Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE
OPENS APRIL IS
Indie atoms Point to Big Season
i'm Ban Johnson's
Circuit.

cblrago Fob 12-The American
Ieasrle baseball season will open on
"Wednesday. April i3. and close on
sunday. oct. =. according TO the oiiiciai
1897 schedule released by b. q. John-
son pressdcnt of the league. Tho sche-
dule calls for 15i games, each cluo
nla1.,,fs balf this number on the home
grounds.
sunday games at Washington and
~ Work which were introduced into
Tho league at tho end OF the season
tv,o years ago. and which became "a
pnrt of the regular schedule last year,
ayai, have been scheduled. with the
washington club drawing II Sundays
and 10 sabbath games each being
awarded to New York. Chicago ana
81. Louis while Detroit has been given
twelve.
Au the cities in the league permit
baseball on SUNDAY except Boston ana
Philadelphia. -,
In playing the fun schedule it wlii
be necessary for each ciuh 10 iii"Ne
three swings around the circuit.
I'll. season Will open with western
clubs playing western clubs ana the
,,st,rn representatives meeting each
other.
Opening games are listed as follows
chicago at Detroit; Cleveland at ST
Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Bos-
ton at Washington
An Tho clubs which start the sea-
son away from nome, will return 70
their own yards on April Il ana give
the homo folks their first opportunity
10 see their clubs IN action.
ChicaEo after the opening games al
Detroit with the Tigers. will jump
down 10 St. Louis and tackle the
Browns III series. after which me
White Sox Will come back home ana
meet Tv Cobbs club again. Cleveland
the worlds championships start
The season at st. Louis move up TO
Detroit for the second series and then
iris sneaker will take his Indians
Ahonle 10 meet the ST. Louis Browns In
1the first game on their home grounds
In the Last babe Ruth and the
Yankees viii he the first opponents 70
play NJ philadelphia after the Ath-
letics have finished their series at New
York and Washington, Boston fans
will get their nrst glimpse Of the ked
Sox in action when the Washington
Senators come to the Hub city TO raise
the curtain April p.
The eastern clubs will be the first 10
Htf tho ITtAn AoE Alte LA SAAA ~ NA-D NAA
emit The invasion of the West Will
open on May 10. when Boston will be
al Chicago: Philadelphia at st. Louis
New York al Detroit and Washington,
NJ Cleveland. The West goes East June
d with Chicago At Washington,
Detroit at Philadelphia, st. Louis al
New York and Cleveland at Boston.
Chicago Detroit. Washington and
New York have been awarded is Sat
urdays each. while the other four clubs
Cleveland. ST. Louis. Philadelphia and
Boston have been given a dozen each
Double headers will be played in al
cities on holidays. Independence Day
July 4th-Chicago win play al Cleve-
hand: Detroit viii be AT St Louis
washington at Boston and Philadel-
phia AZ New York.
Labor Day-Sept 5, Chicago Is sche-
s,iied 70 be at Detroit, while St Louis
viii he NJ Cleveland. Washington at
Philadelphia and New York at Boston.
Decoration Day May so-Chicago
Ulu play AT home with St Louis as
rs opponent. Cleveland will be at De-
rroit Washington will be at home 70
%cw York and the Athletics viii meet
noston at Philadelphia. The Boston
Rcd Sox have heen given the other
holiday listed by the league-Bunker
Hr pav. June Il. and VIII play before
the home folks with the Detroit Tigers
as an opponent.