Evening star., 1940-07-23
New Workers Play !
OF Last 3 Games
On Home Field
Schedule Hos D. e. Club
Awuy From Here Almost
Half Of Compoisn

Awuy From Here Almost
Half Of Compoien
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
Refusal of the New York baseball
Giants to allow their football name
sakes to use the Polo Grounds for
home games until the middle Of
October again has given the Red
skins No. l public enemies . break
In the schedule, release Of 1910
National Football League dates re-
vealed today.
Because the management Of Bill
Terry's team always figures 1t has
q chance to stage the World Series,
football annually Is barred from the
Polo Grounds until after the fail
baseball classic. Thus. the football
Giants always open the season on
the road and play the bulk of their
home games late in the campaign.
This fall. the Giants will get even
more Of . break in that respect, for
they aren't scheduled to make .
single Western trip and will wind
up their league season with seven
home games and an eighth just
across the river. at Brooklyn. Pitts
burgh, Washington and Philadelphia
will be visited by Tuffy Leemans &
Co. for their first three games. the
Giants last out-of-town game COM
ing on September 2S.
Stretch Favsrs Redskins.
internationally, however, the
Giants didn't figure any better than
the Redskins for. in contrast to the
Marshallmen's Western foes-the
Bears. Cardinals and Lions-the
New Workers must play the Bears.
Packers and Rams. Philadelphia,
now considered real contender for
Eastern honors, must play the
Packers. Rams and Lions. while
Brooklyn drew the Bears, Rams and
Cardinals and Pittsburgh the
Cardinals. Lions and Packers.
The Eagles are the only Eastern
team scheduled to play twice in the
West. all other teams in this section
playing host in two Of three games
with intersectional foes.
In the stretch run, the schedule
slightly favors the Redskins for
nowhere on their list do the Indians
run into successfully hard games
such as the Giants face with the
Bears, Dodgers, Rams, Packers and
Redskins one Sunday after another
from October u through December
l. During that same period. the
Redskins must play the Lions, Steel
ers, Dodgers, Bears, Giants and
Eagles.
Skins Don't Play ut Night.
The steelers are the only Eastern
team scheduled to play on the
leagues opening date, September 8,
when they will meet the Cardinals.
Eight Of the loops 10 teams, in
cluding all the Eastern teams, swing
into action the following week.
The Redskins lone of date comes
on September 20, the Giants on
October and the Eagles on No.
vember 3. -
The champion Packers only East
ern appearance will be made at
New York on November II. while
Bears will play both at New York
and Washington. Parker Hall and
his and coming Cleveland Rams
will be in New York on November
10 and in Brooklyn the week fol-
lowing.
Five night games, the same mum.
Der as last year, are scheduled with
Davey OBrien and his Philadelphia
Eagles participating In four of them
two at home with the Giants and
Dodgers and the other two at Cleve-
land and Brooklyn. The Chicago
Bears and Cardinals first intra-
city game also Is scheduled beneath
the lights:
The complete schedule:
('signifies nieht games.)
Sunday. 0eptember B.
Chicago Cardinals At Pittsburgh.
Sunday. September Is ~.
BROOKLYN 1t WAsHNoToN.
New York at Pittsburgh.
rhiladelphia At Green Bay.
Detroit at Chicaeo Cardinals.
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PHILADELPHIA At Cleveland.
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PITTSBURGH at Detroit
ChicAgo Bears At Green Bay.
"wednesday. September 45-
Chicago Bears at Cardinals.
Saturday. September 2S-
New York at Philadelphia.
Sunday. September %.
Brooklyn At Pittsourah.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Chicago Cardinals at Green Bay mill
waukee).
sFriday. October f.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Sunday. October g.
WASHINGTON at Pittsburgh.
Chicaso Bears at Cleveland.
Chicago Cardinals At Detroit.
Sunday. October IA
Chicaso Cardinals At WARRINGTON.
Pittsburgh At Brooklyn.
Philadelphia At New YORK.
Detroit at CHICAGO 1Aars.
Cleveland At Green Bay.
Sunday. october 90
WASHINGTON at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Brooklyn at ChicAgo Bears:
Chicago Cardinals 1t Cleveland.
Detroit at Green Bay.
SATURDAY. October 90