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Syracuse Chiefs inOpener April 21stIS§TORONTO Uf— The remodeled) International League, baseball'.-oldest minor league, opens its ?8th season on Monday, .April 17, with San Juan entertaining Toronto. The schedule was released ;today. !Since the start of the 1960 cam- I paign three major franchise shifts have been made. The Havana club | was moved to Jersey City in mid- \ season last year when the political ! situation in Cuba became acute, j During the Winter the Miami j franchise was moved to San Juan and recently the Montreal franchise was shifted to Syracuse.After the opening game in the j Puerto Rico capital, the eight-club circuit has three more opening j games the following day. That | schedule calls for Rochester at Richmond. Syracuse at Columbus j and Buffalo at Jersey City.The first two second-round ! openers will be held April 21 with Columbus at Rochester and Richmond at Syracuse. Toronto and Buffalo do not play before their j hometown fans until May 3 with t the Leafs meeting Jersey City and j San Juan at Buffalo..The 154-game schedule ends Sept. 10.
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Norwich Sun
Norwich, New York, US
Thu, Mar 02, 1961
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