The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-13
EXECUTIVES GIVE
GOOD SUGGESTIONS
RAIN INTERPRETERS WITH AMATEUR
LEAGUE OPENING -- GOOD
-
WEATHER NEXT SATURDAY.
MAYOR. AND GOVERNOR
WOULD HAVE TOLD BOYS WHAT
TO HAVE DONE IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY-sAME sCHE-
&a
DULE NEXT WEEK.

Fully twenty thousand youngsters
were disappointed yesterday when rain
interfered with the Amateur league
games.
For weeks the boys have been in
training. and all was put into the
games which were to have been pull
ed off yesterday.
Both old Sol and old Boreas got
mixed up and there was nothing do
ing. Then the lowering clouds began
to weep.
Governor Mann and Mayor Ainslie
each had speeches folded up under
/ their vests which they didn't have a
I chance to tell. and II is question as
to whether these speeches may not
be used at some other festivity or
not. The fan pauses for a reply.
/ but the fan had better get ready with
excuses for the opening of the regu-
/ lar season on Thursday.
/ The grandmother story is played
+ out So Is that Of having toothache.
Take it from an old fan, the best
thing to do Is to come over with a
straight tale and tell the boss all
about il and you and him go out to
the game together.
Levels All Ranks.
Old Sir Joseph Porter says love
than levels It, The office boy can hand
it to the boss with loud shout. and
i the boss may come back at him by
balling out the umpire.
Nearly one hundred nice, new uni
forms, untainted by infleld dust or
mud. and almost as many outfield
/ uniforms, lie in the brand-new suit
case. untouched by storm or senu-
ment.
But the weather man, personifed
J into Ned Evans, who was a baseball
player himself once, and who used
to know how to cut second in run
ming to third, says next Saturday is
going to be q mild. sunny day--if--
1t doesn't rain or snow.
/ This is fair. If it doesn't rain or
snow next Saturday. there will be a
4 great gathering at the foot OF the
capitol. Governor Mann will come
down the steps from his office, and
stand. with hat in hand. before the
thousands who win gather In the off,
+ ing. and tell the boys how to win the
game. Then Mayor Ainslie will fol-
low up what the governor may have
said, and tell them how to win the
game by having a lot of hitters at
bat, and a lot of good pitchers on
the mound.
! And then the bunch of youngsters
will so out and play to suit them
! selves.
Neither Governor Mann nor Mayor
Ainslie can tell any OF the players
| how to make a hit
But they will be pleased to have
the two chief executives give them
/ advice.
What They Would Have Said.
For" says Governor Mann. the
boy who goes into any kind of a
contest, and goes in right, will win
out in the end
And" said Mayor Ainslie. ''tf he
goes in with the right spirit, he will
/ encourage others TO follow in his foot
steps and the boy who makes a hit.
will be followed up by other boys
who will strive to beat him out with
a final result of victory to those who
go in for the benefit of not only the
individual. but the whole team"
With all the games continued yes
terday, the same schedule will prevail
next Saturday, and If Farmer Evans
does not give the weather in the right
way. then there will " something do
ing, and the something will be CEN
tered on Chimborazo park. in close
proximity 10 the residence of Farmer
Evans.