Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
SCHEDULE FRAMED
Season Opens April Ia and Closes
October 8, With l54 Games
on the Chart.
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Ch;caoo Feb. lO-The American
league bssebsll season will open Aprii IA
and close October 3, according TO the
official 1920 schedule released tonighe
bv r. Il. Johnson, president OF the league.
Tho schedule shows a restoration of the
J5I games chart, which was curtaiied
last Season because of the world war
An innovation in this years schedule Is
the listing OF Sunday games at Washing
ton and New York. This Is the hrst
time I'm the history of the league that this
has been done at the time the schedule
WAS drafted. The world war was re-
sponsible for this. Last season, games
were permitted in Washington and New
York. but the schedule made no provision
for these contests As result the schedule
Ras revised and a number Of games were
advanced in order to play on the Sab
bath.
The four western clubs will open IN
The west. while the clubs of the east
Nill inaugurate the season Mt the eastern
end of the circuit.
Opcning games are listed as follows
Detroit at Chicago.
It. Louis at Cleveland.
New York at Philadelphla.
Washington at Boston.
Roston IS scheduled to close the season
before the other clubs. The final curtain
for the Red Sox will be rung down on
September - A double header with
Washington billed rs the opponent IS
on the program for that day. The fol-
lowing day. September %, New YORK
will close its season ut Philadelphia.
The last of the eastern clubs TO quit for
tho season are the Senators and the
Athletics. who meet at Philadelphia on
October ?.
The four western clubs are scheduled
10 close the season on Sunday, October
2. Tho White Sox will finish at st.
Louis and Cleveland is slated to close
at Detroit.
The schedule. as in former years, calls
for three swings around the circuit
Detroit after opening at Chicago viii
60 TO Cleveland, and then return home
on April - for its first game Mt home with
tho league champions as an opponent.
-. Louis opens at home with Cleveland
as an opponent on the same day, follow
ing its series at Cleveland and Chicago.
New York, after prying the nd OF at
Philadelphia, will so to Boston for
series and then to the Polo Grounds, 10
play its first home games with the Nth
lrticS as the attraction on April -. The
W Washington ltAliS Will Ltt AAttA AAN rAtitiSS
of the Senators on April -, when. after
a series in Philadelphia and Boston, they
como home 10 meet the Red SoX.
Washington has drawn the plum IN
regard 10 the greatest number of Sunday
games The Senators have been given
rs Sunday dates. Chicago and Detroit
each have lS, while st. Louis Clcve-
land and New York have been awarded
- piece. Philadelphia and Boston
have no Sunday games at home, because
baseball is forbidden there on the Sab
bath.
Boston. Detroit and Washington share
alike IN the distribution of Saturday
games. each being scheduled 20 play Is
weekend games At home. The other
FIVE clubs havo been gwen II Saturdays
each at home.
Indepcndencc Dav-lulv falling on
SUNDAY, the schedule makers have ar
ranged holiday bills for Monday, July
=. Games on that day will he played at
Chicago, Detroit, Washington and Phlla-
dclphla.
Decoration Dav-May S0-also falling
ON n SUNDAY. enabled the trainers Of the
plaving chart, 20 book holiday bills for
tho following dav. These games VIII be
paved at St Louis, Cleveland, New
York and Boston.
Tho Red Sox have been awarded
holiday bill for April l9-Bunker Hill
Day
Chicago. Cleveland. Washington and
New York arc scheduled to play Labor
Dav games at home on September o.
There are four conflicting dates with
the National League, and these are In
Chicago, on May Q, june -, September
rs. when the Chicago Cubs are scheduled
20 play at-hOme.
The western clubs start their invasion
Of the east on May IL. Chicago will |
bc AZ New York 81. Louis at Philadelphia; |
Cleveland at Boston and Detroit al |
The Eastern clubs Will make their |
first western trip on June s with Boston |
appearing at Chicago. Washington AT |
=, LOUIS. New York at Detroit and |
at Cleveland