The Washington herald., 1915-02-04
American League Schedule
Announced and Grifmen
Are Favored, Playing to
Two Opening Day Crowds.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
BY WILLIAM PEET.


/, For Washington fans. the 1915 Ameri-
can League schedule adopted at the an
nuaI schedule meeting in New York yes
terday is much more satisfactory than
the list Of games the Nationals were
| called upon TO play last year and in 1918
The New York 'Yanks open on the
| Florida avenue ball park April "a and
| play three games. The Boston Red Sox
come here for 4 quartet of games right
on the heels of the Nanks. and then the
! Griffmen go to New York to open the
season in Gotham.
! Washington gets thirteen Saturdays
and one hoIiday day-Decoration Day. The
! Fourth of July game goes to Boston.
! with the Nationals as the attraction. and
Labor Day finds the Griffmen in Phila-
dclphia.
| As customary, the Eastern clubs in
wade the West. just the reverse Of con-
| ditions last year, but this has its ad-
vantages as the Western teams come
! East just before the curtain fiops, giving
Washington a long string of games at
home late in the fall.
The chart provides for 154 games by
each club. as usual. and the season will
! end October :. with Boston at New
York. though the other teams will have
Since May 3O and July fall this year
on Sunday. the holiday douhle-headers
are appointed for the following Mondays.
As Was the case last year the conflicts
! have been reduced to four, so far as tho
National League Is concerned. and again
they arc all in Chicago. on Sundays. Chi
CaEo leads in Sundays at home. with
fourteen. and is tied with the four East
errt clubs with thirteen Saturdays at
home.
From New York last night came the
report that the Yankees would probably
purchase the release Of Rubc OIdring
from the Athletics Connie Mack re-
fused to deny the rumor when inter
viewed. and it is believed thiS player
will be sold before the week is out.
Hero is what Harold H. Hilton. the
famous English golfer. thinks about
American golf:
On the principle that a golfer is at
his best between twcnty-sevcn and thirty
seven, the outlook of American gUIf
would appear to he particularly rosy,
as all their leading players are well or
the near side OF thirty. and the one
who has been most successful of ALI dur
ing very recent times has not Vet ar
rived at mans estate. and this early
DEVELOPMENT Of American Eolfng youth
]
ish point of view, as Tc are accustom-
ed TO look upon a golfer of thirty years
of age as comparative baby: but there
was a time when We considered this
stamp OF golfer as a seasoned player.
It is the continued success Of the older
school which has served to alter our
sense of proportion
If you have tears. prepare 10 shed
them now. Soon the poor baseball
slaves will be compelled to travel
South Those harsh Simon LeGrees the
maEnatcs are forcing tho downtroddcn
diamond serfs tO-to warmer climates
meath sunny skies. Pity, Think of il!
Poor defcnselcss slaves. railroaded
southwark at the expense Of their own
crs Torn ruthlcsslv away from the
snow and ice and free lunch of the
North and huddled together in some
winter resort in Florida or California.
where there is nothing left for them
to do except bask in the sunshine.
stroll by the sea. and play baseball
on the lawn.
'TiS a slaves life!
(But we wish we were a slave)