Evening journal., 1913-05-17
RAIN STOPS
GAME WITH
CHICKS BACK
POOray Making Debut Pitches
Air Tight Ball Until Ele-
mentS Stop Play
FOUR GAMES AWAY
FROM HOME NEXT WEEK

The clouds wept boys; they wepi
and wept In their great sorrow they
took no heed either of the crowds,
magnates, ball players or umpire, and
something real sad must have hap
pened to have made those clouds
weep. While IA games have been in
progress Old Sol has been smiling on
Front and Union. AS the Chicks
were in the lead yesterday he hid his
face and broke up the old ball game.
lie did so again today. but several
people in this city feel that the ele-
ments are with the Chicks. and If
they ever needed a little help, they
needed it yesterday.
II was worth the drowning and the
shivering and the excitement over the
supposed dead man to have that game
stopped when il was and in having IL
postponed the Chicks" just simply
handed themselves game or rather
kept Atlantic City from snatching
one.
Atlantic City was the proud pos
SCISSOR of two runs. and but three
sessions had been marked up ToGA..
was on the mound for the Chicks,
going rather poorly and liable TO get
in the way of a broadsde at any mo-
ment Porray. a new gentleman in
this league, was celebrating his first
afternoon tea by pitching alright
bali and striking out the local boys
in one, two. three order He failed,
however. to consider the elements
above and behind him. They looked
down on that field, saw the distress,
and with one grand rush came TO
Wilmington's rescue. And 1t was
some rain. If the players had stayed
in the outield five minutes longer L
would have been necessary to have
rescued them in row boats. The wal
club of Tex Meyers was seen float
ing on that rocky sea. which was a
real sea out in left field The water
was higher than a mans knees IN
one spot out there The crowd re-
sembled bunch of drowned kittens
and Front and Union was about the
most disagreeable place in this OLD
town.
In the second inning Atlantic City
opened with cannon. German walk
ed. Newton laid down a sacrifice
German went to third on Cranley''
cut. and trotted home on DOty's clear
hit. Thackera also slashed out :
SINCE but the side was retired.
In the third Castle scored when Nc
Kenna threw wild TO the plate.
Johnny Castle said yesterday tina
he would have a winning team inside
lf another week Porray, who pitcheI
yesterday had nine men face him an,
only one man got to first. He cam'
from the South Atlantic League. Thii
year he was with the Brooklyn U.
League team and was a free agen
when that team Internationally sur
rendered him.
Mic Carter, a veteran of the Kan
sas City club. is another Of Castles
moundmen He played with Jimmy
Jackson with the Elmira club of thu
New York State League Culp, las
years Tri-Stater. and Mcintyre. re
leased to Atlantic City by Heckert, il
the fourth This combination SHOULD
have its effect in the summary stand
ing of the Buds within the next few
weeks.
The Chicks hit the road next weel
for their first extended trip, playing
at Harrisburg Monday and Tuesda,
and at York. Wednesday and Thurs
dy. They come home on Friday T.
play Allentown and go back to Allen
town to play Saturday game. BE
ginning Monday week the club play
nine games at home.