The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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THE DAILY liMDGKR
of tilt* infield. Fevers 1ms a lift!**
“Rabbit*’ Maranville working for
him. Maranville is not as old in
with their arms—are bis assets.
.Mack is sending bis great ma-
chine after the world’s title for
the fifth time. Every man is a experience as either Harry nr Col
veteran of at least one struggle, lius, but for speed confidence and
In the line-up of the Braves there dash nothing is lacking, lie works!
are but 'two men who have ever with Fevers in perfect fashion,
before smelled the smoke ot the The Braves have everything to
j big battle. They are -Johnny gain and nothing to lose. To St a I j
Evers, who aided the Cubs in their' lings not even a pennant has fallen;
fights for the title, and Josh I>e- J before. Winning is an old story |
vore, a former New York Giant. to the .Vth ties and to Mack, hour
Of the Athletics veterans, Ben-; pennants and four world's scries
der has been under fire in four id championships have fallen to them
BOSTON WINS
FIRST GAME
(Continued from first page)
the big league combats; Blank.1 They have proven invincible. The
Collins, Baker, Strunk, Lapp ami j question the Braves will attempt
Barry have been through three I t.u answer is whether the marvci-
Oidering, Melm-es, 1 homas r.t i'ous machine lias finally outlived
Coomus have taken part in ‘ vo
series while Seining, Bush ami
Eddie .Murphy received their bap-
tism of lire a year ago.
, Taking the lead on May do, the
Athletics had a little trouble iu
again winning the American Lea-
gue pennant 'this year. They
were never headed after they as
sumed eommand and enter the
. series today with the same driv-
ing force and strategy which has
kept them to the fore. On the
other hand, the Braves have made
the most sensational fight iu the
; history of baseball. On July b, tin
Kl'U Uol'o 111 1 J OO.k ^’ll AV
Braves were in last place. They
won four straight games after that
date and this started them on
their dash which parried them to
a tie with the Giants by August
: 24, and clinched the pennant by
| October 1. Between July 6, and
August 24'they won dd games, lost
only eight and tied one. They
continued their winning and did
not lose a single series while meet
ing every club in the league. Ru-
dolph. James and Tyler carried
the Braves along with steady eon
sistent pitching, holding the rival
club batters at bay, while their
team-mates hammered iu enough
runs to keep the Braves in the
lead should the enemy threaten.
I'pon these same pitchers Stal-
lings will pin his faith for victory
over the Muckmen. They face the
greatest test of their careers in
their efforts to spike the guns of
the heavy artillery which has
wrecked the offerings of such men
as Matthcwson. Maequard. Tcs-
reuu. Overall, Brown and all who
have faced t! m.
Standing on the main point of
. • . ,, ... ... , . the firing line for the Athletics is
packed mto the Atheltie stands ,, . ,, , ,. ....
... . the veteran Header, the stolid in-
witlun two dajs. Mining on to diiin who has weathered the storm
Boston for the third and fourth of so many previous conflicts
games, Monday and Tuesday, even With him stands Blank with his
greater throngs are expected for'greet pitching knowledge, while
there’s more room in Fenway Bush, the hero of latft year’s series
Park. Shawkey and other younger men
The series starting today pres- in the Athletics camp are primed
ent a struggle between a seasoned, and ready for the call that will
highly organized, hard hitting certainly come to them for serv-
machine as opposed to a dashing ice. Behind the bat Mack has
new outfit, untried in such a con- Sehang, who jumped to tin* fore
flict as they are entering today, in the last series as one of the
but full of confidence. Staling’s greatest catchers of the game.
main reliance is in his pitchers and Stallings has every confidence in
and the dash and confidence of his (rowdy, but lanky Hank is hardly
Baseball War
Opens With Vim
(Continued from First Page.)
men. The great strategist, Mack the equal of Sehang.
presents the same array which has
turned back the Cubs and Giants
in defeat. His batsmen, the ter-
ror of their league ,and the wreck
ers of all who have faced them in
World’s series, his infield the
greatest in the world, a steady,
but not sensational pitching staff
—the mainstays of which aecomp
About the second base will be
waged a battle of brains between
two of ’the greotest strategists on
the playing field. In Eddie Col-
lins and Johnny Evers the game's
greatest second baseman are rep re
sented. Collins and Jack Barry
at short stop havxe long stood out
as the greatest combinotion iu
lish as much with their brains as either league about the keystone
if!
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TO be successful, you
must economize and
there’s no better way
than to open a bank ac-
count and adu to it as
often as convenient. We
solicit your account and
can assure you of courte-
ous treatment. This is
one of the leading finan-
cial institutions of this
County and its relations
with its patrons in the past have been both pleasant, and
profitable, and it will endeavor to conduct its business
along these lines in the future.
its grind ness, and whether the
jinx which lias struck so many
other champions this year is to|
work the downfall of tin* Atli-
let ics.
The same rules prevailing iu
other series exist for the games
this year. The players will re
reive (il> permit for tile reerip'\v
for the first four games. ’Phis
money will he divided till percent
to the winner and Id permit to
the loser. Of these receipts the
clubs will receive JO percent and
the National Commission 10 pc'-
cent. Tlu* players do not share in
the receipts after the first four
games, this money being divided
00 percent to tin* clubs and 10 per
cent to the National Commission.
The prices for seats are: Bos-
ton boxes +5 each seat ; grand
stand, $2; pavillioii:, r sei vi ,i, .**»2;
general adiniss'on. pi ; 2’* cent
bleacher seats. 50 ecu's. Bhibulel
pliia: Boxes +5 each seat; grand
stand. +4; Ba\illions. reserved, +2;
general admission + 1. The players
eligible to participate iu the series
are: Boston father, Coereham.
Connolly, ('attend. Crutcher,
Davis. Deal. Devore, Dvgey. Evers
Barry. Evers fanned as Moran third, Lapp to Baker. One run, two
stole second. Connolly out, Me- hits, no errors. j
Bin is to Wyckoff. No runs, one Philadelphia--Wyckoff doubled
Bit- no errors. 'Murphy out Maranville to
Philadelphia—Baker safe at Schmidt, Wyckolt taking third
j first oil Evers' error. Mclnnis base. Oldriug f aimed. ° Collins
walked. Strunk out, Selulimt un- Hied to Connolly. No runs, one
assisted. Barry fanned. Lapp', hit, no errors,
who replaced Sehang at tin* end Ninth Inning,
of the sixth inning, was out, Ru-, Boston—Deal out. Baker to Me
dolpli to Schmidt. No runs, no! Iniii.s.
ft • 4 . ..... I .
Rudolph out Barry to .Mi*-
Itfts, one error. Innis. Rudolph was cheered trein
Eighth Inning. endously for his fine pitching.
Boston -Whitted popped t o, Moran out, Baker to Mclnnis. No
Baker. Schmidt singled, dowdy runs, no hits, no errors.
singled. Schmidt went to third
base. Maranville fanned. Schmidl
scored on a double steal but
Miil.idclphia Baker doubled
Mclnnis out Deal to Schmidt.
Ktrunk popped to Evers. Barry
dowdy was out trying to reach out Maranville to Schmidt.
PAYMENT EXTENDED A DON 11AMT
ON LAND INTEREST "
Land Commissioner Robinson;
has given notice that In* will not j
expect remittance of interest on;
state land notes on November
first, and that before the forfeit-!
lire is declared he will give notice.!
Following is a letter from Mr.
Robinson to County Clerk Parish,'
which gives some- relief to those.
State-Wide Society Event Will
Open Great Exposition.
Unequaled in brilliancy by any
like event that lias been held in
who were rustling for money with iTexas will be the “Pageants of
which to meet these obligations: the Months and tlie Seasones,”
lion. U. L. Parish, . . . ... a, . ..
which will otlicially open the
Gilbert, Gowdv. Hess, James,! * ounty ( lerk. Runnels ( o.
Maranville, Mann, Martin, Mit-i Ballinger, Texas. .weeks round ot entertainment
ehell, Moran. Rudolph. Schmidt,I Dear Sir:—-On account of the it the National Feeders and
Smith. Strand. Tvler. Whaling.! financial condition existing at tin* Breeders’ sho\y on the night of
Wllit'tcl. | present time, 1 write this to |Octobcr j0. Tl,c day stock show
J-liilti.Ull.lti,.—littk.-t-, liar ry. to .T0‘‘r <s <<> •*' “J ,vjH in „,e monlin„ and wi„
H..„d.-t. »„.s,ler. Kush. ."olios. “s ,,a-v ,“"ke >’!*l,,,r-v ",»t 1 ' °P™ *'"1
not* expect remittances on inter-1 last until Octobeer 1/.
Coombs. Davies, Davis. Kopf.
Lapp, MeAvoy, Mcinnes, Murphy.
Oldriug. Peiuieoek, Plank. Sehang
Shawng. Shawkey, Strunk. Thom-
as, Thompson, Walsh, Wyckoff.
Avoid Sedative Cough Medicines.
If you want to eontrinute direct
ly to the occurences of capillary
bronchitis and pneumonia use
cough medicines that contain cod-
ine, morphine, heroin and other
sedatives when you have a cough
or cold. An expectorant liki
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is
what i.s needed. That cleans out
tlu* culture beds or breeding places
for the germs of pneumonia and
otlii-r germ diseases. That is why
pneumonia never results from a
cold when Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy is used. It has a world
wide reputation for its cures. It
contains no morphine or other
sedatives. For sale by ail dealers.
est due the*first of November,! The “Pageant” might be
piesent >eai, to be as numerous fenllC(} a crowning effort on the
and as prompt as they have beeni , r, ^
l.m-tofoiv. I am writing tins »«i:,ar' Fon Wor,h s"cie,-v
that your people may know that women to offer a state-wide so-
tbey will be in no danger of hav- riety event to inaugurate the
ing their land forfeited any timeirreat exposition. It is declared
soon nttor the first of November i h who havc aided in the
ll their interest is not paid prompt1 * - , • .r
ly. You further understand that1 ? ann,n8 °* Bus magnificent
before I declare forfeitures I will) and tashion show that it
will outclass easily the “kir-
ancl the “Horse Show
Pageant,” now famous in the his-
tory of opening nights at the
! National Feeders and Breeders’
! sliowr.
Most of
notify the people. Those who can
do so. of course, ought to pay their,'
interest promptly.
Yours trulv,
J. T. ROBINSON,
('ommissioncr.
the -details are being
worked out secretly but the idea
,*n general is a display of the
TO-NIGHT AT THE QUEEN
BASKET BALL GIRLS
TO SELL CANDY
- i reasons and the months and their
The girls basket ball team of! ittendant brilliances, as repre-
tlu* Ballinger High School will I lilted bv young men and young
bold a candv sale at the Walker! fc'omen, attired in costumes ap-
Dnig Co., Saturday (tomorrow) * propriate to the part tliev play
j They will feed you oil the real! At least 500 people
The Queen has a marvel iu tin-
wav of a Western picture tonight
entitled “Bransford in Arcadia"
or “The Little Eohippus" The
latter title will probably lie re-
membered by the readers of the
Saturday Evening Post as written
by Eugene Manlovc Rhodes some
year ago. Mr. Rhodes personally
directed and helped to produce
this film and you may rest assur-
ed of its greatness.
This film is three reels in length
and every reel a long one. The
admission price for this feature
is as usual ten cents. No extra
charge is being made for tin* class
of features the Queen carries.
(>u next Tuesday the lug serial
“Lucile Love" lias the screen and
promises to he a serial of the best
class. Also the “Trey of Hearts’’
! will be shown soon. ’Phis picture
ptBMERS j&. MEBGH4HTS JTATE gANK
‘FATHERS AND MOTHERS BANK”
is written by Louis Joseph Vain
and produced by the Fniversal Co.
and contains many original situa-
tions besides strong acting by the
east.
will take
taffy” and the proceeds will bel!»art 111 the event. Dances of
used in defraying the expenses of | jvcird nature and of the latest
the team. ! innovation will be given.
Xccording to custom, a Queen
W. J. Sims, of Amarillo, a form1 :»f the Horse Show Pageant will
er citizen of Ballinger came ini he crowned. She will be a promi-
Friday at noon to visit friends in! nent Fort Worth society girl,
this section a few days. | whose identity will be kept
- 1 secret until the night of the
PAINT NOW ; **bow. Princesses and duchesses
- ; from more than fifty cities and
If vour property needs it; don't Gowns in Texas have been in-
AVHjj' vited to become members of the
There are two parts of a job:'.royal party and take part in the
an
tin* paint and tli
is more than the paint.
The eosrt of paint is about two-
fifths: the work three-fifths.
Paint won’t come-down in a
hurry; too many jobs put off.
Men are waiting f »r $2 or +4:
they don't know it; they think
tliev are waiting for +20 or +25.
Wliv don 1 men us * their heads?
DEVOK
Ballinger Lumber Co. sell i
work: the work ceremonies that surround the
august event. These ladies will
be entertained by a round of
social activities during the week.*
Charlie Giesecke of San An-
I tonio, came iu Friday at noon to
visii his brother, 11. Giesecke and
family and to look after business
‘ affairs. i sj ^ P
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LOST — Notebook containing
I cotton seed tickets. Tickets is-1
j sued by Ballinger Cotton Oil Co..1
j Book indexed will alphabet. My
J name written iu book. Will pay
1+2.50 reward for book and tickets,
i H. A. GRIMES. ltd ltwpd
T ADAM ATE THE APPLES
COUNTY GIN RECEIPTS
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and ever since we have all had to get up and hustle,
that’s why we are after your.
GROCERY ORDERS
We’ve got just what you want and it is our pleasure to
please.
i W. B. WOOD AND
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PHONES 25 and 26.
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WINTERS, Tex.. ()et. !». There
were ti,HJ>!> l»alos of cotton ginned
in Runnels County from the crop
of 1!>14 prior to Sept. 25, as com-
pared with 7.775 hah s ginned
to Sept. 25, 1!>i:5.
White
City
T onight
V
6 Reels
11
“The Perils
of Pauline”
Sensation 1 and Hair-
breadth escapades feat-
uring the beautiful and
emotional actress Pearl
White, and Crane Wilbur
“Our Mutual Girl” No. 25
—Reliance
"The Courting of Prud-
ence ’ ’—A meriean-Bea uty
"The Legend of Snow
W bite—V "—Thauhouser
Admission lOc
Reserved Seat 20c
INVESTIGATION IS
POSTPONED UNTIL
AFTER ELECTION
Tty V Hit eel t‘n»~
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.— The
proposed investigation of sena-
torial primaries in Illinois and
Pennsylvania have been postpon-
ed until after the general election
next month. It is pointed out
here that it is impossible to se-
cure senators to conduct a probe
before the election.
A\ ormy children are unhappy,
puny and sickly. They can ’-t be
otherwise while worms eat awav
their strength and vitality. A few
doses of White’s Cream Vermifuge
performs a marvelous transforma-
tion. Cheerfulness, strength and
rosy bloom of health speedily re-
turn. Price 25c per bottle. Sold
by The Walker Drug Co.
A letter received Friday morn-
ing from our friend W. S. Mullin,
of Myndas, X. M. enclosed a dol-
lar to keep posted on the old
home news and sends regards to
his many friends in Runnels eoun
ty.
CHICHESTER S PI
TOE DIAMOND BKANJ
■ tub DIAMOND BRAND.
Lfedlr*! Auk yoar DnanUtfl
<h|..-he«-to r» Diamondllra
I’lll* in K. i and Hold n<-ta|
ba<es, sealed with BlueM
years known as Best, Safest^ 1 way? Reliabla
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
l)r. J. M. Carroll of nnvmvood,
President of Howard l’ayne Col-
lege came in Friday at noon and
will deliver an address at Ihe Li-
brary tonight, during the exer-
cises of the trained nurses and a
rare literary treat awaits all who
attends.
Power*, U Y Hippodrome Elephants In Wonderful Acts—Four Elephant, ard
liigh People Appeared for seven consecutive seasons at New York
Hippodrome—At State Fair of Texas. Oallas, October 17 to
November 1, 1914.
IjOEEN THEATRE
TONIGHT
The Photo House of
Quality.
TODAY'S PROGRAM
ECLAIR—“Bransford in Ar-
cadia,” or the “Little Eohip-
pus" in three parts. From the
story by the famous writer
Eugene Manlove Rhodes in
the Saturday Evening Post,
featur' d by J. W. Johnson,
Edna Payne, Norbert Myles,
Ibis is a three Reel Feature
and it comes highly recom-
mended to us.
THE first installment of “Lu-
cille Love” Tuesday.
Admis sion
10 GCNT8
Coming—
"THE TREY O' HEARTS”
Read the Story in the Leading Papers.
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1914, newspaper, October 9, 1914; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138097/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.