• Rain forced the postponement of today’s game against the Tigers in Philadelphia

• After a twenty-four hour manhunt, police arrested groundskeeper Thomas Murphy in connection with the beating of Connie Mack’s brother Dennis McGillicuddy

• Police suspected Murphy had knowledge of and had possibly committed the attack

• McGillicuddy was still alive, but unable to speak, and doctors called his chances for survival “fair”

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