Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-18
GAME OFF, SAYS
LYNCH, WHEN sun
FAILED TO SHINE
Shibe Park Soaked as Umpires
and Commission Inspect
Grounds.
POSTP0NEMENT GIVES
PITCHERS NEEDED REST
Matty May Twirl in Contest at
Philadelphia To-
morrow.
BASEBALL WEATHER FORECAST.
IL will be fair In Philadelphia tomOr-
row with the likelihood of grounds dry
enough TO play on.
Prof. Wiener. Local Observer.
BY JOE M'GINNITY.
Former Giant Pitcher and Manager
Newark Eastern League Team.

Former Giant Pitcher and Manager
Newark Eastern League Team.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 1s.-The Ma
tional Commission, at 1i:4O a. m, Of
ficially declared todays game off on
account of rain. There will be game
here tomorrow If the weather permits.
The commission and umpires left the
train at North Philadelphia and went
Immediately to the grounds shortly
before II o'clock. After brief inspec-
tion they made report to that ef-
feet.
How is 1t, Tom said President
Lynch to Umpire Connolly.
Very bad, Tom, and it's up to the
National Commission to bring out the
SUM- CoHe oily answered
The National Commission in two min
utes reached decision, and President
Lynch announced "The game Is off"
The Athletics and Giants kept closer
to their quarters than a fly to sheet
of sticky paper.
There are times when the country
needs rain. There are also times when
good soaking rain is needed by
baseball club. Perhaps the rain is a
blessing today. The weather man was
dubious regarding that prospects for
the fourth game of the series between
the Giants and Athletics today, Heavy
rain, which set in during the night.
has been falling steadily, and 1t was
certain at 10 o'clock that the game
would have to be postponed. The
game will be played here tomorrow or
the next pleasant day. The same
tickets which were to be used today
are good for the next game here.
whenever ii Is played
The baseball grounds at Shibe Park
are thoroughly soaked.
Well. Matty pitched yesterday and
the New York team lost How strange
are the vicissitudes of baseball The
rain today may have more bearing on
the pennant fight than the average fan
may realize at a casual glance.
With Matty and Marquard out of the
running today. the pitching problem
for McGraw, the Giant general, will be
serious one. On the other hand If it
rains today and tomorrow Matty will
have had an opportunity to make him
self fit again. and there isn't a base
ball bug anywhere in New York who
saw Matty's work yesterday who
his next encounter against the White
Elephant herd
The battle of yesterday at the Polo
grounds, and the defeat of the Giants
in an extra-inning struggle has left a
condition which is not reassuring from
a New York point of view. The Giant
rooters, of course, may look to Leon
Ames or Hooks" Wiltse, but IL Matty
cannot stop the treacherous tribe of
Connie Mack, can either Ames or
Wiltse?
They are two great pitchers. how
ever. Ames, If he has control, is
hard man to beat But in series of
this kind, where a strong heart and
strong head are as vitally necessary
as a strong arm, there Is just sus-
picion allowed that neither Ames nor
Wiltse can stand the terrific "guff"
and gtrNng of the local rooters. They
are with" their pitchers and players
from the first toss of the ball, and there
are very few major league cities that
can boast of as royal and as loyal sup
port as the Quaker city fans give the
Athletics.
In the second contest here the eccer-
trio Marquard equired the steddying
influence of Meyers and McGraw more
than once The fans tried thei. worst
to befueA him. and they did succeed
in getting a run over by working him
for a wild pitch Whether Ames or
Wiltse can go into the enemy'c coun-
try mong a strGn and antagonistic
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