Charles Abner Powell
ABOUT CHARLES ABNER POWELL
Baseball pioneer who invented the tradition of ladies' day, the baseball tarpaulin, and most importantly the rain check.
He was brought over to New Orleans on a salary of $175 a month to play and manage in one of the rainiest cities in the U.S.
He got the idea for the rain ticket in the middle of the night: he'd leave ticket-holders a stub they could use for re-admission if games got rained out.
He grew up in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.
Like him, Bill Veeck helped to make baseball the great American pastime.
