The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-13
AMERICANS TO OPEN
SEASON APRIL Is
Schedule for This Year Provides for
f54 Games, Half to Be Played
on Homo Grounds.

League ba&0Dflii season Will Op6n Oh
Wednesday, April 10, and close on
Sunday, oct 2, according to the Of
fetal 1921 schedule, released tonight
by b. B. Johnson. president Of the
league. The schedule calls for 154
games. each club playing half this
number on the home grounds.
Sunday games at Washington and
New York which were introduced
into the league at the end of the sea-
son two years ago and which became
a part OF the regular schedule last
year, again have been scheduled, with
the Washington club drawing II Sun
days and 10 Sabbath games each be-
ing awarded to New York, Chicago and
st. Louis while Detroit has been
given twelve.
All the cities I'm the league permit
baseball on Sunday except Boston and
Philadelphia.
In playing the full schedule it will
be necessary for each club 20 make
three swings around the circuit.
The season will open with western
clubs playing western clubs and the
eastern representatives meeting each
other
Opening games are listed as follows:
Chicago at Detroit
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at New York.
Boston at Washington.
All the clubs which start the sea
son away from home, will return to
their own Yards on April n and gave
the home folks their first opportunity
TO see their clubs in action.
Chicago after the opening games at
Detroit with the Tigers, will jump
down to ST. Louis and tackle the
Browns In a series. after which the
White Sox will come back home and
meet Ty cobb's club again. Cleveland
the worlds champions, who start the
season at ST. Louis move up to Detroit
for the second series and then iris
Speaker win take his Indians home to
meet the st. Louis Browns in the first
game on their home grounds.
In the East Babe" Ruth and the
Yankees will be the first opponents to
play ut philadelphia after the Ath- !
letics have finished their series at New
York and Washington; Boston fans
will get their first glimpse of the Red
Sox IN action when the Washington |
Senators come to the Hub city to raise
the curtain April 81.
The eastern clubs will be the first to
hit the trail for the far end Of the cir !
cult. The invasion OF the West will |
open on May 10. when Boston will be
ut Chicago; Philadelphia at st. Louis; |
New York at Detroit and Washington
at Cleveland The west goes east June |
2. with Chicago at Washington, De-
troit at Philadelphia, st. Louis al New |
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Chicago Detroit, Washington ana
New York have been awarded 10 Sat-
urdays each while the other four /
clubs-Cleveland ST. Louis Philadel-
phia and Boston have been given q
dozen each.
Double headers viii be played in all
cities on holidays. Independence Day
July 4th--Chicago will play at
Cleveland, Detroit will be at ST. Louis,
Washington at Philadelphia and New
York at Boston.
Labor Day-sept. 8. Chicago is
scheduled to be at Detroit, while st.
Louis wilt be at Cleveland. Washing
ton at Philadelphia and New York at
Boston.
Decoration Day May 3O-Chicago
will play at home with st. Louis as its
opponent; Cleveland will be at De-
troit; Washington VIII be at home to
New York and the Athletics viii meet
Boston at Philadelphia The Boston
Red Sox have been given the other
holiday listed by the league-Bunker
Hin Day, June II. and viii play be-
fore the home folks with the Detroit
Tigers as an opponent.
There are three dates on the sched-
ule which conflict with the National |
league schedwule and all three con-
flicts are in Chicago. The dates all of
which fall an Sundays are May /.
June 20 ana Sept. IL.
While the White Sox are playing
Cleveland In Chicago on Ma. /. Pitts
burgh and Chicago will lbe the Ma
tional league attraction in the Windy
city on June 90, Detroit and Chi
cago will be the attraction at Comis-
key Park, while Pittsburgh again
meets the Cubs. The last conflicting
date Sept IL, will see Detroit meet
Ing the White Sox while ST Louis
Cardinals will play the Cubs.