Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
The Rise. Progress aud Decadeuce
OF the DanbUry Female Base Bali

The only attempt on record of Danbury try
ing to oTganlle female base ban club occur
red last week. Ii was rather iucipient affair
put II demons rated everything necessary, and
In that particular answered every purpose
The idea was cogitated and carried out BY six
young ladies. Ii was merely designated for
an experiment on which to base future action
Inc young laUleS were at Iht house of one of
their number when the subject was brought
up: Inc premises are capacipuS, and include
quite piece NJ iuit. hidden from he street by
several dropping, iuNuridnt old 5a>aioned ap-
PIE trees. Gnr young lady of the house has a
brother VII" l. fouG of base bali and has the
necessary macnl'eiy Tor a tame. This was
taken omt ON he turf under the trees. the
ladies assembled, and divided themselves into
Two mines OF three each. The tirSt three took
the Dal,and the second three went To the bases
one as catcher, one as pitcher, and the other
as chaSeT-or more technically, fielder. The
pitcher was lovely brunette with eyes full of
dead earneStm, s.. Tue catcher and batter
were Blondes with faces atiame with eXpecta-
ton. The pi' cher took the ball, braced her
sell, put her arm straight out from the
shoulder, then moved il around her back with
out modifying in the least its delightful friEii-
ty, and then threw it. The batter did not catch
IT, This was owing to the pitcher looking di-
reetly at The batter when She aimed it. The
fielder got a long pole and soon succeeded i'm
boxing the bali from an apple tree back of the
pitcher, where it had lodged. Business was
then resumed again, although with a faint
Sembiance OF uneasiheSS generally visible.
he pitcher was very red in the face, and
Salq Il declare. several times. This lime she
took a careful aim. but still neglected TO look
IN some ojher dIrec ion than toward the bat
Ter, ara the bail Was presently pOked Out of
another tleP.
why, This is dreadful. said the batter
whose neiv's had been kept aC a pretty stif
"FerfectIy dreadful" chimed i'm the catch
er, with a long sigh.
Il think YOU had better get up in one of
the trees, mildly suggested the Heller to the
These observations somewhat ne'l ed the
pi cher, and She declared she WOuId not try
again. Whereupun a change was made with
The htlder. She was certainly more sensible
just as S0on as she was re ldy to let drive She
shut hereyeS So tight as to loosen two of her
pulls aud pun out her back comb, and IN ably
fired away. The bali flew direc IN at the bal
ter, which SO startled that lady who had the
bat clinched i'll both hands with desperate
grip, that She involuntariy cried, ''Oh. my
covered the catcher, who had both hands eX-
tended about three feet apart, in readiness for
lne catch; but being intenrly. absorbed ia
studying the coil on the back of The batter'S
head, She was nol abe to recover in time and
the ball caught her in the bodice with Suffi
cent force TO deprive her of all her breath
Which lett her lips with earpiercing Shrili-
ness. There was iull in the proceedings for
ten lhlnu eS TO enable the catcher 10 take Soma
camphOr and The other members of the club
to arrange her hair.
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 alter cow in the garden, showed
her that the TIP must rest on the ground and
at her right side, with her body a tri1e incliu-
ed in that dii ectiOn. The SuggeS.er took the
bat and showed just how il was done, and
brought around the bat with such yehemence
as to almost carry her from her feet, and to
nearly brain the catcher. That party sniyered,
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 tightly as before, and let drive.
| The fielder had taken the precautiOn to get
pack OF tree, or otherwise She must have
cred: The pitcher looked heated and vexed.
| She didn't throw it this time. She Just gave il
pitching motion, but no. letting 90 of it in
! time 1t went over her head, and caused her to
Sltd0Wn with considerable uneXpeCtedneSS.
1heleupun she declared she would never
throw another ball as long as she lived, and
changed of with the catcher. This young lady
vas somewhat determined, which argued sue
cess. 1hen she looked in an altogether differ
ent direction from that to the batter
And this did the business. Tne ba ter was
ready. She had tight hold Oh The bat. just
as soon as She saw The bali sta t. she made a
tremendous lunge with the bat. let 20 of il a nd
turned around in time 10 catch the ban in the
small of her back. while the bat being on lis
own nook, and seeing a stone figure holding a
vase OF flowers, neatly clipped of its arm al
the elbow aud let the flowers TO the ground
There was chorus of screams aud some
confusion OF skirts, and then the following dia
lOgue took place:
No. l. Let's give up the nasty thiny,
NO.2. Let's.
No. g. So say.
No. 4. It's just hOrrid.
This being majority, the adjournment was
made.
The game was merely an experiment. And
it is just as well il was. Had it been a real
game it is likely that some one would have
been Killed outllght.-l DdR6ury NeUS.