1929 NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUE
Teams:
Fairbury Jeffersons
Grand Island Islanders
Lincoln Links
McCook Generals
Norfolk Elks
North Platte Buffaloes
Norton Jayhawks
York Dukes
All teams located in NE except for Norton (KS)
Schedule Characteristics:
SCHEDULE type="ILN_BGY_G121_T8_C_" inter_league="0" balanced_games="1" games_per_team="121" start_month="5" start_day="14" start_day_of_week="3"
Each team plays 121 games. Teams play each other from 14 to 23 times. Teams play either 60 or 61 home games.
Season starts on May 14 and ends on September 8. Weekday games start at 3:00. Saturday and Labor Day games start at 1:00. Sunday and July 4 double-headers start at noon and 3:00, except for the July 4 split home-and-home double-header between Lincoln and York, which starts at 10:00 and 3:00. No games scheduled for Decoration Day (hmmm, that's odd).
The published schedule (
The Sporting News, 3/21/1929) has Fairbury playing only 59 home games. That may be correct, but I have a sneaking suspicion that a home-and-away series with Lincoln got switched around. I un-switched it so that Fairbury now has 60 home games.
Nebraska State League 1929.lsdl
As was typical in this era, the schedule maker divided the league into two unofficial "divisions" for scheduling purposes. The Nebraska League was unusual (
but not unique) in having teams play more games against their "divisional" opponents. I went ahead and modified the schedule to make the divisional split official. Fairbury, Lincoln, Norfolk, and York are in the East Division, while Grand Island, McCook, North Platte, and Norton are in the West Division. The schedule characteristics are as follows:
SCHEDULE type="ILN_BGN_G121_SL1_D1_T4_D2_T4_C_" inter_league="0" balanced_games="0" games_per_team="121" start_month="5" start_day="14" start_day_of_week="3"
Teams play divisional opponents 20, 22, or 23 times and play non-divisional opponents 14 times. Note that this is an unbalanced schedule, so make sure the "Use Balanced Schedule Format" box under league options is unchecked.
Nebraska State League 1929 (mod div).lsdl