Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-01 | Page 1 | Weather Postpones World Series Game

Weather ather Postpones World Series Game Delay pelay Gives Giants Big Break Provides Needed Rest for Ace Hurler Hubbell NEW YORK Oct 1 AP AP-A AP A heavy overnight rain turned the Polo grounds into a miniature lake today and forced postponement of the s second end game of the world series between the New York Giants and New York Yankees Weather Permitting and permitting and and there l Were ere indications s. s that a two day two day pell pell of intermittent rain finally finallY faras Was ready to call a the halt halt the game will ba be played tomorrow at the Polo Polo ground I The series schedule calling for forShe forthe forthe She the third fourth and fifth games I Ito fc to be played at the Yankee stadium 1 simply will move back one day 1 The postponement comes come a a tre- tre I The postponement causes a sh shift ft in President Roosevelt's world se seriES serice series se- se ries rice plans He Ho will witness tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomor tomor- rows row's game but it will be played in the Polo grounds instead of the Yf stadium The postponement was ordered by Kenesaw M M. Landis high commissioner commissioner commis commis- abner of baseball after he had in inspected inspected inspected in- in the soaked rain grounds Landis made his tour in company with th Joe McCarthy and Bill Terry the rival managers and Travis Jackson field leader of the Giants who took a one-game one edge over the American league champions by winning the opening game yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day 6 Both Jackson who acted as the Giants' Giants spokesman and McCarthy agreed with Landis' Landis action In fact there was no protest of any kind although a few of the fans who had waited for the bleacher gates to o or n n were in inclined inclined in- in dined to grumble a B when their long vigil was rew y I nothing in the shape of c c f i t 11