Evening star., 1927-05-27


the American League sched-
VI ule calls for most Of the bat
/ Ting between Nationals and
Yankees to end on July 5, the
former, should they find themselves
in the pennant race when August rolls
around, still would have two fine
chances to profit at the expense OF
Miller Huggins' crowd that has been
heading the pack since the champion
ship campaign started.
Seven games only are listed between
these clubs after July 5, but they are
assigned to two series scheduled at
such times that they would be OF the
utmost importance should Nationals
and Yanks happen to be in the thick
of the struggle for the flag
During the second week in August.
the stage Of a season when flag
aspiring club is supposed to make or
break itself, the Yankees are to visit
Washington for a four-game series.
1t will be their last appearance Of the
year in Clark Griffith Stadium. The
next and last set Of the season be-
tween these ardent rivals will occur
here September 20 and 30 and October
/. the fag end Of the campaign.
The Nationals. following the four
game series to be played here today
and tomorrow, also are to meet the
Hugmen in Washington on July 3. and
in three engagements booked here for
July and 5. AS to date they have
been thorns in the sides of the Yanks,
these tits may go far toward getting
the Nationals into the thick Of the
nag fight.
Weather Concerns Bucky.
Manager Stanley Harris is rather
confident that his club is fully fit to
carry the fight to the Yanks in the
pair Of dual sketches at Col. Jake
Ruppert's huge stadium today and
tomorrow. The only thing really wor.
rying Bucky now is the weather. He
is particularly anxious to dispose of
the four games during this visit, that
he may square up the season schedule
with the New Workers.
This has been terrible week here
for base ball, though. Not game
has been played in Greater New York
for some days and the heavy down.
pours have left Yankee Stadium in
poor shape. Showers yesterday morn.
ing prevented the Nationals from
staging the workout they had planned
for the off.day. The sun showed its
face in the afternoon for the first time
since Bucky Harris and his athletes
reached town, but it did not remain
long on the job. However, the
meteorological sharks have predicted
fair but cooler weather for today ana
tomorrow, 80 Nationals and Yanks
may be able to go through with their
program. even though fur coats have
to be ordered for the players.
While the miserable weather pre-
vailing in most OF the big league cities
this Spring has been forcing many
postponements and piling up double
headers for the future, the provision
for open dates in the American League
schedule becomes more and more or
q mystery. In the case OF the WASH.
ington club, open dates are not good
for much because so few OF them
could be used for the playing on OF
postponements.
Conflicts with regular dates of the
opposition could not be avoided IN
many instances. And when the club
does have date that. according to
the schedule, should be mutually
asreeabIe. IL cannot use it because its
proper opponent has to fulfill an ex-
hibition engagement. It appears that
open dates are open dates only when
q club cares to have them as such.
"Open Dates" Are Jokes.
This 'open-date" business rapidly
is becoming a Joke more or less,
mostly more. AS soon as the
schedule is off the press most of the
American League magnates hunt
eagerly for the days their clubs are
not scheduled to play and promptly
begin arranging exhibition contests for