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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11

IN H. - ia -
said Willie Jones 70 Tommy smith
My agodness gracious ne;
oar styles are simply going to
The Dickens, don't you see.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11

Dresses for the small lass called
Little Dorrit froeks are exactly like
the David CopperGeld suits Of her
small brother except thar in lieu cf
trousers they have a pleated skirt OF
colored cotton poplin that faatens
with the quaint white pearl buttons
high UP on the little waist Of white
The queer little tam-o'-shanter
shaped hats OF straw with IA visor and
Two dinky ribbon ends hanging
down behind like David coppefiieid
aud Paul Do4nbey affected are the
correct things III the hat line for
youns hopefuls today. Little inVcrt-
cd butter-bowl shapes of straw are
also good.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11

Alabama is holding q second pri-
mary todos IN ia effort to select a
candidate fer governor. Wei. she
did so Well in her irst primary We
are willing to leave the result toda%
to the voters OF that state.
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BY MARGARET MASON. 4
Written for the United Press.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-10
KNISELY BENCHED BY CUBS:
 HAS ALWAYS HIT OVER 300
FORMER BARON BATS .033 WITH CUBS AFTER FIVE SEASONS AS THREE HUNDRED HITTER. FAILURE IS BATTLING
By REUBEN A. LEWIS

|n ENcHED- Pete Knisely's hit
 ting ability Is being decried. A~ But never before has the Teu- tons trusty cudgel failed to answer his command The former Baron has never failed to swat over the 300 mark in his entire career. But. unless Knisely rapidly recovers he will bat less than 100 with the Chicago Cubs this season. Knisely's Southern league record of .35s has shrunk to .OSs.
 There seems to be no solution to Knisely's i'll luck. In 1912. he played 21 games with the Cincinnati Reds and closed his major league regime with a healthy mark of 1928. For five seasons the Teuton has slugged over 300. Knisely inaugurated his career in 9o9 as shortstop with the Charleyroi club in the Ohio and Pennsylvania league. There he hung up .340. The next season. the Dutchman wielded will lows for Wheeling in the Central league. According to his statement. he registered .361 in the few games he
 played. His showing with Wheeling led | to his sale to Columbus in the Ameri- can association in the fall of 1910, but he
 was returned for further service in l l191t
 l His conversion into an outfielder oc- cured with Wheeling in 1911. and was
 accompanied by a slump in hitting. Pete slugged .305 in 112 games. Although the Dutchman was fleet footed, he pill fered but II bases. He fielded .963 Wheeling sold him to Akron in the Central league in 1912, where he played second base and the outfield. Heavy hitting attracted the attention of the Cincinnati Red scout late in the
 son, when Pete was walloping 34S and he was sold to the Reds for $2900. The
 Dutchman stole 20 bases in 125 games and registered 167 hits.
 With Cincinnati he concluded the 1912 season. Pete played in 21 games and batted .32S In the trade for Tinker, Cincinnati dispatched him to Chicago. To brace the Barons, Johnny Evers shunted him to Birmingham on an op the Barons in 1913 and possessed .35S mark when the Cubs secured him.
 Knisely. is a natural hitter. as his record for five seasons will attest. But unless Hank O'Day and Schulte battle again. the Dutchman is slated to warm the bench. But withal, Pete should give vent to worry, for his contract calls for $5o00 for three years. It cannot be re- yoked
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New Orleans Assumes Lead of Southern
RAIN IDLES BARONS
 IN BILLIKEN WILLIE
Will Play Montgomery Doubeheader This Afternoon Wallace May Catch Second Game-Brown and
 Roth Slated to Twirl

deluge, a double-header will be sched- uled this afternoon. Curley Brown and Dave Roth are slated to twirl for the Barons, while the lowly Billikens will send Mcleod and Case in to check Moleys gallants.
 Catcher Jack Wallace may make his first appearance after rejoining the Barons. Tragesser, who will be de- pended upon to do the bulk of the re- ceiving during the final lap, will doubt less be used in only one game. Bir- mingham is determined that Montgom- cry shall not block its way to a pen nant, although the players do not an- ticipate a clean sweep
 An off-day follows on Wednesday, but it is hardly expected that it will be utilized for the Billikens are drawing poorly and a fourth day would neces- sitate an extra layout for a guarantee Following the Montgomery conflict, Bir- mingham returns for the most impor- tant clash of the year with Mobile.
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PETE KNISELY FAILS TO SLUG WITH CUBS DESPITE PAST MARKS
HAS FEW
 REAL STARS TO SHOW
No Player Has Cinch the Rose TrophySchid is Favor ite-Barons Had Candidate in Knisely-Who
 Will Land Medal

Mcbride and Eddie MeDonald if contin ued will make them invaluable members. Charlie Carroll has played in sensational form since the opening of the campaign and will undoubtedly get consideration.
 There is a superfiuity of consistent. or dinary performers but few stars Such luminaries Joe Jackson, Rafael Al meida, Otto Hess, Harry Covaleskie, Bill Trough and Pug Cavet are lacking Mem- phis has hard working player in Capt. Jimmy Mullen. while Nashville has a mainstay in Dave Callahan Atlanta has its Ambrose Mcconnell, while Chattanooga has big Bill Jacobson, Bradley Hogg and Leo Townsend are stars at Mobile, while young Walter Barbare and Jim Bagby are boosted at New Orleans. Montgom- ery's most valuable player is stocky Bill Elwert
 The method of deciding the winner is the same as followed by the Chalmers commission in the major leagues. Eight sporting writers, one from each city in the Southern, constitute the personnel of the order. Each member votes for eight players first choice getting eight votes in the balloting, second seven and the others one fewer in proportion.
 The commissioners who will award the $1500 trophy are:
 w. c. Foster chairman. Chattanooga.
 Jack Nye, Nashville Tennessean.
 Bradley Alley, Montgomery Advertiser.
 H. s. Reiter, New Orleans Daily States.
 G.. J. Flournoy. Mobile Item.
 Dick Jemison, Atlanta Constitution.
 Reuben A. Lewis, Birmingham Age-Her-
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|. A. |. NOW IN
 SOUND CONDITION Blow Up of Gadsden Club Is Not Affecting League
 Affairs Now
STANDING

Anniston, August 9.-(Special. )-Only a week ago when Gadsden blew, things in the Georgia Alabama league were beginning to look shaky, but now, the Gadsden club being owned by the league and in the able hands of Vice President T. ]. Fisher of Newman, the GA l.. is as sound as she was in first month of the season. Though Gadsden is being carried by the league as a floater they are really playing better ball than they were when the club belonged to Presi- dent Boykins home town.
 It appears now that Selma is going -- to have little trouble in copping the rag, and for the remainder of the sea son will have easy sailing. They met Newman this week. which club is in second place, and defeated them in three games out of four and in that way gained a lead that the Georgia team will hardly overcome in the remainin g three weeks of play. Jack Kimball and Morrison, their two crack pitchers con- tinue to win with regularity, and Shir- ley, hurler secured from a semi-pro- fessonal team in Tennessee seems to be winning his share of games. While the Selma pitchers are holding the other clubs well in hand, their team mates are making the pitchers who are work ing against the Selma team wish that they had never been born, Besides win ming three games from Newman they won the first game from Opelika on the Opelikians hunting grounds.
 One of the features of the week has been the work of the Anniston team at Rome. That Georgia town is conceded to be one of the hardest places in the G. A. L. for visiting team to win a series. The local club won the first two and the last game prayed from the Romans, and lost the third game by the score of to l. This club has played in hard luck all of the season, because of sickness and injuries to the players and pitchers. The club had started on a continuous winning streak about the Fourth of July. and when it began to look as though they would have good chance to win the rag, or make good showing for it, Proctor, their manager was laid out with the humps. Similar cases as this has kept the team down all of the season. Just now Batson, who has been in shape for just about a month during the whole season. and who was looked upon to win seven out of every 10 games he pitched. is out of the game with an injured hand. The work of Killinsworth, Glazner and La mar is helping Proctor win good many games just now. Lamar, besides leading the league in stolen bases, Is hitting a good way over 300, and is fielding his position in Southern league 9orm.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
FAST HORSES FOR
 GRAND CIRCUIT

Kalamazoo. August 9.-The fastest trot- ters and pacers on the Grand circuit will battle at Kalamazoo for purses aggre- eating many thousands of dollars The race meeting begins tomorrow and ends Friday. The first futurty of the season will be raced in three divisions Tuesday. the 2:15 trot for s10,o0o purse, having l5 entries The paper mills $l0.O00 purse Wednes sday again brings together the NJ. and M trotters and few other fast horses.
 Three races are on the card for to- morrow, a 2:04 pace. 5000; 2:24 trot. 5000. and POS trot, 5000.
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dispatches declare accompanied their re- pulse Precisely the same thing was at tempted by the Japanese at Port Ar thur and also failed.
 Resistance Is Surprising
 Only one thing is quite clear in the confusion. An unexpectedly heroic Bel gian resistance has temporarily delayed the advance of the army of the Mouse. While the main force is coming up be- hind, Liege still holds out and Belgian and French troops have united and are hurrying to it's support, with the poss- bility of English aid presently If the Belgian resistance continues, il is clear that the real fighting will begin not in French territory but in Belgian, not about Maubeuge and Givet, but on the line of the Mouse between Namur and Liege.
 If Liege holds out permanently the Germans can still mask it as the Bull garians did Adrianople when they ad- vanced to Lule Gurgas But the peril of such a movement is visible, because such an advance would leave their flank and rear open to attack by Belgian troops coming up along the Sambre and Mouse from all quarters and reinforced by the French and certain to have Eng fish help soon.
 If the army of the Mouse has been arrested, 1t must also necessarily delay the advance of the army of the Moselle from Luxemburg, which would other wise leave it's right flank and rear open to French attack. Since the forts of the French frontier are unbroken the army of the Rhine must also wait.
 The reports are too inconclusive 10 warrant any real forecast. But so far as they show anything they indicate that unexpected Belgian resistance has brought the whole German ''attaque brusquee' to a monetary halt Remem- bering that with the Russian troops gathering toward the east the German necessity is quick and decisive success in the west, it is then plain to see how damaging the Belgian stand may prove if 1t continues long. The moral effect of such an impressive check at the outset of a campaign must also be reckoned with.
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WHAT FIRST FIGHTING IN
 BEL CLAN TERRITORY MEANS
CURLEY BROWN

by a demand to be permitted to cross made by the Kaiser upon the Belgian government.
 The permission being denied and Bel gian resistance assured, the invading force deployed rapidly until it spread out over an area of some 30 miles, it's right flank resting upon the Dutch frontier at Wise, it's left upon Spa and Stavelot. and its bulk on the line of the railway from Liege to Cologne, which, going south, descends the Vesdre river to its junction with the Mouse at Liege.
 Tries to Isolate Liege
 Three possibilities had to be consid cred by the German commander of the Army of the Mouse The Belgians might make no resistance They might content themselves with formal and insignifi- cant resistence. Or they might in at tempting to make real resistance fail utterly because their mobilization was incomplete. In any case his necessity was to push on at top speed and en- deavor to lay hands upon Liege. strongly fortified town, before it was prepared, and at the same time en- deavor to isolate it by an enveloping movement, which necessitated crossing the Mouse at Wise.
 Plainly from these dispatches the brusque offensive was attempted So far as man can now judge it failed Could the Germans lay hold of L.ege all Bel gium to the would lie open to them. As they were anxious not to fight in Belgium, but to get across Belgium to France as quickly as possible, 1t would have been necessary to leave only little garrison in the forts of Liege, thus protecting their flank, and press on up the Mouse valley to the open French frontier.
 So valuable in the scheme of German operations was Liege that the sacrifice of some thousands of men to capture it was held worth while. This explains the aH parent recklessness of the opening at taeks and the slaughter which Belgian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-10
LAJO|E GETS S9OOO A YEAR FROM MAPS Yankees and Washington Wanted Nap, But Would
 Not Pay

There is only one reason why Napoleon Lajoie is still member of the Cleveland team, and that is because no other Amer lcan league club feels that it can afford to pay Larry the big salary that he is getting. Larrys generous contract has another year to run. Manager Frank Chance of New York and Clarke Griffith of Washingtonw anted the second sacker. but Lajoie drew just a trife less than 5000 year and neither was willing to part with that number of shekeIs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-10
WANT CUP RACES
 POSTPONED MONTH

London, August 9.-The Royal Ulster Yacht club last Friday cabled the New York Yacht club that it would be glad if the Americas cup races could be postponed one month. The message said that in the event of the war still being in progress at the expiration of that time the Royal Ulster Yacht club would to next year.
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1 lM'CONNELL'S DOUBLE
 DEFEATS TURTLES

Memphis, August 9.-McConnelrs dou- ble in the ninth inning today scored two runs for Atlanta, and gave the vis- itors a victory, to ?, over Memphis. Rain at the start of the second inning delayed play for almost an hour Score:
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International League

1-4.
 At Rocky Point. R. l.: Providence 5. Buffalo f.
 At Newark Newark 1-1Q, Rochester 7-s. ter 7-3.
 At Jersey City: Jersey &ity 6-2. To- ronto 0-l0.
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville 6. Cleveland B. At Columbus: Columbus 2, Indianapo- lis O.
 At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 8, Milwau- kee 9.
 At St. Paul. St Paul ?, Kansas City g.
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Indians Battle Thirteen Rounds

Indianapolis. August 9.-Tndanapolis won the first game of a scheduled dou- ble-header today, 1 to 8. in 1s innings through timely hitting The second game was called in accordance with 6 o'clock Sunday baseball law, after three innings had been played. Score: R. H. E. Indianapolis ...... 900 O02 '0l GOO IA F 3 Baltimore .010 GOO o2o GOO 0-3 10 1
 Batteries; Kaiserling, Mullen and Rari- den. Warren; Wilhelm, Suggs and Jack 1itsph
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PELICANS TRIUMPH
 AND ASSUME LEAD

New Orleans, August 9-Victory over Mobile today put New Orleons ahead in the championship race. Weaver easi- Hemphill and Higgins featured. The game was played on a wet field. Score:
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Yankees Shutout
Three Straight for Mackmen

Cleveland, August 9.-Philadelphia made it three straight over Cleveland, winning
 10 to 5. Cleveland made as many hits as
 the Athletics but the latter displayed
 greater speed on bases and fielded better.
 The playing of Wambsganss, a recruit
 from Cedar Rapids, la, starred in the field for Cleveland Score: R. H. E. Cleveland ............... 900 GOA O01-5 IA 5 Pn1lauelpn1d .......... .Az- lVv Vto--lu IF Batteries: Morton, Coumbe. Collamore and O'Neill; Plank and Lapp. Empires, o OLoughlin and Sheridan.
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Summary: Two-base hits. Schlei, Null len, Mcconnell Stolen base, DuncSe1 Sacrifice hits. Clother, Jennings. Balk, Williams. Bases on balls, Karr 3, Will Hams 5. Struck out, Karr :, Williams 3. Hit by piacher, Bisland. Time. 315 Um- pires, Chestnut and Rudderham.
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w T." :s'';i''i:s ss 's: : ss"s the
 V" the winner of the Rose trophy. Pete Knisely was favored for the honor but his desertion to the Cubs put him out of the running. LaRue Kirby's winning hits had caused him to loom up formid- able for the medal As the Southern IS bereft of the usual retnue of stars, the matter of awarding the trophy will no doubt be surprising to some.
 Two managers-Lord and Mccormick are making splendid showing. The Mo- bile leader has kept the Gulls up in the running by his heavy sticking, while Me Cormick has been big factor in the sue cess of the Lookouts. The most formidable candidate is big Charlie Schmidt, the Mo- bile catcher
 Schmidt is batting over .290, and has managed to stick around the three cen tury mark from the outset. He has been an invaluable aid to Bris Lord in de- veloping his young pitchers. Townsends s fine showing has been attributed to the big Germans coaching. He is a persis- tent worker and brainy catcher. He seems to be the most valuable man in the league up until the present.
 Birmingham may develop candidate during the last lap of the race. Should pennant fall to the Barons some man will star. The recent batting squirt of Clyde
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Faber Wins From Johnson

Chicago August 9.-Weaver's daring base running in the eleventh inning to- day gave Chicago a ? to i victory over Washington in a pitching duel between Faber and Johnson.
 Weaver started the eleventh with a sim gle Blackburn sacrificed. Collins singled and Fournier was passed purposely. Schalk flied to short right and Weaver scored the winning run on a close play at the plate Score: R.H. .E. Washington ... 100 GOO 900 O0-1 10 0 Chicago .... 100 900 900 01-2 2
 Batteries: Johnson and Williams; Faber and Schalk. Empires, Connolly and Chill.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Waco: Waco 4-4, Austin 0-1. At Beaumont: Beaumont 0-0, Houston 1-3. First game 10 innings.) At Galveston: Galveston 4, San An tonic 1.
 At Dallas: Dallas s-1. Fort Worth 7-2
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Summary: Two-base hits, Hendryx,
 Hemphill, Lord. Sacrifice hit, Starr. Sac- rifce fly, Barbare. Double play, O'De1l to Colhoun. Struck out, Weaver D. Townsend 3. Bases on balls, Weaver 1, Townsend 8. Hit by pitcher Weaver (O'DelD p. Time, AS. Umpires. kerin and Breitenstein
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Bison Handed Victory

Kansas City, August 9.-Buffalo won 10-inning pitchers duel battle from Kan sas City today, to ?, when Johnson, the Kansas City pitcher, threw wild to
 R. H. E. Buffalo ........... .010 100 GOO 1-3 14 Kansas City ......... .000 1G0 O10 0-2 6 3 Batteries: Schultz and Allen, Blair; Johnson and Enzenroth, Brown.
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Rebels Wallop Brownies

St. Louis, August 9.--Pittsburg won to victory from St. Louis today. In the eighth inning a triple. two doubles, single and d battery error netted the visitors five runs. Score: R. H. E. Pittsburg ................2 200 O01 005-S 10 8 St. Louis ...............,.00 600 O10 O01--2 ' l
 Batteries: Knetzer and Barry; Groom and Simon.
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CENTRAL LEAGUE

R. H. E. Illinois Central ............ 9 o lHSleHOok | D o Batteries: Denoh and Rose; Hender- son and Davis
 R. H. E. Central of Georgia .......... 2 , First National Bank ........ 8 ? Batteries: Pickle and Scott; Martin and Henderson.
 First Game R. H. E. Thomas .....-............ l Pep -to- Lac ................... 0 Batteries: Etewart and Stewart: Love- lave and Jennings.
 Second Game k. H. E. IhomaS Hep-to-l1ac U Q Batteries: Stewart and Stewart; Rob- erts and Jennings.
 R. II. E. Southern Ad ........... Roberts and Son ............. 'e "
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Montgomery August 9.-tSpecial) While New Orleans downtd the Gulls and assumed the lead of the Southern league, Birmingham was idled, by rain in Montgomery. As the result of the
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soI1THERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday New Orleans 6, Mobile 1. Atlanta 8, Memphis .. Birmirgham-M Montgomery, rain. Nashville Chattanooga, rain.
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Tigers Field Poorly

Detroit, August 9.-Wretched fielding by Detroit in the seven inning when Boston scored five runs, allowed the visitors to take the third game of the series today 6 to G. Cobbs steal of second and third and Burns home run drive over the left field wall were noteworthy. Score:
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Games Today

Birmingham at Montgomery. Mobile at New Orleans. Atlanta at Memphis. Chattanooga at Nashville.
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Cady and Carrgan; Main, Covaleskie, Boehler and Mckee and Baker. Empires. Egan and Evans.
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dispatches declare accompanied their re-
 pulse. Precisely the same thing was at tempted by the Japanese at Port Ar thur and also failed.
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New Orleans ............S .S10 020 00s-e
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IVY LID conjectures are going the A rounds of the Southern as to
 V" the winner of the Rose trophy.