The Washington herald., 1920-02-11
By GEORGE L. MoRELANp.


II President Clark Griffith had
selected the dates the Nationals
were to play this coming season.
he could not have done better for
his club than President johnson
did.
Ye fans! Think OF having the
pleasure Of going out to watch six-
teen Sunday games at home this
summer. This is what the sched-
uIe shows the Nationals to have
been allotted. Then we get thir-
teen Saturdays at home. ana 20
help matters, Washington was given
two holidays. the first being July
with the New York club and
Babe" Ruth Why, oysterviIle will
be deserted that day. as all the
fans Of Baltimore will be on hand
to root for the Yankees and Ruth.
Then on Labor Day Boston will
play two games. and-what will be
disappointment to the fans here
the twin bill played that day viii
wind up the schedule at home, for
the Nationals are scheduled TO play
all remaining games away from
home. closing the season on Oc-
tober 2 at Philadelphia
Boston 60 open-
Boston will be seen in the open
ing games. both at bone and in
Washington with the Nationals, for
Washington will be away from
this city until the z2d of April.
and will be home for only four
games. then going over to New
York to meet Huggins' boys for q
quartet OF contests. returning af-
ter the last game in that city Sat-
urday, April %. to play the Ath-
letics here on Sunday.
Then the Nationals begin q string
of twenty-five games at home dur
ing May. with but four games
abroad, and they come home the
last OF the month. The Nstionals
play the Athletics on the 2sth ano
2sth and then run over 70 New
York for the two games on Dec
oration Day.
June will see the team at hou,
very seldom. but eight games be-
ing scheduled, with nineteen or
the road But the following month.
July. the boys are all set for a
long series OF twenty games. meet
ing each OF the other clubs be-
fore they sail away for the Au-
gust series.
No September Dates.
or the ~ games TO be played NJ
home. 70 OF them will be played be-
fore the first OF September. But
four games will be seen here after
the first Of that month. CLEVELAND
for one game and Boston for the
other three. Labor Day will wind
up The season on the local grounds
so you must get your moneys
worth by the latter part OF August
Philadelphia, on account of not
having Sundays at home, must be
taken care of. and with only wash
ington and New York playing Sun
day games on their own grounds,
the Mackmen will get four Sundays
here. But We will have Boston and
New York for three games also, so
out of the 16 Sundays we meet the
other three Eastern clubs in 10 Of
them, while Chicago, Detroit and
st. Louis will get a pair. Cleveland
7 being the only Western club that
comes to Washington bue once.
Good sunday 6smes
The locals. on the other hand,
were well taken care of away from
home for Sundays, as they get two
! one each IN st. Louis, Cleveland and
New York.
There are not many long jumps
! ahead OF the boys. After the game
at Boston on July 3rd the Griffmerf
hop right back home for a game
with New York on the 4th and a
double bill on the 5th.
/ The next big jump will be from
I here to Detroit. stopping of at
I Philadelphia for one game July IS,
en- route TO Tigerville.
Long September Trip.
The longest jump will be from
Washington to st. Louis on Sep
tember Z, but they will have until
the 9Th TO travel. as they open q
three-game series on the latter
date.
The Nationals and Boston are
scheduled to play a double-header
on September IS at Boston. This
is the only case in which the locals
are booked to play a twin bill ex-
cept on the holidsys
In looking over the schedule
carefully you will notice that
Washington gets more Sundays than
any team in the league. having
sixteen, while the best any other
BtNE lt AniTNtCus anu OoNn Nul-
cago and Detroit are the ones that
' get that number.
We get the same number Of SAT-
urdsys at home as do Boston and
the Athletics and neither Of them
play at home Sundays.
: New York gets the Bunker Hiu
Day games at Boston This is one
day that all clubs are anxious to
grab, as the games are played dur
ing the FIRST part OF the season.
But we. of Washington should
worry, for with the cream of the
dates on Sundays and holidays
handed to the Nationals all fans
in this city should be satisfied.
Adopts Long Schedule.
Chicago. Feb. 10-The American As
sociation Baseball League today
! adopted q les-game schedule The
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