The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-09
TIGERS PLAY PRACTICE
GAME At JUNGLE PARK
IRRESISTiBLES WIN FROM IL.
VINCiBLEs BX 4 SCORE OF
q AND ).
Fast and Snappy Ban Characterized
the Game and Three Hundred
Fanse Watched with Great
est Interest.

"Rube' Marshall lowed as how he
could pick team of youngsters from
Tigers squad that would beat Grover
Loudermilk's nine. but he guessed
wrong, even though he had Manager
Jennings on his side The contest
originated Tuesday night in the club
room talk, when Marshall told the
boys, confidentially, how he expected
to become manager of the pennant
winning team in the American league
some fifteen or twenty years hence.
All the boys seemed to take il for
granted that "Rube" could do ii with
the exception of Loudly" who may
have similar ambition. Wei, as
the argument waxed warm, Manager
Jennings appeared and proposed to
let the would be managers try their
skill at picking ball players provided
they would confine their selections
to members of the squad. That was
to the liking of the men and Marshall
kindness by choosing him on his
second take.
1t became noised about that there
would be a five to seven inning
game played at Tiger park and
when 2:30 O'Clock rolled around
there was regular holiday crowd
present to see the big leaguers work
out in the first practice game of the
season. The first real squabbie
came up over the selection of an UNI
pire. Marshall vigorously opposed
Harold Wilcox for fear that young
ster had dime bet on the game.
"Loudy" refused TO entertain mo-
ton to have Joe Jackson umpire be-
cause Joe was seen talking earnestly
with Manager Jennings Finally it
was decided that Sport Writers
Bachelor and Beasley should offici-
ate. The first official act of Batche-
lor was to order Manager Jennings
to the bench because the manager
asked him if an ice cream soda would
influence his decisions, but he was
allowed to play when Bachelor
made count and found that there
were just eighteen Tiges in camp,
onuptipos tho MANAGER
Marshall Selects Pitchers.
When it came to choosing players
Marshall, young pitcher himself,
chose a bunch of young twirlers, say
ing he had rather undertake to de-
velop full team than fool with
old heads. cloudy" grabbed for the
vets" getting Sullivan, Stanage,
veach, Coveleskie, James and others
we'll known in the profession. Baker
volunteered to catch for Marshall.
The Game BY Innings.
Loudermilk won the toss and took
the field, then the big game was on
Umpire Bachelor announced that the
game was between the Inyineibles
and Irresistibles and gave the bat
terry. Baker was first up for the
IpvineibIes and flew to right, Jen-
nings was retired on a slow one 10
3rd base which Stanage shot across
to first with time TO spare. MeTigue
Whitfield and the Invincibles we're re-
tired. Fuller was lead off man Tor
the Irresistibles and he beat out an
infield hit down LIST base line. he
took second when Jennings slipped
over the base in grabbing Bakers
shoot. Stanage opened with Texas
Lacquer just over End and Fuller
scored. Veach hit slow 0ne TO
Jennings at End and was out cum
ningham retired the side with
strike-out.
In the second inning Mckee FOR
the Invincibles singled 70 center
nurloined End and 3rd Boehler
could not connect with Marshall
curves and Smithson flew 10 Flsht.
Pagan struck-out leaving Mckee on
srd base. The Irresistibles started
their half of this inning with Efick-
son first up. The former Texas
Lacquer hammered out long one