New-York tribune., 1919-05-02
Mayor Hylan
Signs Sunday,
Ball Ordinance
This Ray of Sunlight Shoots
Through Gloom of a
Rainy Day
By w. O. Mcclellan

While the magnates and fans were
bemoaning the luck that brought the
rain which spoiled the two perfectly
good openings at the Polo Grounds and
Ut Ebpets Field yesterday, ray Of
sunlight shot through the gloom
almost unobserved. Mayor Hylan
signed the ordinance which permits
the playing of Sunday baseball. which
means that there will be games at the
Polo Grounds and at Ebbets Field
next Sunday.
Latest dope from the weather man
gives no prticular assurance that
there will be any openings to-day
at might be showery in the morning
and then it might not" said the
weather man to Secretary John B.
Foster, of the Giants, over the tele
phone.
"If it should be showery in the
morning l suppose that the playing
fields whereon you indulge in the
great national pastime would be too
moist for your athletes to disport
upon"
Uu SdIu q returned MT
Foster. as that the best dope that
YOU can shoot out p"
"If dope should be slang for predic-
ton, as | presume it is" returned the
weather man, 81 am afraid that it is the
best that the Meteorological Depart
ment can do at this time"
So. there you are. If the grass at
the Polo Grounds is reasonably dry by
this afternoon there will be a game
oil Of bo otyip
monies announced for the day previous
will take place. The same conditions
apply to Ebbets Field. The good old
squire of Flatbush. Charles Ebbets of
he long and phianthropic locks, stands
ready to hold all the unique ceremo-
malls which he plans for his opening.
But if the rain should continue to fall
alike upon Squire Ebbets and the un-
lust, the opening will take place on
Saturday. 1t will all depend upon the
meteorological conditions some
thing like that.
President Charles Stoneham, of the
Giants, has announced that the special
invitations for the opening day will be
good whenever the opening day hap
pens to be, which will take q load off
The minds of the guests who are still
holding his r. S. V. P.s. The decorations
which Mr.. Stoneham ordered for yes
-erday's opening will be continued as
long as necessary.
The. first Sunday baseball game will
be staged by the Giants and the Phillics
at the Polo Grounds on May d. This pre-
sents a unique problem to the manage
ment of the Giants as to the advisa-
plity of playing a Monday game. Some
interpreted by tho National League
maintain that it will be all right for
them to play one of the postponed
games on Monday.
There is only one argument against
this. How about the hard working
baseball player, who will then have no
day off? Also, how about the hard
working baseball writer, who will have
10 watch exhibitions of the national
Opponents of Sunday baseball at the
celebrated Albany hearing declared
hat the weary athlete who works at
,he game would have his day off.
The problems which follow the en-
action of the Sunday baseball games
may call for a ruling from the sched-
ule committee.
Some glad news drifted into the
Giant office yesterday through the driz-
zle. Yhre missing thletes are on their
way to report to the Giants, and two
of them are pitchers, Pol Perritt and
Fred Toney. The other is Davey Rob
ertson.
The arrival of Polonius Perrit. which
is cheduled for to-day, viii bring con-
siderable relief to Manager McGraw.
Long before the start of the current
season Perritt announced that he had
struck it so rich in oil that the only
thing he intended to do in the future
was to clip coupons. He seems to have
weared of counting hi soil-gotten gains
for he will be on the Giant bench to-
day, if the Giants are gathered there.
Toney is on his way and viii report be-
fore the end of the week
Davey Robertson viii report, but
probably W illnot linger long. McGraw's
outfield is now organized to his sats-
action, and Robertson will lbe traded
before long for something in the line
of pitching material, which the Giants
can use very nicely right about this
time. Perritt and Toncy were badly
needed.