New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Rain Gives Donovan'S
Weary Men Chance
to Rest.
BY W. J. MACBETH.

A rather sad and gloomy afternoon
Yesterday for baseball fans of this vi
cinity. The Yankees couldn't play. The
Giants and Dodgers were away. They
did play, both Of them, and got soundly
drubbed
As the Braves split even in a double
header with the Pirates, Uncle Robbie's
docile Dodgers are wheeling along just
two scant jumps ahead of Stallings's
Rowdies. Worse luck still, the Phillies,
who are not yet ready to play dead
picked up a full game on Brooklyn.
Locally there is more than one silver
CLINT TO Yesterdays cloud in so Tar as
home attraction is concerned. Not the
least pleasing prospect is a double
header with the Detroit Tigers at the
Polo Grounds to-day.
There was every reasonable weather
excuse for declining the issue with the
Ferocious Felines. 1t poured hard for
a couple of hours up the Polo Grounds
way In a case of life or death a TIT
might have been staged on Sloppy
field. That would have been folly for y
manager who has experienced such
tou0b luck as Donovan in the matter oil
INJURIES to star players. The sun came
ont bravelv an hour before game time,
hut there was a November snap in the
air. The eastern gale. moreover, had
made uninhabitable all of the cholce
seats at Brush Stadium.
Weather Kind to Donovan.
PERHAPS if the truth could be estab-
Gshed the weather man was quite kino
10 Biu Donovan and his children OF
Z fate. If Hughie Jennings had had four
DAYS in which TO play his four local en-
easements he would have held DIS
} tinct advantage over New York. 10
begin with. his gladiators were fresh
and rested for the fray. Donovans clan
was train weary from two sleeper rides.
They Jumped all the way to Cleveland
land back between Saturday and Mon
/ dav to revive the pennant hopes OF the
Indians. Jennings has been fooled IN
his merciless plan to hop on to leg
weary band. And he has been folled'
further. in another dastardly scheme.
II was Hughes intention to Cove
leskie our Yankees right out OF the
fgbt before he left town. He intended
10 mitch the left-hander whose glove
usually frightens the daylights out OF
the Yankees in two games OF the cur
rent series. The big Pole, had the
ekies been clear. would have toiled yes
terday and he would have come right
hack again for THURSDAYS farewell. A
il is now Coveleskie can pitch only once
this visit. For which three rousihg
cheers!
BIl Donovan hopes to be able to
show a sitter front against his Ola
team than he has shown since the cIuD
hogan its second climb at home. Re
/ lief has been found for PADDY Bau-
mann. who has done his best and done
n we'll for several weeks at third base:
Angel Aragon. the Cuban, has nursed
his manned thumb back to life and was
+ able to fiji in at third IN Cleveland
ANGELO is hefty enough for his size, put
, he is no Frank Baker. Neither IS ne a
Fritz Maisel. He lacks the polish that
experience alone can give.
Maisel May Play To-Day.
Now there is reason to believe that
q next TO Baker will be at the dlfhcuI'
corner for our Yankees beginning to-
/ dav. Maisel has been working the
] Inots out of his welded collarbone Tor
several weeks. Fritz cannot throw
/ quite so wickedly as before he was
hurt. He had as good an arm as
could be found anywhere. But ne re
ported yesterday TO Donovan mat ne
was sure he could find the range once
more. The plan now is to utllize fri Nv
, if he is as good as he believes 'lIl