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Show AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE IS ARMED Opening of Sunday Baseball Gires Young Outfit Hear Play CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The - American - league - baaeball season will open on Wednesday, April 13, and close on Sunday, October 2, according; to the official 1121 schedule released tonight by B. B. Johnson, president of the lea rue. the schedule calls for 154 came, each club playlnc half thin number an tha home grounds. Sunday camee at Washington and New Tork, which war Introduced Into tha league at tha and of the season two years ago, and which became a part of tha regular achedula laat year, again have hen scheduled, with tha .Washington .Wash-ington olub drawing aeventeen Sundays and thirteen Sabbath games each being awarded to New Tork, Chicago cad St. Louis, while Detroit ha been (Ivan twelve. All tha cltlea In tha leagu permit baaeball baae-ball on Sunday tzcept Boston and Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. THRU LONQ TRIPS. In playing tha full achedula It will be necessary for each club to mak three swlnga around the circuit. The season will open with Western cluba playing Weetern clube and the Eastern representative meeting each other. Opening game are listed aa fotlowa: Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. l,oula. Philadelphia at New York. ttoalea at Waahlngton. OPSNINO DATS. . All tha cluba which atart the season away from home will return to their own yarda on April 21 and give the home folks their first opportunity to see their cluba In action. Chicago, after tha opening gsmee at Detroit with the Tigers, will jump down to St. Louis and tackle the Browns In a aeriaa, after which tha White box will come beck home and meet Tv Cobb'e club again. Cleveland, tha world s champions, cham-pions, who Tlsrt ths seaaon at HI. Louie, move up to Detroit for the aecond series and then Trie Speaker will take his Indiana In-diana home to meet tha St. Louis Hrowns In tha firat game on their home grounds. THIRD SCRIKS. In the Rest. "Babe" Ruth and tha Yankees will ba tha first opponeiau to play at Philadelphia after the Altffetlca have finished their aeries at New York and Washington; Boston fana wl(l get their first glimpse of tha Red Sox In action when the Washington Henatora go to tha Hub City to rata tha curtain cur-tain April tl. Tha Eastern cluba wtll bo tha first to hit the trail for tha far and of tha circuit. cir-cuit. Tha Invasion of th West will open on stay 10, when Boston will be at Chicago Philadelphia at 8t. Ixjuls. New Tork at Detroit and Waahlngton at Cleveland. The West goes Eaat June J. with Chicago at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia, Ht. Ixula at Now York and Cleveland at Boaton. CHOICE DATES. Chicago, Detroit, Washington and New Tork have been awarded thirteen Katur-daya Katur-daya each, while the other four clubs Cleveland, Rt. Iuis. Philadelphia and Boston have been given .n dosen each. Double headers will ba played In all cflles on holldaya. Independence day. July 4. Chicago win play St Cleveland, Detroit will be at Ht. Louie, Washington at Boaton and Philadelphia, at New York. lAbor day. September B. Chicago Is scheduled to be at IMtrolL while Fit. Louis will be at Cleveland Washington at Philadelphia and New Tork at Boaton. Boa-ton. HOLIDAYS. Decoration day, Mav 10. Chicago will play at home, with Ht. Louis aa It opponent: op-ponent: Cleveland will be at Detroit. Waahlngton will be at home to New Tork, and the Athletlca will meet Boston at Philadelphia. The Boston Red Ho have been clven the other holiday Haled by tha leacue Bunker Hill day, June 1? and will play 'before th horn folks, with tha Detroit Tiger aa an opponent. There are three datea on tha schedule wnlch conflict with th National leacue schedule and all three conflicts sre In Chicago. Th datea, all of which fall on gundaye, are May 1, June Is and September Sep-tember 11. While th White Box are playing Cleveland In Chicago on May 1, Pittsburg Pitts-burg and Chicago will be the National leagu attraction In tha Windy City. I On June It Detroit and Chicago will ba the attraction at Comiakey park, while Pittsburg again meets the Cuba. The laat conflicting date, September U, wtll aee Detroit meeting the White flog, while he St. Louis Cardlnala will play the Cuba. TABLE OP GAMES. The following talil ahow th number of Haturday. Hunday and holiday game of tha cluba at home and abroad: ABROAD. Saturday Sundays Holldaya Chicago 11 t i 81 Louis .... II I I Detroit It 11 J Cleveland .... 11 PI 1 Waahlngton ..11 1 1 Philadelphia 11 li 1 Nsw Yok .... II t I Boston 11 11 I AT HOME. Saludaya Sundays Holiday Chicago . ... 11 11 1 Ht. Louis ... 1J 11 I Detolt 11 11 i Cleveland ... 11 14 i Waahlngton .. 11 17 1 Philadelphia .11 1 New Yok 11 13 I Boston 13 |