The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-14
MUCH MORE TEAM. TRAVEL FOR '45
 MAJOR LEAGUES
BY WALT BYERS United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Chicago, March i4.-tUP) The American League today released n l045 schedule calling for nearly 6,500 miles more team travel and i9 more trips than last year.
 President William Harridgc told the United Press, however, that tle league would accomplish the 25 per cent travel reduction called for in the voluntary program baseball sub nltted to the Office of Defense Transportation by the elimination of the All-Star game, reduction of roster and allowing umpires to stay m one town longer.
 After being discarded for year, the schedule returns Co the usual custom of having the season open in Washington with a single game on April l6 with the other cubs jumping off the following day. As IL the past, with the exception O l944, New York again will go to the Capitol for the opener with a possibility that President Roosevelt will throw out the first ball.
 The Yankees will return to New York to open the season the next day against the Boston Red Sox-- thus adding 650 team miles to the l945 travel schedule which was eAmrated last year.
 Tn the other openers April IT, Chicago will be at Cleveland, Wash ington Ut Philadelphia and Detroit at St. Louis. In the secondary openers, April 20, St, Louis will be at Chicago, Cleveland at Detroit, and Philadelphia at Boston,
 The l54-game schedule will close on Sept. 30.
 Taking advantage of unlimited night ball, q total of l23 arc light contests have been scheduled with tne Browns, 1924 pennant winners, leading the way with 43. The Sen ators have scheduled 38 and the White SoX, Indians and Athletics 4 each. In addition there will be l2 twilight games--scVen at Detroit, four at Washington and one at Philadelphia.
 The eight teams will make to- .al of PAT trips under the l045 schedule with total mileage of 1l,- 39l. In i044 they made 228 trips with an aggregate mileage of 84,- ;9l. Tn 1924 they made 228 trips with an aggregate mileage of 84,o2l, d difference of CATO miles.
 The reduction, Harridge explained, will be in man miles" rather than team miles.
 The clubs have been ordered during a short trip to take only players who probably will play" Harridge said. "Fhe umpireS will work in one town longer and the elimination of the All-Star game will keep players, fans and writers off the road. Tn total that will reduce travelling by 25 per cent at the end of the season.
 Harridge, together with President Ford Prick, will confer with J, Mon- roe Johnson, ODT director, again Thursday and at that time may make further reVisionS to curta!l travel, They will determine at the meeting whether 10 play exhibition games during spring tralninB.
 Johnson made lt clear, however, that the ODT had made no re quests.
 No orders have bcne issued, no order Is contemplated and no or- derS will be necessary Go baseball because they've been very coopera- i've" Johnson said.
 A spokesman for Johnson, as- bumIng that the increase in the l045 schedule Was in team miles rather than man mics, said;
 We have no reason to believe that major and minor leagues will not fe able to cut their passenger miles totals by at least % per cent this season."