The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-08
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lSCHEDUlE 1920 GA N ES.

league baseball season will open April
and close October 3, according TO
official 1920 schedule released today
r. E. johnson. president of tine
ieaSue. The schedule shows i restore
uon or the 154 games chart, which
was curtailed last season because of
tue world war. An innovation in this
years schedule is the listing of Sun.
DAY games at Washington and New
YORK. This /. the first time in the
history of the league that this has
ceen done al the time the schedule
was drafted. The world war was re.
Sponsible for this. Last season, games
were permitted in Washington ana
New York, but the schedule made no
provision for these contests. As a re.
suit the schedule was revised and
number of games were advanced in
order to play on the Sabbath.
The four western clubs will open in
the west while the clubs of the east
will inaugurate the season at the
eastern end OF the circuit
Opening games are listed as follows
Detroit at Chicago;
St. Louis at Cleveland;
q New York at Philadelphia,
Washington at Boston.
Boston Is scheduled to close the
season before the other clubs. The
hnai curtain for the Red Sox will be
rrung down on September 2S. A double
header, with Washington billed as the
opponent is on the prograAi for that
day. The following day, Sept. 80, New
York will close its season at Phil
atelphia- The last OF the Eastern
hbs to quit for the season are the
Senators and the Athletics, who meet
at Philadelphia on October 9
The four western clubs are sched-
j nled to close the season on Sunday,
October 8. The White Sox will finish
at ST. Louis and Cleveland Is slated
10 close at Detroit.
The schedule. as in former years,
calls for three swings around tne
circuit.
Detroit after opening at Chicago will
go 10 Cleveland. and then return home
on April 90 for It's first game dt
home with the league champions as
y an opponent st. Louis opens at home
with Cleveland as an opponent on thc
same day, following its series at Cleve-
land and Chicago. New York after
prying the lid off at Philadelphia, Will
go 10 Boston for Il series and then
to the Polo grounds TO play its
first home games with the Athletics
as the attraction on April 90. The
Washington fans will get their first
glimpse of the Senator's on April
%, when, after a series in Philadelphia
and Boston, tlRy come home to meet
the Red SoX.
Washington has drawn the plum
III regard TO the greatest number OF
Sunday games. The Senators have
been given lG Sunday dates. Chicago
and Detroit each have 13, while 81.
Louis. Cleveland and New York have
been awarded IL u piece. Philadelphia
and Boston have no Sunday games
at home, because baseball is forbidden
there on the Sabbath.
kBoston, Detroit and Washington
a bare alike in the distribution of Sat.
urday games, each being scheduled
TO play 13 weekend games at home
The other five clubs have been given
~ Saturdays each at home.
Independence Day-July 4-falllng
on Sunday, the schedule makers have
arranged holiday bill. for Monday
July 8. Games on that day will b,
played at Chicago, Detroit. Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
Decoration Day-May 30-also fail
ing on Sunday. enabled the trainers
of the playing char, TO book holiday
bills for the following day. These
games will be played at St Louis
Cleveland, New York and Boston.
The Red Sox have been awarded q
holiday hill for April Is-Bunker Hi
Day.
Chicago. Cleveland, Washington ant
New York are scheduled to play Labo,
Day games at home on September 4
There are four conflicting date.
with the National League, and Tn ssc
sare in Chicago, on May ., June n
Sept. 5 and Sept 20 when the Chic
ago Cubs are scheduled 10 play al
home.
The Western clubs start their IN
.yasion Of the East on May IL. Chic
ago will be Ut New York; St. Louis al
Philadelphia: cleveland at Boston an(
Detroit at Washington.
The Eastern clubs will make theil
first western trip on June s, with
Boston appearing at Chicago, Wash
in3ton at St. Louis, New York at De
Iroit and Philadelphia at Cleveland