The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-21
! ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AND THE
TIGERS WILL PLAY HERE
on TIT RSDAN.
THE SEASONS Bis CAME
surplus OF baseball Talent VIII BE
On Display Here When Major
League Teams Meet
In Biz Battle.

8IEurSday. when AiIler ftnEglhs VIII
lead his SIT. Louis Cardinals into
town 20 battle With the Waxahachie
md Detroit Tigers. The Cards haFs
heen training at San Antonio, and
are on their way to st. Louis for
the annual preseason series With
sho Browns IT Is q peculiar tact
that the Cards Invariably beat the
81. Louis Americans in the spring,
ssnd taking an numerically wallop-
ing from the Brownies in the fall
series,
The Cardinals have not figured
high in the National league RAGS
for 4 few years. but thai has n-t
been altogether the fault Of the
players. The club has been owned
BY Mrs. Schuyler Brifton. who con-
FINALLY interfered with the manage
rslent Of The team and refused to
supply funds necessary for bolster
ing the battle front. Manager Hug
gins worked under handicaps
throughout the suffragist regime
Lest spring the Cardinals We're pur-
chased BY q syndicate or st. Louis
business men, aud II was announced
this morning that Branch Kicker
Lad been made president. Hickey is
ono OF the snlarfesr fellows in the
game. and his finest talent Is dig
ging up young players OF skill. All
tGla is good news for tho Cards, and
hey will come into tomorrow fals
d pepper and enthusiasm.
Some very famous ball PLAYERS
Will come 10 W~axalaehie in Cardinal
spanglas. The topliner viii be
Rogers Hornsby. the young Texas
Fnfieidef VINO played with Denlson
year before last. IN that league
of low classification. Hornsby batted
only .27T. He was considered only
a fair prospect. He reported late
Ii tie season Of 1915, and Manager
Higgins told the youngster that the
best thing for him would be to be
farnled for the season. BY that
Huggins meant he though it wise
Ia send the lad t. the minors for
another year OF seasoning.
Hornsby pat a literal interpreta-
tion on The suggestion. and arranged
d spend the winter ON a Texas
farm. He did that thing. and last
season was the infieiding sensation
OF the National league. Attic only
q mediocre hitter in tie bushes,
Rogers slapped the pill for .Sl2 In
tile big show. Las year he played
for sf.S80. He demanded $4,000
this season. and while he may not
have secured that much of a ra,sc.
he did stick up the elab ser an
exceptional salary for a lad of his
experience lie is likely 10 play
short. third OF first here. Last
aoaaon he played q consecutive
games nj third without an error.
Another interesting character on
the club is Bob Easeher. who led
tie National league IN base running
3 few seasons. a third Is Gonzales.
tue Caban catcher VINO shares back
stopping honors w4th Frank snyder.
one OF the stars Of she league. bat
eel, the second baseman. achieved
the dis notion last season Of play
Ing % consecutive games at the
Keystone sack without a miaplay,
Higgins himself is one OF the
sI~eyegesef infIeideas VINO ever gfaced
.he diamond, and he has some excel
lent records 10 his credit.
On The pitching staff is Bill Doak.
sho led the league in I9l4. and
Red Ames, who started out in the
big show 10 years ago. who is apy
IS years Of age il a dag. aud VINO
still IS ranked IS superb siatster
Another we'll known pitcher On the
Cardinal payroll is Lee Meadows
.l4e only mayor Lacquer who wears
5~pecfacles on the field. lie hurled
ii 81 games last year, establishing
lbs seasons record in that respect.
as a coming star Is Mule"
81 atsen. 8 big pitcher who is with