Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-26

Samantha, catcher sS'7s'sf sax
Hattie, pitcher. 81 Ve1t, % Base
Sally Ann, third base. saai outil sd
Mary Ann, short stop. uufnss
Miranda Ann, second base. sf e6 y
Philista Ann. right field. g.ioa Gs-a35
Ann, left field. - ..- ,.f,.,,s. ...,i.-
Anna Maria. first base.
Susan Ann. center field. IT, DISCO
Phe EXeelsiors played their senior nine,
the same who. year or SO BEFORE had a
little set-to with a club known as the Ma
tionals. of Washington, and by whom, it
will perhaps be remembered, they W ere
slightly beaten. On the toss-up, the Excel
siors won, and aNaileds themselves of the
result to send their opponents to the bat.
The captain of the spinster nine, a young
lady of about Go, took the stick. She noui-,
fed the pitcher that she wanted''hip. balls"
and then the game commented. Splitting
on her hands, Samantha awaited the COM
ing ball. af ' "i
Three balls were struck at, and missed,
and caught, and Samantha was declared
out. She Immediately notified her lawyer,
who was present, to commence suit Tor
breach of promise against Stearns for
catching herout. She observed that, if any
man tried to catch her. she'd catch him,
sureI -s' ~! 't -
Hattie then went to -batAgiving her
smelling bottle, fan and opera glass to
friend to hold in the interval. She missed
the. first ball, and remarked to friend that
she was aniiss any way, and would proba-
bly, do better after while. The next time,
she Sent the ball down-the centre field, and
made the first base without difficulty; |;
while Sally Ann went to bat. The latter
made q terrific hit, and Started for the first
base, which she found still occupied by
Hattie, who was eng aged in a Irritation.
with an Excelsior. The result was that,
Hattie was put out. She said she didn't.
care, but felt put out to think how her
t1irtation had been nipped in the bud.
Mary Ann next took the bat, sent the ball
over to the right field, and was caught out.
She. said she did not feel half so bad as she
did when she was caught out one night by
her pa, when she was taking moonlight
promenade with young man, c1 nsii1a1
Hefeupon the EXceisiors took the in
nings. The first ball was fonled by Stearns,
and neatly caught by Samantha, who re-
marked that "Foul balls were her best
hold.'hi The next Excelsior sent the ball toi
short stop, who caught it in her lap. A
bystander at this juncture. remarked that
he wished that he was That ball and was
promptly put off the ground. The next
Excelsior sent the ball so that it hit the
left field in the breast. She sent for her
salts, with the view of fainting, but changed
her mind, and asked to see the ball. 1t was
brought to her, when she refused to give it
up Stating that she never had been struck
with anything before in her life.
The next Excelsior sent a rafting ball
across the center field. Susan Ann, the
center field. made no effort to stop it, being
engaged in an animated discussion with
short stop about another divorce case on
the West side. She declined to go after it,
on the ground that her parents did not al
low her to dance. Being asked what this
had to do with the matter, she replied, "a
good deal. because she was never permitted
togo to a ball." t-,s'
/ Hereupon Samantha called her ''a thing"
whereupon the centre field clawed the
venerable Semantha in the face. The pitch
er of the Spinster club laid down her para
sol. and remarked that centre field was un-'
fair, because there was no such claws in
the rules of the game. Susan Ann con-
tended that there was. ''Fouls," she said,
"were recognized by the rules of base ball;
and, where there are fowls, there of course
must be scratching I'll ~. .i1
Time was now called, when it was ascer-
tained that short stop had gone off with a
spectator to get some ice-cream. Seman-
tina, catcher, was found to be in consulta-
tion with her lawyer as to whether an ac-
tion for breach of promise did not lie
against spectator who had held her reti-
eule during the game. He thought an ac-
tion would lie under the circumstances, if
it was any thing like her preceding actions
for similar purposes. Right field and
pitcher had fallen into an angry discussion
whether the ball, when it had struck left
fielel. had injured natural or Partisan pro-
duction. Nobody being ready or willing
/ to play, the match was adjourned to anoth-
er time. b. 1t.atE I'd. --r.r- ~
u 1t was decided by the referees that the
Excelsiors still should remain custodians
of tha horn