Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1919 — RAIN PREVENTED FIFTH WORLD’S SERIES GAME. [ARTICLE]

RAIN PREVENTED FIFTH WORLD’S SERIES GAME.

Thousands of baseball fans throughout the country were denied the only oppo rtun ity they had of seeing a world’s series game when rain checked the hostilities Sunday and caused the game to be postponed until today (Monday). The beavy rain of Saturday night and Sunday morning flooded the playing field and made pastiming impossible. Many fans had stood in line throughout the night despite the rain and did not give up hope un tiLiate in the morning. Cincinnati won thb Saturday contest 2 to 0 and regained its twogame lead, the series now standing three to one in favor ofi the Ohioans. The probable batteries for today’s game are Ruether and Rariden for Cincinnati and Williams and Schalk for Chicago.