The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
BALL YARD MUDDY
PRACT |C[ LIGHT
HEAVY RAIN OF LAST MIGHT
KEPT TIGERS OFF DIAMOND
An MORNING PRACTICE.


Tough inek Was mixed Win ifiS
good tn the Tiger camp Wednesday.
Tbe day itself was ideal for baseball
training one of the brightest and
warEaest days that has heaned Oh
diamond athletes Id March fer many
year-but the rain Of Tuesday
night soaked jungle park and made
it too soft for use this morning An
effort was made to get pitching and
batting practice. but Manager Jen-
nings was compelled to give up and
resort to pepper games" long runs
for the boys and a little warming up
for the pitchers
These pepper games give some
OF the best exercise in the training
program, and are very interesting
fer the spectators, many OF whom
watch the proceedings from the
grandstand every morning and AFT
ternoon. Four or five piayers sta
ton themselves Is or 20 feet from
| d batter, who bnnts the bail at them
The idea is TO catch the hunts with
out missing one aud to Throw the
ball back to the batter, who Is not
| supposed to miss either The ath-
Ietes are SO skilled at that sort OF
thing that thny can handle anyw here
from SO to 1oe bunts without q bob
Bile. and the rastime gets fast enough
10 afford a lot Of excellent exercise
II is q lot Of fun. too, and keeps the
young gentlemen in splendid humor
As soon as pr etiee for the morn
ing was called or at Il o'clock,
Gronndkeeper Hutchinson and his
corps of raketeers charged the mud
aud by the time the plasors return
81 in the afternoon. the diamond was
II much better shape.
This morning the pitchers were IN
craaaing their speed. and occasionally
Fast ore tipped through. There
has been no attempt to curve the
ball. however. and no attempt has
been made TO get Il line on any of
the rockies. The impression Is gem
erai that the iragnet this year has
brou ght in some exeeptinal slabbing
taleat. and there is good reason to
beliaye that the Tiger hurting staff
viii be greatly strengthened this
coming season None of the yeter-
ans are in bad condition and several
notably james and Boiand are In
much better shape than at this time
a year ago Manager Jennings is
confident that aii bis vets, except
possibly CoFeleskie, viii do much
better work this year than last
covey doesn't have to improve II
he did show more than he did IN
1915, he would have Walter John
son backed into a corner.
Nothing can be said about the re-
eruits yet, except that a natter. hus-
kier and mora promising bunch
never showed in major league
spring camp They al lock like
smart, capable ball players who
know what they are here for. and
it will be very surprising indeed if
several OF them do not turn out 10
be the real thing. II would amaze
nobody If mighty stiff battle for
berths did not materializa In the next
few weeks.
In day or SO Manager Jennings
viii select his infield for the game
at Fort Worth Sunday, and win be
giving it work out Bush, Ellison
and Dyer are sure to appear, with a
pitcher or catcher at first base. Yelle
probably viii catch most OF the
game. stanage and Spencer have
volunteered to play the outlield by
themselves. A glimpse Of these SUI
per-areadnaUght models cruising for
flies in the meadow VIII alone be
worth the price Of admission
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