Opening Day festivities are postponed, rescheduled for today.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18, 1910 – For the first time in their ten-year history, the Philadelphia Athletics had a home opener postponed by inhospitable weather. Even worse, the weatherman calls for more rain today.
All of the festivities that were scheduled for Monday’s game will go off before today’s game. The gates will be opened at 1 o’clock and Kendle’s First Regiment Band will perform their program with nine musical selections. Al Reach, the sporting goods magnate and member of the old Athletics from the National Association, is scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Connie Mack and New York manager George Stallings have still not officially named their starters, but Mack will choose between Chief Bender and Cy Morgan. The Highlanders will select between Joe Doyle and Rube Manning. When, or if, the field is suitable for baseball, first pitch will be at 3 o’clock.
Rain wreaks havoc on Monday’s major league schedule
The Philadelphia area wasn’t the only location to incur Mother Nature’s wrath on Monday. Three of the four American League games were washed away yesterday, while the entire National League docket was erased.
American League
Yesterday’s scores (April 18, 1910):
- Detroit 3, St. Louis 2
- New York at Philadelphia (rain)
- Washington at Boston (rain)
- Cleveland at Chicago (rain)
National League
Yesterday’s scores (April 18, 1910):
- Philadelphia at Brooklyn (rain)
- Boston at New York (rain)
- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (rain)
- Chicago at St. Louis (rain)
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