The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-26
A FEMALE BASEBALL CLUB.
The Disastrous Resu to - hIch Followed an
Attempt to rgsnizs One IA Dsnbury.

anu '"Sss'rous hesu t. " htch Followed an
Attempt to rgsnizs One ia Dsnbury.
tFrom the Danbury Newsl
The only attempt on record of Dan
bury trying tn organize female base
ball club occurred lust week. IL was
rahher incipient affair, hut it demon
st'ated everything necessary, and in
that particular answered every pm pose
The idea was cogita'ed and carried out
by six young ladies. 1t was merely de.
signei Tor an experiment. Op which TO
base future acti N. The young ladies
were at the house Of Que of their num-
Der when the subject was brought mp.
Ihe premises are capacions and include
quite piece OF turf, hidden from the
street by several dropping, luxuriant,
old-fashioned apple trees. The young
LADY OF the house has brother who is
fond OF baseball, and has the necessary
machinery for q game. This was taken
out on the turf under the trees. The
ladies' assembled and divided themselves
INTO TWO mines of three each. The frat
three took the bat, and the second three
went to the bases-one as catcher, one
as pitcher, and the other as chaser-or,
more technically, fielder. The pitcher
was lovely brunette, with eyes full of
dead earnestDess. The catcher and bat
ter were blondes, with faces afame with
expectation. The pitcher took the ball.
braced herself, put her arm straight out
from her shoulder, then m we'd it around
to her back without modifying in the
least its delightful frigldity, and then
threw it. The batter did not catch it
THIS was owing to the pitcher looking
| OF tha ,hn,, al
The fielder got long pole and soon
succeeded in poking the ball from an
apple tree back of the pitcher, where it
had lodged. Business was then resumed
again, although with faint semblance
OF uneasiness generally visible.
The pitcher was very red in the face,
and said, 81 declare |" several times.
This time she took more careful aim,
but still neglected to look in some other
direction than toward the batter, and
the ball was presently poked out of
another tree.
"Why, this is dreadful" said the bat
ter, whose nerves had been kept at a
pretty stiff tension.
Perfectly dreadful" chimed in the
catcher, with long sigh
Il think you had better get up in one
OF the trees" mildly suggested the
fielder to the batter.
These observations somewhat nettled
the pitcher, and she declared she would
not try again. Whereupon q change
was made with the fielder. She was GER
tainly more sensible. Just as soon as
she was ready to let drive she shut her
eyes so tight as to loosen two of her
puffs and pull out her back comb, and
madly fired away The ball flew directly
at the batter, which SO stai tied that
lady, who had the bat clinched in both
hands with desperate or p, that she in
voluntarily cried, ooh, my - and let it
drop, and ran. This movement I'M
covered the catcher, who had both hands
extended about three feet apart, in readi-
ness for the catch, but, being intently
absorbed in studying the coil on the
back of the b.tter's head, she was not
able to recover ia time, and the ball
caught her in the bodice with sufficient
force to deprive her of all her breath,
which left her lips with ear piercing
shrillness. There was lull in the pro-
ceedings for ten minutes to enable the
catcher to take some camphor and the
other members of the club to arrange
their h ir
The batter again took position, when
one of the party, discovering that she
was holding the bat very much as
woman carries a broom when she is
after a COW in the garden, showed her
that the tip must rest on the ground
and at her right side, with her body a
trife inclined in that direction. The
suggester took the bat and showed just
how it was done, and brought around
the bat with such vehemence as to al
most carry her from her feet, and to
nearly brain the catcher. That party
sbivefed, and moved back some fifteen
| feet
The batter took her place, and laid
the tip of the bat on the ground, and
the pitcher shut her eyes again as tight
ly as before, and let drive. The Fl lder
had taken the precaution to get back of
tree, or otherwise she must have been
dis6gured for life. The ball was re-
covered. The pitcher looked heated
and vexed. She didn't throw it this
time. She just gave it pitching mo.
ton, but, not letting go of it in time, it
went over her head, and caused her to
sit down with considerable unexpected.
ness.
Thereupon she declared she would
never throw another ball as long as she
lived, and changed off with the catcher.
This young lady was somewhat deter
mined, which argued success. Then she
looked in an altogether different direc-
ton from that to the batter.
And this did the business. The bat
ter was ready. She had tight hold of
the bat. Just as SON as she saw the
ball start, she made tremendous lunge
with the bat. let go of it, and turned
around in time to catch the ball In the
small of her back, while the bat, being on
its own hook, and, seeing stone figure
holding vase Of flowers, neatly clipped
off it's arms at the elbow and let the |
flowers to the ground.
There was a chorus Of screams, and |
some confusion OF skirts, and then the |
following dialogue took place
No. Lets give up the nasty thing.
No. 2-Let's.
No. $50 / say.
No. Ats just horrid.