Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-05
"A. |. Schedule
VIII Require
3 Plane Trips
Travel Complicated
From Kansas City to
Detroit, Cleveland
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| CHICAGO. Jan. Sight
plane trips viii be required In
this years American League
baseball schedule with Kansas
City as q new member.
WIN Harridge. league presi-
dent. today estimated the 1856
schedule. to be announced jan
nary II. viii add between 5000
and 10000 miles Of travel for the
eight clubs over q previous av-
erage season.
Harridge said that the shift Of
Baltimore into the Eastern Divi-
sion and the switch Of the AS
from Philadelphia to Kansas
City brought considerable travel
compensation on . divisional
basis.
| However, travel complications
between Kansas City and Detroit
and Cleveland have made neces-
sary the eight plane trips which
will mark the first time . regu-f
lar schedule put the league In
the air. hi
| Cleveland, Baltimore and De-
troit new last year. but Is = nlat-
ter Of convenience and not be-
cause the schedule required Il.
One Flight for Senators.
| The difference this year Isl
that in some instances Of week.
end play. rail service would not
get the clubs. to required dates,
going tor coming orl1--Kan-
Isas City and Cleveland or De-
troit without an intervening
open date.
All suitable rail hops from the
Eastern cities. or Detroit and
Cleveland, to Kansas City or vice
/ versa require a Chicago transfer.
| When st. Louis operated. q con-
| venient rail Jump could be made
directly from Detroit or Cleve-
land to that city.
In the opening week Of the
season, Detroit's Tigers must fly
from Kansas City to Detroit for
q home opener against Cleveland.
On Saturday, April 80. Washing
! ton flies from Detroit to Kansas
City for q Sunday game.
Kansas City flies from home
4 after q Saturday, May %. game
/ with Cleveland to Detroit for 81
Memorial Day twin bin with the
/ Tigers. After July 8 play at
Kansas City, the Tigers ny to
Cleveland and the White Sox
| fly from Cleveland to Kansas
City
/ Baltimore takes q plane from
1 Kansas City to Detroit after an
August 81 game and Boston has
to travel from Detroit to Kansas
City in a Saturday Sunday
switch the same week end.
Started From Scratch.
The Sunday before Labor Day,
September 4, Kansas City must
| ny to Cleveland and Detroit back
4 home to play Chicago.
The New York Yankees, re-
luctant to ny, were allowed to
cancel q Saturday. April 80, date
at Kansas City TO move into De-
troit by train for q Sunday game.
In exchange. the Yankees and
Athletics win play q day-night
set at Kansas City Wednesday,
June l.
Harridge said that the. 1856
schedule was started from
scratch with no attempt to work
In Phiiadelphia's old home
/ schedule. Two sets Of schedules.
listing both Philadelphia and
Kansas City as members. were
submitted when the league final
" gave approval to Arnold
Johnson,s long bid to acquire
the AS on November 8.
Besides travel complications,
schedule-making problems also
involve synchronization Of home
dates for the is clubs Of both
major leagues. Harridge said.
! "A league schedule also must
be equitable over the years all
clubs getting o share Of Saturday,
Sunday and holiday dates and
no team can be kept away from
home too long" he added.