The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-10
RAIN SPO|LS GAME
WITH CH|FEDS TWO
RUNS TOWARD WIN
Shower Stopping Fast Play,
Disappoints Large Crowd
of Fans and Managers of
Both Teams.

After six innings of play yesterday
afternoon rain won a decisive Victory
over the Chifeds and Dick kenneys
Richmond team, although the official
score stood to in favor OF the Feds.
The bombardment started in the
fourth and continued until players and
spectators were driven from the field.
The result was a disappointment 10
the twenty-four hundred fans, VINO
had assembled from all parts of east
ern Indiana, to the Richmond manage
ment and to Charles Weeghman, own
er of the Feds and a former Rlcn-
mond boy.
Six innings of the fast fray, marred
as it was by the rain. were just enough
to make the fans hungry for more.
Awed by the highly reputed Chifeds,
"Chick" Long, Dick Kenney's first
string pitcher, suffered little from
stage fright in the first innings. He
allowed three men to pass to first on
free tickets, the Feds scoring two runs
off him in the first frame. Realizing
that stage fright would not win
against the leaguers he settled down
in the later innings and was beginning
to hit his stride when rain interfered.
Zwilling who smashed out two nome
runs in the game Saturday failed,
Long or fatten his batting average
during the six innings of play.
Rains in Fourth.
A dashing shower in the fourth
caused a brief armistice. When the
players again took the field it rained
almost without interruption until
Tinker declared it impossible to play
on the wet soggy grounds.
With only the open clouds above
there was no room in the grand stand,
the two thousand fans, for whom
were soaked.
Before the game yesterday Charles
Weeghman, Joe Tinker, Pitcher Hen
dirk and Sport Writers Davenport and
Bennett. of the Chicago American and
Tribune, respectively, were guests of
Pettis A. Reid at the Simmons-Reid
Stock farm for dinner
The game by innings follows:
First Inning-Wickland out, Schlem.
ker to Popkins. Zwilling out, Long to
Popkins. Clemens singled, Walsh
drew a pass and Tinker smashed one
for two bases scoring Clemens and
Walsh. Beck walked and Fritz flew
out to Dahl. Two hits, no errors, two
runs. Meter out Beck unassisted, Mer-
kle out Tinker to Beck, Novack flew
out to Walsh No runs, no hits, no err
rors.
Second Inning-Farrell hunted and
beat it out Hendrix struck out. Wick
land out, Schlemker to Popkins, and
Dutch" Zwilling knocked one into
Popkins hands. No runs, one hit, no
errors. Popkins flew out to Tinker,
Dahl famed and Lenninger flew out to
Beck. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Third Inning-Clemons flew out to
Gushing. Walsh famed and Tinker
flew out to Schlemker. No runs, no
hits, no errors. Schlemker out, Beck
unassisted. Cushing out, Lange to
Beck. LANCE threw a swift one which
hit Long in the side making it neces-
sary for Mccain to run in his place.
Meter hit nice one into Lange's
hands who ran over to the line and
touched him out. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Fourth Inning-Beck out, Schlemker
to Popkins. Fritz drew pass and then
the game was called for five minutes
while it rained. Farrell the next man
up hit into double play, Schlemker
to Gushing to Popkins. No runs, no
hits, no errors. Merkle flew out to
ror by Farrell. Popkins flew out to
Wickland Dahl batted one to Lange
who threw him out at first. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
Fifth Inning-From this time on un-
til the end of the game it rained al
most steadily making it almost impos-
sible to play. Lange flew out to Dahl.
Wickland singled. Zwilling drew a
pass and was caught trying to steal
second. Clemens hit high one but
1t fell into Longs hands. No runs, one
hit, no errors. Lenninger out, Lange to
Fritz to Beck. Schlemker singled.
Gushing drew walk Long flew out to
Fritz and Meter knocked a long fly
to Wickland. No runs, one hit, no err
rors.
Sixth Inning-Walsh out, Schlemker
to Popkins. Stanley batting in Tin
ker's place flew out to Novack, Beck
out, Schlemker to Popkins. No hits,
no runs, no errors. Merkle lined one
right over second which should have
been good for two bases but first was
as far as he could get on account of
the muddy diamond. Then Lange
frightened and struck out Novack, Pop
kins and Dahl right in a row. One hit,
no errors.