Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-12
American League Will Start Its
 Season April IA

| April IA and close October 8, accord ing to the official schedule released tonight by B. B. Johnson, president of the league. The schedule shows. g restoration of the 154 games chart, which was curtailed last season be- cause of the World war. An inno- vation in this years schedule is the listing of Sunday games at Wash ington and New York. This is the first time in the history of the league that this has been done at the time the schedule was drafted. The World war was responsible for this Last season, games were permitted in Washington and New York, but the schedule made no provision for these contests. As a result the sched- 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 circuits
 i Opening games are listed as fol- lows:
 Detroit at Chicago; St. Louis at Cleveland; New York at Philodel- uhia; Washington at Boston.
 Boston is scheduled to close the | reason before the other clubs. The final curtain for the Red Sox will be rung down on September 28. A double header, with Washington billed as the opponent, is on the pro- gram for that day. The following day, September 29, New York will close it's season at Philadelphia. The last of the Eastern clubs to quit for the season are the Senators and the Athletics, who meet at Philadelphia on October 2.
 The four western clubs are sched- uled to close the season on Sunday October 3. The White Sox will fin fish at St. Louis, and Cleveland is slated to start at Detroit.
 The schedule, as in former years. calls for three swings around the
 Detroit after opening at Chicago will go to Cleveland, and then re- turn home on April P for its first game at home with the league cham pions as an opponent. St.. Louis opens at homeswith Cleveland as an opponent on the same day, follow ing its series at Cleveland and Chl- cago. New York, after prying the | lid off at Philadelphia, will go to Boston for series and then to the Polo grounds, to play it's first nome games with the Athletics as the at- traction on April 22. The washing ton fans will get their first glimpse of the Senators on April 22, when, after series inS Philadelphia ana Boston, they come home to meet 'he Red Sox.
 Washington draws the plum m re- gard to the greatest numner or pun- dav games. The Senators have been r;ven, 16 Sunday dates. Chicago and Detroit each have 13, while St. Louis' kclsveland. and New York have been Tawarded 12f a piece. Philadelphia and Boston have no Sunday game at home. because baseball is forbidden there on the Sabbath.
 Boston, Detroit and Washington, share alike in the distribution o1 Saturday games, each being sched7 nied to play IS weekend games al home The other five clubs have hean given 12 Saturdays each at home. 1..,. fo,,;no m Sunday, the schedule makers have arranged holiday bills for Mon, dav. July 5. Games on that day VIII be played at Chicago, Detroit wash- ;npton and Philadelphia. !,
 Decoration Day-May 30-also 1ali- inr on a Sunday, enabled the iran CTS of the playing chart to DOCK nor ;dsv hills for the following day. These games will be played at St' Louis, Cleveland, New York ana oos- '01; The Red sox have been awarded a holiday bill for April 1s-bunker
 Chicago, Cleveland, Washington and New York are scheduled to play Labor Day games at home on sep tember 6. n:.:u do+es with the National League, and these ao are in Chicago, on May 3, June e' ae' \ Sentember 5 and September zo' when the Chicago clubs are sched- Il uled to play at home.
 The western clubs start their m vasion of the East on May H. oni, on. caro will be at New York; St. Louls at Philadelphia; Cleveland at pos ton. and Detroit at Washington;
 The Eastern clubs will make tneiI \ f;rst western trip on June 5, w,h Boston appearing at Chicago; Masn nt ;rrton at St. Louis; New fork ~ netroit. and Philadelphia at CieVe-