Brooklyn or
Labor Day morning, while the same
teams will play here Labor Day aft.
ernoon, and also ON September ant
8. From Newark the Pops will jumI
to st. Louis, thence to Kansas City
to Chicago, to Pittsburgh, meeting
the Rebels in two games September
"a and 20. From Pittsburgh the Pep.
will return to Chicago for Sunday
| game on September &C. and then viii
go back to Pittsburgh for two NOR,
, contests.
The Pops will jump down to Balti
more for three games, and will play
the final game of the season at New
ark on Sunday, October 8, with Balti
more.