Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-05-07
POSTPONENENTS
NUMBER 90 CANES
Indictment Weather Prevents
20 Contests in A. L., "a
in n. L.
IDLENESS PROVES
HELP TO GIANTS

This is the season for spring plant
ing. Little seeds Of postponed games
planted now will sprout in five hour
double headers in the balmy months
OF June and July. Six more embryonic
twin bills were deposited into the
schedule sod Saturday which will
bloom into full fedged double head
ers before Tie summer is over.
With the 1917 season still an in
FAINT and only a few days over three
weeks old. fifty games already have
been postponed because of rain, wet
grounds or frigid climate. One hun
dred and thirty-siX games have been
played or 1871 per cent. of those
scheduled Yesterdays schedule is
not included.
The National and American leagues
are almost even in the matter of
pOstponemeIts. Twenty-six games
have been postponed in the American
League and twenty-fOur in the Ma
tional League. However the National
League has two ties TO play OF, while
President Tener tossed out one Of the
games played, a Decentralization
game, which must be fought all over
again.
Most OF the bad weather has been
in the five days Of May. During that
time forty games have been sched-
uled. of which only one-half, or TWEEN
ty. have been played. The biggest per-
centage Of games played came in
the first two weeks of the season.
strengthening an argument of Tener
that better weather usually is en-
countered prior to April 25 than i'm
mediately after
In the first two weeks Of the sea-
son. from April II TO % inclusive, SO
games were played and 16 were post
poned. an average OF .S57 Since then
40 games have been played and Sc
postponed. an average Of .541.
To show how hard New York base
ball was hit during the last two weeks
only five Of the twelve games
scheduled on the Polo Grounds dur
ing that period were played, two last
week and three the week before.
Brooklyn now leads all teams with
pOstponemeIts. The Dodgers have ten
double headers on their slate. four
with the Braves and three each with
the Giants and Phillies Eight OF
these games were postponed due TO
weather and two others are ties The
Giants now have nine postponements,
three with each of the three Eastern
National League teams. The Yankees
have kept their double header list
down to seven. four with the Ath-
letics. two with Boston and one with
Washington.
The West has had it far over the
East in the matter Of weather, and
great percentage OF the postpone
ments have been in the East. Not one
of the Western Sunday games has
been postponed. while until Sa,ur-
day only one Saturday game had been
postponed
Perhaps the long spell OF idleness
has been profitable for the Giants. as
they were not getting along any too
we'll without the services Of Herzog.
The club has forgotten what a vic
tory feels like il is so long since the
team has scored one. Its last victory
was scored week ago last Wednes-
day. on April 25, when the Giants
Knocked Alexander out of the box
Yet their early string OF victories has
kept them propped up in the lead.
Herzogs back has healed much
slower than was anticipated. Charley
worked around a little when the
Giants played their last game last
Thursday, but stll held hmset IN
check.
Moran chafed at his hotel on Sat
urday. He is sOrely disappointed at
being unable to get al McGraws team
while his club was going strong and
the Giants were down When the
Giants won their last game the pills
were last. with only three games won
and seven lost While the Giants
have been coming down the Pills
have crept up to half game from
them. having gained in both diree-
tons They now have won eight
games and lost only SIX. This is due
TO the fact that Tencr annulled one
Of the clubs defeats.
With the exception OF one regular
player. Cy Williams, all the players
on Mitchells Chicago National League
team are discards from other major
league clubs. On first base. Merkle is
former Giant and Dodger; Second
Baseman Doyle was traded from the