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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Ellis county base ball fans will
have an opportunity Tuesday, March
2Sth, of seeing the greatest aggre-
cation of base ball stars that ever
faced each other on Texas diamond.
John j. McGraw and his mighty
New York Giants will assault Jungle
Park. where Hughie Jennings and his
vicious Tigers have bivouacked for
n season. The Tigers invaded the
Giants park on Friday of this week
and were beaten off by 4 10 ! score,
bat re-inforcements will be called
into action here and victory is assur-
cd for the Waxahachie nine. Mana
ger Jennings has. declared that dur
Ing the training season the Tigers
viii be known as the Waxahachie
team, compliment duly appreciated
by the citizens who are loyal fans.
The game will be called at $3.50
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Manager
McGraw of the New York Nationals
will arrive with his entire band of
veteran warriors and official news
paper correspondents early during
the day of Tuesday. The Giants
broke camps at Marlin last night
and will be CHARTERED at Dallas until
Tuesdays game, after which they
start on their homeward trip. AZ
surance has been given that Bonnie
kauff, the man who poses as Ty
Cohbs competitor for batting and
base running honors. will demon
strate his skill on the Tigers grounds
and give Jennings an idea of his
prowess. Cobb has been detained
ty damage from the Augusta fire,
hut he assures Manager Jennings he
will join the team at the earliest
possible moment. IL is barely posi-
Bile that Waxahachie will be honored
by his first appearance.
Trainer Tuthill of the Tigers must
/ lie taking the defeat at Giants park
yesterday to heart for when this
writer called at his room this morn
ing the veteran conditioner was rub
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
ELLIS COUNTY FANS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY 10
SEE NEARWORLD- SERIES GAME HERE BE-
FORE TIGERS DEPART
MANAGERS WERE FORMER TEAM MATES
Jennings Have Clashed But Once in Exhibition Tame
Since They Played Team Mates With the Baltimore Orr
oles in the Long Ago-Positvely the Biggest Texas
Game Here Tuesday.


hing up his trusty 2o-gause Just Ike
lie meana to fight il OUT p finish
on Tuesday This disglay Of pfepaf.
cdness is manifested by sach< and
every Tiger playss They are de-
termined that the Clients shall fall at
Jungle park.
The four game series between the
Giants and the Tigers, starting at
Marlin on yesterday. is being watch
cd with closest interest by Waxaha-
CHE fans because it may give some
idea of the championship result;
he fought out in the world series TINS
salI. There are many fans who con-
fidently expect John J. McGraw to
win the championship Of the Nation
81 and probably a greater nuineei
expect Hughie Jennings 10 win the
championship OF the American league.
These two great managers we're team
mates on the Baltimore Orioles years
ago. when Hughie Jennings was con-
s!dered to be the very best snort
stop in the big leagues and McGraw
led the third sackers.
This viii be the Tigers farewell
game in Waxahachie. Soon after
O'Clock in the evening of that day
tie Jungaleers will entrain for San
Antonio, where they will play a
same. Thence they will jump 70
Houston and back TO Denison before
they quit the state. Waxahaciiie
fans by reason of an effort on the
part of a large number of citizens
have been able to see the very best
ball players in either of the two big
leagues, and with the assurance that
the Tigers will come back to Waxa
hachie next spring it is announced
hy the management of the park asso-
cation that still better exhibition
games will be matched for the secono
season of the team here.
dance and reception given by the
players on Monday night before the
Goodbyes will have been said at
game.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
r.ing over with the spirit ef h,
South.

Speaking here and expressiDs
views Of the other newspaperu
as we'll as tho ballplayers, and
writer will say that Waxakacas
tho best training spot the Ts
have had. 1t may not be the preu
location of the south-sayag i
would cover a wide territory
would put a flat hand over disai
that have not been visited.
Waxahachie, though, is a
place--a wonderful place, Il
choose it that way. While not
| be compared with Gulfport as ID
er resort, because the Missaa
coast town where the Tigers trsl
through three springs was ind
resort and little else, it is 9
more agreeable place to stay hss
tie surroundings are pleasant
everyone seems interested Ii ~
i and not in himself.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
PATRONS DESERT
."No" SIDE AlTRR CONTROVERSY

That the strength Of the opposition
10 the telephone merger is diminish
ling is best evidenced by a sub-pe-
titon handed The Daily Light rep
resentativo on last Thursday after
noon with authority TO print This
petition is signed by six of the US
0rs OF business telephones who yot-
ed mo" and in il they express a
desire 70 set themselves right and
vote fer a merger. by subtractinS
the six from the original thirty osr
thcrc would be only twenty-eight op-
posed to the merSer TO les favor
ing ii. Another significant fact is
that these six users of business tele-
phones have only one telephone, yet
they are willing TO go down in their
pockets and merge under the plan
Outlined by the committee. The pc
.tition read:
we. the undersigned, did not IN,
.derstand the proposed telephone
.merger when the opportunity to
vote on the question was submitted
Ito US. Having seen a full discussion
.iu The Waxahachie Daily Lght. anj
having heard the same discussed on
the streets. We respectfully ask
that our names be changed from
no 20 Yes signed: A. H. Pail
.let. NJ. u Folder & Co. NJ E Reed,
". b. Reymuuer. Pete Ellis. 6. G.
.Bohaunou'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

So Iris Speaker has recei'eu
s,mnons TO Join the Boston ked soA
at Hot Springs. Speaker was hoid,
ing out because President Lann'h hau
ont mis- salary about $4,000 season
aust what arrangements will be maze
is not definitely known out II 10 +"
c;ncb that Lannin made the Texas
Idol a pretty fair offer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

With the political campaign and
the baseball season both on in Tex
rs at the same time, IT will be a
difficult matter for the war cores
pondents to set us 10 read any of
their stuff
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

This Is cleanup season for the
year. Look after your own back
yard. and depend on your neighbor
to do the same. The fly-breeding
places should have attention.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, March 20.
Iris Speaker celebrated his first
day in camp by driving out four
hits, including two doubles and one
home run, and making numerous
captures in short center.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Those who have been trying for
so long 70 bring about trouble with
Mexico now feel that they have
things going their way. and we are
not prepared TO say that they are
mistaken.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Resolved that We all so TO church
tomorrow, and get ourselves in bet
ter shape for the discharge of the
duties which will come before US
during the coming week
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Ii seems pretty certain that George
Maisel has landed place with the
Tigers. Maisel is a protege of jim
my Burke and believed by Burke TO
be sreat ball player.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Walk right into any Of our stores
while you are in town today. You
WIN find the merchants and clerks
all ready to wait on you. They are
an armed with list of prices that
win attract your attention.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The health authorities are now
after the cid hotel keeper who told
a. guest that ''one hundred men had
wiped their faces on that towel, and
that he was the first one to COM
plain.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

sullivan has great hopes 10,
poos,ar this season and if the speed
King don't make good he VIII ploD
ably draw the pink slip. CONF, y
.snd confidence is said TO be MS
greatest trouble.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

win against the Braves, being wal
Hoped by the latter, Z to 0, in the
last struggle. Kentzer and Mesh
took turns holding the athletes run
nerless.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The Houston Post asks Il girls
were plumper forty years ago than
they are now. Never having been
able to see as much Of them in those
days we are unable to answer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The candidates for county offices
are ell getting busy The horny
hand of the son OF toll is being Civ
en- a shake and a squeeze which al
most brushes the bone,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

,nr Young is one of the tastes.
FEEDERS in the Oie show but ne uon
seem 10 have the strength TO MT
mast the infield defenses'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The New York Giants defeated
the Tigers yesterday at Marlin by a
score of four 10 enc. When We get
them at jingle park next Tuesday
you will read a different tale.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

A man should come from farther
|south than Coffeyville before he be-
gins behaving like southern colon
lei, sub
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

villa and Felix Diaz aud the 9th
er reyoluters would soon play out
ii they had 30 backing from Ameri-
cans who are anxious % bring about
trouble.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Considerable change IN the tem-
rereture this morning. Those who
followed our advice 10 keep 'em on
while longer were prepared for
the change
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. March %
Thirty-nine ball players stand
ing in line, Donovan got his AK
and made twenty-nine"
This happened just before tn
lanks left.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

No amount OF argument can con.
vince us that sensible people will
resort TO war as a means Of settling
their differences,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

1t is always hard TO write ~
words of appreciation. li0aI
that. are nimble to the mind at q
times, falter and stumble
chasms of disconnectiyeness
But let me give you lhess
words to carry with you-
The Tigers first year IN saa
chic will not be soon laIsH
The town, its people, even lAs
gray flagstones about me coAl'''
now seem friendly. Ana ths Y
appreciate it and you all
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
KANSAS PEoGHESSiNF
LEADERS MEET TODAY

Q ENPORIA. kans.. March 20. {
= -kSuSas Progressive leaders =
. assembled here today to decide 9
= when and how to select dele {
= gates To the national oonyen-
> lion. The Sunflower state is .
. entitled TOT thirteen delegates =
= 10 the convention. :
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Jupiter plurius came with q great
flourish OF trumpets but his visit
did not amount TO much after all
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Trainer Tuthill and Manager Jen-
nings hope to improve Pep young 5
batting average by little condition
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

rirank.C FalIer, a Detroit boy VINO
ba. heen working oat with the Tig-
Aers will not be used BY Manager
Jennings this year. according TO an
nopneement but will probably be
sent to one of the class AA or
ganizations. This will be big jump
for Fuller because he was in the
!Canadian league last season, which
lis in class c. Fuller is a classy BAL
PLAYER and a lad who will yet 20
up.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Manager Jennings announces 'ha nv.
b.rrina Fuller and Harris he VIII
carry all the players until he reaches
Detroit. He will retain Ericksoh'
McTigue and Cunningham Oh the
Young pitchers and expects some
pretty good work out of them. lie
will also keep smithson and Marshai'
for few weeks longer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

or baudying words arc not IN oui
line. We are too busy and plumb.
ina Is our strict occupation. Yet We
have never yet had 20 eat our
words" when We have said that We
viii do sanitary plumbing, quickly
and first class. that won't take a
bach seat" for that done By anyone
in the country. When you want eN-
pert plumbing, good material and
fair prices consult
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The United States has been in
lot water ever since We became one
OF the world powers
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

If you will read TIE Dai3
want column closely every a''
will pick up enough bargains .
section of the paper Vlihln
to pay for the Daily Ldsi' ''''
lion over and over AGAIN.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

MARLIN. Texas. March 25.-
Cobb was not there, but his chic
underStudy. Sam Crawford, was anC
trimmed Benny Kauff with his wa
club, getting three bingles to tn,
latter's one.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

If YOU. kind reader, VIII forgive
tie use OF the personal pronoun an
attempt will be made to pursue
few wild words in an effort TO gam
nroner irrespective Oh the spirit of
Waxahachie.
The writer-and he is going to
confine himself solely to what has
been said by him-was much as
! turbed last winter, when Manager
Jennings came south in search OF
! training quarters. He knew that
| Waxahachie was bidding for the nom
or Of honor it be- OF entertaining
tie Tigers during the training sea-
son. Knowing this and also BENG
aware of Jennings weakness Tor
towns with peculiar, and not to say
fastidious. names he was aware, well
in advance. of where the team would
&C.
He knew-with all his heart he
kneW-that Palestine, Corpus Chris
ii. San Antonio and other cities that
were bidding didn't have chance.
Jennings could take one flying look
al the Texas map; he could see the
lname "Waxahachie" and make
decision.
Three writers-Batchelo Jackson
and myself-have been travelling
with the Tigers for better than five
years. Wilcox, innocent soul, had
blind, implicit. trusting faith in Jen-
Kings; knowing Hughie better the
rest of us leaped him (not in really
serious way, mind you, but IL a
kidding" fashion, for signing a
contract with Manager Harrison OF
the Hotel Rogers.
The -Waxahachie. That
was enough
Before going any further, however
Hot il be said that no mention was
made in any of the Detroit papers OF
tire reception the team was likely to
get here. We all were of the inn
ii ession that Waxahachie was SIM
Iply one of those nanana towns of the
Old South instead, we have found
it a live, hUstiing, little city brim-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

There viii be wars and rumors of
wars and sttil the end win be in the
distance
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. March %.
Automobiles viii give the train
ing camp a wide margin. following
a home run smash by Kantleher
that broke the plate glass wind
shield ol = passing car.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

The censorship over the news
frow Mexico enables the cores
poIdenis 20 nn tbe papers with just
such sfUti - they please Villa has
slready been surrounded several
times. and Viii be surrounded sey-
~eral times more before he is ever
es~sur.1
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

MINERAL WELLS. Texas, March
35.- Manager Rowland and Fl
Walsh think they have the seasons
find in Pitcher Erler. a rookie who
suddenly developed not spit ball
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
EIGHT PAGES

Come on with your picnics. We
are ready. willing and waiting.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

CHARLoTTESvILLE' Va. IaTcl
90 Griffith MAS happy when Mi
Ian banged out three hits against
the Yannigans The center fielder
has not yet come into his old hit
ting and fielding form.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

Beauty is the index Of lsi'7
than wisdom-Holmes'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25
JENNINGS HAS FANCY
FOR PECULIAR NAMES
SPORT WRITER DECLARES NJ
NEED FOR HIM TO
VISIT TOWNS.
Bcasley Declares waxahachie Has
proven the Best Training Camp
Ticers Ever Had Despite
Writer'S Misgiyings.
BY n. B. BEAsLEY.

Waxahachie is saying Goodbye!
90 The Tigers. Tuesday night, snort
Nv after the hour of 3, jennings anu
HE men will be aboard San Anto-
Mo train. The prepping season.
STRICTLY speaking, will have been
brought to a close.
Leaving Waxahachie will be a
source of regret to the ball players
&c we'll as the newspaper men. Dur
ing the all too short stay OF four
weeks friendships that are Ep9u i3tl
10 be LASTING have BEEN nf@de fas g :
are friendships the renewal Of Witch
will be looked forward to with Keen
anticipation for the spring OF 1911
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-25

MIAMI, Fla. March e5.-Connie
Mack's athletes Just cant seem to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-23
ROBBING THE SOIL.

The ammunition maker robs the
farmer. The very materials needed to
drive bullets and shells are the mater
ials that make crop grow. Thus the
ammunition manufacturers are rob-
bling the soil. They are using up, par
ticularly. the great plant food. nitro
gen. The heterogeneous compounds that
ought to be going into grain and
vegetables, and indirectly into meat,
to sustain human life, are going into
things that destroy life.
Germany and Austria are likely to
suffer bitterly from this very fact dur
ing the present year. Hemmed about
by a wall Of steel, they must feed
themselves. Last season their crops
we're pretty good, in spite of untoward
conditions. But with available fer
tilizer products wasted at the enor-
nous rate required by their military
demands, they have little left for the
soil. And because their stock of do
nestle animals is so reduced. they can
count even less than usual on organic
fertilizer to take the place Of the min
eral fertilizers which play so large a
part in German agriculture. 1t may
prove to be literally true that German
guns take the bread out of German
mouths.
The peril Is less in America, but il
may be serious nevertheless. We have
had two years Of enormous crops. In
the nature of things, we should not
expect so large a yield this year. The
law Of chances" Is against It, and the
soil has been weakened by two heavy
yields in succession. This year more
n1trates will be needed than ever. AND
they are scarcer than ever, because
our usual German supply is cut off
and most Of our supply from domesti,
and South American sources is coins
to Europe on munition ships.
If We are to have big crops again
our farmers will have to increase thu
cultivated area, use all the availabl,
organic fertilizer, and apply the mos
scientific methods in seeding, cultivst
ing and harvesting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-23
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

The Cincinnati Enquirer calls at
tention to the fact that the record of
murders In this country keeps we'll
up to the average. 1t says that while
the total seems to have increased from
a known 4,567 for 1913, to an esti-
mated 1900 for 1915, there will be
some satisfaction for the present and
perhaps some encouragement for the
future in the fact that this last total
is more than 5000 less than the num-
Der fer 1896, when the high point Of
1862 was reached. This difference
between time when the population Of
the country was less than 10000, 900
and year OF over 100000 has
never been explained, but the En-
quirer suggests that possibly the in
PRODUCTION of the electric chair in a
third Of the states since 1896 may
hare had some effect, while the efforts
against strike murderers and gunner
have probably had their influence.
That the Enquirer is thoroughly in
favor Of capital punishment is ind1-
Gated by the following:
There are those opposed to capital
punishment, or pretending to be for
the sake of companionship in a fad,
who argue that since murders are
still Of great frequency in states
where hanging is nominally the pen
atty, and even In those In which the
terrors Of the electric chair are held
out as a deterrent, we should do
away with the death penalty; should
give all convicted of murder a form
OF prison punishment with the chance
OF parole or Of eventually proving in
nocence. They believe, or claim to be-
lieye, that not only is It wrong for
the state to take life for a life or for
several lives, but that killings are not
prevented by any states threat OF
death. They DO not seem to have yet
reached the belief that the murderer's
life is Of more value to the community
than his victims, at least they do not
so proclaim"
According TO the latest obtainable
statistics Boston, with a population OF
670,5S5, had rs murders in 1914, while
st. Louis, with a population OF 6S7 ,029
reported III murders. 1t is signifi-
cant that Massachusetts provides the
penalty of the electric chair for first
degree murder and Imprisonment for
life for murder in the second degree