Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — WEATHER PERMITTING ATHLETICS WILL START [ARTICLE]

WEATHER PERMITTING ATHLETICS WILL START

Season Opening Tomorrow When Locals Meet St. Joe in Postponed Game—Park Not Yet Ready. * Providing that the weatherman gets over his grounch,. Grant’s Athletics will make their getaway tomorrow with a game with St. Joseph’s college. This game is a postponed one, wet grounds having prevented the clubs from mixing a week ago. The lineup will be the same as last week. The Grant men rule favorite in the Sunday clash. The erection of the new stand is under way but will not be ready for tomorrow’s game, the workmen having been considerably retarded by the weather. The general appearance of the entire park is improved and with the completion of the grand stand the Athletics’ expect to have one of the prettiest little homes in the state. Plans are being made to have the park opening the following Sundaypwhen the locals meet Lowell. It is thought by that time that everything will be in readiness and the management expects to make it Rensselaer’s greatest baseball day. The locals will take the field asfollows: Clark, cf« Parks, rs; Quille, ss; Wallace, c; Elder, If; Swartzell, 1 b; Lyman, 3 b; Eldridge, 2 b; Clark, p.