Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-25
BEAUTY IN THE DIAMOND.

The short-skirted Ball Tossers Dazzle
the Eyes Of the Savannah pickle
Nine and Walk OF with an Easy Vic
tory.
Local pride in base ball toe a sudden
and ridiculous drop yesterday afternoon
when the Blonde and Brunette Club. COM
posed Of girls, defeated a picked nine from
home clubs Dy a score Of % to :. The
visitors consisted Of eight young women
and one little boy called Johnnie, who
PLAYS in the place Of one Of the girls who
is sick in Richmond. With their brilliant
costumes and modest demeanor they
proved as attractive a set of players as
ever graced a ball field. 1t takes a
novelty TO draw a crowd, n the
1000 people who paid to get inside Of the
Park Yesterday afternoon, and the several
hundred who clustered on the top of the
knoll lust outside the fence on the
south side, went there not out Of love for
the game. but out of curiosity to see
how the girls would depOrt themselves on
the grassy diamond. Apparently every
bOdy's curiosity was satisfied. Ii was a
rollicking game from first to last. and
the crowd, which gave its s~ympathies to
the fair players, cheered when one Of
them made a run, and grOaned and Kissed
when n Of the other nine crossed the
plate. Many ladies were present and
seemed to enjoy the sport hugely.
The girls were a little late in arriving,
and came in b~arOuches. They had cos
tunes Of varying cOlOrs. All wore
jaunty red caps. short skirts and red
stockings. The picked nice also observed
this diversity in attire and no two wore
suits alike. The positions OF the beauties
were as follows: Miss Lawrence catcher;
Miss Emerson. pitcher; Miss Elliott, 1st
base: Miss Clifton. I'd base; Miss Bond,
81 base: Miss Lyon. centre field; Miss
Wilson, right field; Miss Livingston, left
field: Johnnie. short stop. Johnnie didn't
wear short skirts and red hose. He had
a suit Of mixed gray and a fatigue cap.
Gus Friend was umpire, and started
the game at $3.50. The girls were given
the choice and vent to the bat. Miss Liv-
ingstOn was the first 10 WELD the ash.
She is rather a pretty maiden, and had a
suit entirely Of red. Mr.. MalOtte, pitcher
for the picked nine, gave her low balls and
easy ones. She took her base on called
balls. Miss Emerson went 10 first on the
pitchers error. She wore a gaudily fg-
| ured gown, and the boys soon gave her
the s%Oubriauet of "DOlly Warden" Miss
Elliott, the Captain, a very pronounced
brunette, brought Miss Emerson
home with a hot liner
to centre. Misses Clifton and Bond fol-
lowed at the bat, and at the close three
runs had been piled up in their favor, and
the crowd cheered. The picked nine were
retired quickly, n hand being put out
after he had reached second and two
others struck out, being evidently puz-
zled with the slow curve ball sent at them
by the ''daisy pitcher" as Miss Emerson
of the gaudy gown was titled.
The playing which OllOwed for the next
hour was the most remarkable ever seen
in the park. The boys were either too
gallant or too bashful to play. They
struck out repeatedly or else batted pur-
poseiy into the hands of the little short
stop, whom the crowd labeled little
Casino" The crowd went wild when
Miss Livingston brought two rnns in and
made a home run herself on a long strike
to right field, and the climax of the ride
ulOus was capped when the crack player
of the Dixie club persisted in lying down
to stop balls which came in mis- direction.
One of the picked nine refused to strike a
ball for fear it would hit One Of the girls.
and another, when he reached second
| base, was put out while trying to per-
suade Johnnie, of the rival nine. to run for
him. The umpire was most impartial.
He invariably gave the questions
Of doubt 10 the girls, and won applause
by declaring them not out and telling
them to run on foul balls.
At the end of the seventh inning the
game was called. the picked mines
catcher had put on his mask to protect
himself from the 'daisy pitchers" balls,
and the pitcher declared that he was
worn out. There were g~OOd-Datured
threats Of mobbing the umpire because
he had thrown a ball to Miss Bond, at
third base, and put out the long-legged
second baseman of the home team. The
| trouble was bridged over, however, and,
after the girls had made 8 runs in the
seventh inning the game was called,
and the victOrs were cheered. The score
was % to :. The general opinion was that
if the local nine had been in practice they
might have made a more favorable show
ing. Some said if they had played their
best the girls would not have made a run
This is probably correct. The same clubs
play again this afternoon, and bets last
night were in favor Of the girls winning.