Evening star., 1914-07-26
GAME IN ST. LOUIS
STOPPED BY RAIN
ONLY a Part of One Inninq Is
Played Before Heavy
Storm Breaks.
BOBBY WALLACE is BACK
AT SHORT FOR BROWNS
Veteran Player Is Figured to Add
Much Strength to Riekey's
Infeld.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

ST. LOUIS. July 25.-There is
something uncanny about the
way rain is following the St.
Louis Browns about Though it
has not rained here for more than
six weeks. it poured today when
the Browns, after an absence of
more than month. tried to make
their appearance here.
Everything looked favorable
until Moeller and Foster had been
retired on flies to Pratt and
Mitchell was up, when the storm
broke, and it poured After wait
ing the required half hour, the
contest was called off and the an
nouncement made that two games
would be played tomorrow, the
first beginning at 2 o'clock.
But to get back to the proposition OF
the rain and the Browns. Last week the
Hickey team played but two games as a
result of rain, and this week it has played
but one. This means that the next time
play six games in three days in both
Philadelphia and Boston. 1t stands to
reason, of course, that with but three
games PLAYED in two weeks the financial
returns have been decidedly meager since
the team went east. and what promised
to be gala occasion today also was
spoiled by rain. Predictions for SUM-
day are for fair weather, but these prog
nOStlC9tInn9 hafnra
1t was known that the Browns would be
home.
Big Crowd on Hand.
But for the threatening conditions
which made their appearance a half
hour before today's game was to have
been started a crowd of twelve or f1f-
teen thousand would have been on hand.
As it was. there were about 5000 In the
Enclosure when the game was started.
Weilman and Engel had been announced
as the opposing pitchers. Weilman pitch
ed to Moeller and Foster and both of
them hit up high flies to Pratt, and then
Mitchell sauntered to the plate. He took
a ball and then made a vicious swing at
a fast one, which he fouled into she
stand. Just then the downpour came
and play was discontinued
The crowd watched the downpour patti
entity for half an hour There were oc-
easiona! spells when it seemed that it
would clear, and there was hope until the
last that the game would be played But
finally the announcer, clad in rubber gar
ments. made his appearance and gave
the information that the required time
for waiting had elapsed and that the
game was called on
Griffith proposes to pitch Engel and
Johnson in the double header Sunday,
enough ne has not yet made up his mind
winch one of the twirlers he will work
hrst- The chances naturally favor Engel
Tor Griffith has long declared that it was
i mistake to work Johnson in the first
game of a double header, for it made the
pitcher who followed him easy picking
able to suppose that Engel will pitch the
opener and johnson the second game.
Browns Meet Hard Luck.
Rlckeys plans are expected to be that
Weilnan will pitch the first game and
Baumgardner the second. Things have
not been breaking any too well for the
Browns of late. but the team is apt to
show marked improvement during its
home stay The fact that Bobby Wal
lace is back in the lineup is sure to
make a difference The remarkable vet
eran was at short when the game was
started today. and Judging from ihe
graceful manner in which he handled
himself during the practice. he is sure to
be an Improvement over any of the short
stops Hickey has used during his alb
sence.
Connolly and Dineen are the umpires
assigned here. They were in charge of
the game today and both were applauded
as they walked on the field Local scribes
who have been travelling with the Browns
oh he how
describe the work of Chill and shsridan
and il was feared that this air was
coming here When the crCN realized
that it had been spared in this espect it
could not help but give vent to its ioy