The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10
WoA1N AND DAsD BALI.
An ACCOUNT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL
CANE AND WHAT CANE OFT.

hall Clue occurred last week. 1t VAS
'rasher incipient affair. but it demon
trsted everything necessary, and in
that particular answered every pur-
pose. The idea was csYitssed and
carried out by SIX young ladies. II
vas merely designed for IN experiment
III which tn base future action. The
Young ladies were at the house Of me
Il their number when the subject was
brought up. The premises are caps.
cious, and include quite a piece Of turf.
hidden from the street BY several
irOoping. luxuriant, old fashioned ap-
lie trees. The Young lady If the
mouse has brother who IS fond of
xase ball, and has the necessary ma
'hinery f"r game. This Was taken
'ut on the turf under the trees. The
ladies assembled and divided them
elves into two mines OF three each.
The first three tuck tho lat. end the
second three went a. the bases-One rs
"ne as pitcher aud the other
IS chaser-or. more technically. fielder.
The pitcher WAS lively brunette,
xith eyes full of dead earnestness. The
atcher and batter were blondes, with
faces aflame with expectation. The
pitcher took the ball. brxced herself.
put her arm straight out from the
then moved it around tn her
th,ck without modifying in the least
ITS delightful fr'gidity, and then threw
Il. The batter dill not catch it. This
vas owing tn the pitcher lHking d.
rectlv ut the halter when she aimed
il. The fielder got q long pile and
'oon succeeded j" poking the ball from
IN apple tree back If the pitcher.
shrre il had Judged. Business Was
gain. although with . faint semblauce
Il uneasiness, generally visible.
The pitcher was very red in the
ace. and sail. IL declare :" several
lines. This time she took q more
:areful aim. but still neglected I" look
III some other direction toward the
,atter, and the bail was presently
,oked out If another tree.
"Whv. this is dreadful" said the
halter, whose nerves had been kept at
1, pretty stiff tension.
Perfectly dreadful" chimed in the
with q long sigh.
Il thiAk you had better get in one
Il the trees, mil'llv suggested the
fielder to the batter.
These observations somewhat net
lied the pitcher, and she declared she
would not try again. Whereupon
change Was made with the fielder.
She WAS certainly more sensibly. just
- soon as she was ready to let drive
.he shut her eyes so tight a. to loosen
Two Of her puts and pull out her back
;omb. aud madly fired away. The
hall few directly at the batter which
% startled that lady. who had the bet
in both hands with desperate
grip that she involuntaril, cried,
''Oh, my!" and let it drop. and ran.
rhis movement uncovered the catcher,
y ho had both hands extended about
three feet apart. in readiness for the
catch. but. being intenily absorbed in
the coil on the back Of the
batter's head, she Was not able to re-
cover in time. and the hall caught her
ln shc L~~i;oo With o~flso;ees E.rc. tn
deprive her ofall her breath, which
LETT her lips with earpiercing shrill-
ness. There Was lull in the pro-
cee,lings for ten minutes tn enable the
catcher to inke some camphor and the
nther members Of the club to arrange
their hair.
The batter again took position
when one Of tine party. discovering
that she was holding the bat very
much as q woman carries . bro0m
when che Is after q COW in the garden.
showed her that the tip must rest on
the ground and at her right side. with
her bodv 4 tri6e inclined in that d.
rection. The suQgester tonk the bat
and showed just how it WAS d"ue. and
brought arnund the bat with such
v-hemence as to almsst carry her from
her feet. and to nearly brain the Catch
er. That party shisered, and moved
back son,e fifteen feet.
The batter tH,k her place. and laid
the tip of the bat on the ground. and
the pitcher shut her eyes again "a
tightly rs beE,re. and let drive. The
6eIler had taken tine Preeausion to get
hack of . tree. or otherwise she must
have been dis6gured for life. The
hall was recovered. The pitcher link
ed heated and vsxed. She d,dn't
throw il this time. she just gave il
q pitching moiion. but, noe letting 81
1t il in time. It went over her head,
and caused her tn cit down with eon
siderable unexpectedness. Thereupou
she declared she would never th,Ow
another ball a. long ~ che lived, an
changed of With the catcher. This
young lady Was determined. which
aIkUeO SOCSS0s uCu Su0 VVoS0 ~
an altogether different direction from
that to the batter.
And this did the business. Tn
batter VAS ready. she had . tigh
hold Of the hat. Just - com - sh'
saw the ball start. she made tremen
dous lungs With the hat, and let 81 o
il, and turned around in time tn eatel
the ball in the small Of her back, Will
the bat, being On its own ho"k, ant
.eeing . store figure h"lsiinga vase Q
aowers. neatly clipped o6 its arms q
| the elbow and let the flowers to th
gr'und.,
There was . choEus Of screams. an
some confusion of skirts. and then u
following dialogue took place
No. Lets give up the thing.
No. 2-Lets.
Mo. 3-SoI cay.
No. f. It's just borrid.