The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-05
WORLDS SERIES IS
STOPPED BY RAIN
Weather Man in Chicago Is
Not Optimistic About Chances
for To-day, Either.
SHEAN MAY NOT PLAY
Second Baseman Suffering
From Split Finger-Inter-
est Is Increasing.
SHEAN MAY NOT PLAY
Special DespofoA 20 TEE Sur.


De postponed on account Of q steady
downpour which started at o'clock this
morning and battered down relentlessly
Tor the remainder OF the day.
The outlook for tomorrow isn't par
ncularly promising either. as the skies
remained overcast and gray. The
weather man added his bit to the gen.
eral gloom by predicting more rain for
Tomorrow.
On the whole the Chicago fans well
coined the postponement. as II assured
them OF Saturday game. Another
postponement tomorrow will mean a
Sunday game at Comiskeys spacious
park. as the teams remain here until
three games are played to a decision.
Should the first game be played here
tomorrow and the following games
played on Friday and Saturday 1t will
not interfere with the Boston schedule.
as the hrst game in the Hub ~ not
carded until next Monday. The teams
then would utilize next Sunday in max
ing the Jump to Boston.
However. X the rain continues to-
morrow the clubs will not open in Bos-
ton until next Tuesday. Veteran worlds
series followers are afraid that the pres
ent series will see such flood as the
one In 1911, which held up the Giants
and Athletics for a solid week after
turce games nad been played.
shean IL Injured.
On the eve Of the series It became
known that Manager Ed Barrow OF the
Red Sox has even greater difficulties
with his infield than weakness at third
base. The veteran infielder Davey
Shean. who has played second base for
Boston all season, may not appear in
the series as the result OF splitting the
middle finger OF his right hand during
fielding practice.
The furlough granted Fred Thomas
by the Great Lakes Naval Station was
thought to have plugged up the Boston
tnffeld at third base, but now Barrow
may be forced to play Jack Coffey. taken
on or third base. on second. Another
possibility is that Thomas will play
second and that Catcher Schang will be
sent to third base. Schang started his
baseball career as q third baseman and
has played the bag of and on during his
career in Philadelphia and Boston.
Interest in the series began to perk
up as the time for starting the hrst
game approached. That the crowds will
compare favorably with those that at
tended the White Sox-Giant game
played here . year ago II the prediction
Of Walter Craighead. business manager
Of the Cubs. He said that so per cent
Of the reserved seats for the Chicago
section OF the series had been sold.
Seventeen thousand box and grandstand
seats are being reserved. Several scalp
ers appeared on the streets with paste
boards. but there was no call for their
wares
According to Caighead the number of
press reservations also compares IA
vorably with those of year ago, de-
spite the fact that through Government
regulations only few wires will be avail
able from the grounds. That Cuba has
not lost interest In the big American
sporting classic was indicated by the
presence Of three stan correspondents
from Havana papers
Garry Hermann, chairman OF the
National Commission. IL very optimistic
over the series. He said tonight that
he expected the series to net $4,000
for war charities. He based this figure
on the suppostion that the series will
draw a quarter OF a million dollars. He
said the advance sales In Chicago and
Boston indicate that that much will be
taken in. even under the lower price
scale, provided the series runs to six
games, as did that of last year. The
receipts OF the 1917 White Giant
series In round numbers totalled $780,
600. Hermann said that all the per-
sons involved in the series-club owners.
nate a percentage to this cause.
at is very likely that some persons
entirely outside OF baseball will be
asked to pick the charity to which the
money IL to be donated" said Herr
mann. ut Is possible that We will ask
the Secretary OF War TO designate the
worlds series fund to some single charity
or to distribute 1t among all recognized
war charities"
Vaughn VIII start.
The rainy day caused quite bit OF
speculation. as regards pitchers, but
Il is we'll nigh certain that Manager
Mitchell Of the Cubs will start big Jim
Vaughn, his great left handler and for
mer American Lacquer. The Boston
choice rests between joe Bush and Carl
Mays. The choice likely will go to the
former. as he has been more successful
than Mays in worlds series competition
The only thing that Barrow would
say about his pitchers Is that Babe Ruth,
the former pitching ace of the stan, will
not pitch tomorrow. For the present
we will keep the big Babe in n position
where he can do the greatest damage
with that little stick with which he at
tacks pitchers" said Barrow gleefully
Barrow Is not looking for the Chicago
star left handlers to hold up Ruth de-
batsman. while Babe prefers the right
handlers he frequently gets a hold OF a
left handlers delivery and the outhelders
catch up with It after II bounds OF the
fences" commented the Red Sox chief.
Neither Barrow nor Mitchell under
estimates the strength OF the opposition
az guess the Cubs are a pretty good ball
club and play a smooth game" said
Barrow, but the great, thing about the
Boston team Is the way II can pull it.
self together when II gets In a tight
series. We beat off Cleveland few
weeks ago when they came to Boston to
snatch the lead from us. and I consider
: Cleveland every whit as strong as the
Cubs"
There was a little betting around the
hotel corridors. but such as was done
was at even money. There are a great
number OF dyed-in- the-wool American
League fans in Chicago, who are backing
the Red Sox.
While you do not hear the series dis
c,,,sed much on the street. the hotel
Hobbies, especially the one where the Ma
tIonai Commission is staying. show the
worlds series atmosphere o. former
f. years, with most of the usual worlds
ssries faces In evidence.
MATCH RACE POSTPONED.
IspfANAPoLIs, Sept. 4.-Ths match