The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-06
JENNINGS IS
VISITOR TO-DAY.
TIGERS MANAGER INVESTIGATES
TRAINING QUARTERS
HERE.
LUNCHEON TON|GhT
citizens Will Endeavor 10 Show Man.
ager Of Big League Team Rea-
son for Selecting Waxa-
hachie.

| Today is an all important day for
Waxahachie because Hughie Jen-
nings, manager of the Detroit Tig-
ers. is here TO inspect the town to
determine whether or not he will
bring the Tigers here to train next
spring. A phone message from Dali
las apprised the committee OF Jen-
nings' arrival in that city and stat
ed that he in company with Joe
Gardner and other well known base
ball magnates would leave shortly
after the noon hour for Waxahachie.
| This message was signal fors the
calling together of the Chamber Of
Commerce committee. which has the
| training camp matter In hand, to
Outline program for the afternoon.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the commit
|tee assembled at Hotel Rogers and
arranged for the following commit
|tee to meet the visitors and show
them Waxahachie with view of
Istressing our claim on the Tigers
l.. ID. Lasswell, Dabney Sims, Rob-
ert Harrison, W. G. McClain, c. e.
Schuster, Pat Sims, c.. A. Tunnel,
w. NJ Mincey, f. B. Prince, Arson
Cole and Roy Connally.
The committee will hold them
selves in readiness to meet the Wis.
itors, and the afternoon will be de-
voted to demonstrating Waxahachie
as practical training place for the
big leaguers. To be more specific
this afternoon will be known It's
Jennings Day in Waxahachie.
Manager Jennings will be taken over
the town and shown the park, the
hotel, the hot water, and all facili-
ties at command to make training in
Waxahachie profitable as well as
pheasant.
Waxahaehie people claim many
advantages over other towns asking
for the traing camps. Some of these
are mentioned as superior hotel ia
cilities, direct railway connections,
an abundance of purest drinking wa
ter and superior mineral water
for bathing purposes, best park ia
cilities and a citizenship that will
make the stay OF the Tigers in our
midst a pleasure and a delight
Waxahachie is located in between
three OF the larger Texas league
towns, making it possible to play
exhibition games in any of these
towns at small expense and no in
convenience in travel. No town with
in the 2G,0Gq limit can boast of a
hotel that equals the Rogers. No
town outside of Marlin can boast OF
a mineral water that equals the Wax
ahachie mineral water. The soil OF
the proposed park will work up in
to one of the best parks TO be had
anywhere and the citizens promise
to provide such a park. Last but not
least by any means with the Tigers
located in WaXahachie Jennings
would have his players safeguard
ed against breaking over some OF
the rules of training season. No
town in Texas would extend a heart
Ter welcome. The stay OF the Tig-
ers would be one continual round of
amusement as well as ample train
ing for an aggressive seasons work.
Tonight at $40 o'clock Manager
Harrison of Hotel Rogers will tend
err the Chamber of Commerce a
luncheon, honoring Mr.. Jennings and
the visitors Some thirty or forty
citizens will attend
this meeting and discuss with Mr..
Jennings the proposition of bringing
the Tigers to Waxahachie.