Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1912 — Copious Rainfall Sunday Deferred Two Big Games. [ARTICLE]

Copious Rainfall Sunday Deferred Two Big Games.

The weeping Sabbath skies and the intervention of the elements In general caused the cancellation of two games of local interest Sunday. The Jefferson Tigers were inMhe pink "of condition to meet the Schneider aggregation but the weather man was not. willing that the gaipe should be played that day. Manager Moore and Capt. Howard Clark got in communication with the Schneider captain early in the morning and found that the weather conditions were bad there. The game was postponed two weeks. The LaSalle and Elysian Clubs which were to have had a heated contest at Riverside Park, gave up hopes early in the day, and by mutual agreement postponed their game until next Sunday.