Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-12

From the Minneapolis tribune.
The game between the female base bali club
Of Philadelphia and the Neenahs (men) of this
city Yesterday afternoon was witnessed by Q
talented and appreciative audience of 700 men
and eight women. The game was called
promptly ut O'Clock, and continued until the
last spectator had prepared to leave the
grounds. The audience, though cordial, was
comparatively orderly ana a., less than twenty
In which the display occurred. Patrolman
Fred Coffin was stationed on a stepladder at
he prevented many of the admitting spectators
from flirting with the fair angel who raked in
flies in the right field. The fairies Of the field
uriant sward as blithe and chipper as a May
day butterfly. Miss Agnes Macfarlane, the ex-
quisite and amiable change catcher Of the nine,
was suffering from indispcs!tion, and was un-
able to play. She gladly consented to appear
in uniform, however, and distribute tastefully
printed score cards among the audience at the
at the bat were attired in red hose and striped
skirts, and their charming carriage and deport-
audience was thoroughly representative, among
see See Major jim MoMann, and COL B BIRe
Miss Genevieve McAllister was the first to go
to the bat Miss McAllister yields the willow
after the style Of Jas. ORourke, and has missed
slip-cutter to short right-center and tripped
jauntily to first. While the pitcher was monkey
made a dandy sneak to second, and stole home
on two fumbies by the left fielder. The Neenahs
were badly ratified when they left the field.
the balls sent in by Miss Royalston, the expert
and lady-like pitcher of the visitors. Miss Roy
alston formerly lived at Detroit, and learned
the art from study of Shaw, the wizard. She
takes a graceful three-lap pirouettee on the left
toe, and while the batsman is dazzled by the
rapidity with which the stripes of her polonaise
fly by, the ball comes out from somewhere, and
the umpire calls strike. She scorns to de.
scend to the intentional intimidation practised
by some of the "pacers" of the pitching arena
last season, and relies solely on strategy and
skill.
The most thrilling episode occurred in the
seventeenth inning, when Miss Florence Nc
Kusick, the Mercury footed short stop of the
clear around the line, placing the ball on him
when within two rods of the home plate The
audience for the time forgot everything in the
exhiaratiOn Of its enthusiasm TRANSPORTED
spectators crowded into the diamond around
the young lady, and tenderly lifting her fair
form upon the shoulders of two prominent
members Of the Corn Exchange, she was car
ried across the ground and back amid thunders
of plaudits. Miss Agnes McDonohue, on first
base, was very flip, and whenever she gracefully
leaned forward to pick upa dizzy grounder, was
the cynosure of hundreds of admiring glances.
Miss Clara Belle Corcoran, a grand niece of
Larry COrcoran, the famous pitcher, held down
the third bag Miss Corcorans face bears
striking similarity to Raphael's renowned water
color of the Circassian beauty, formerly exhib-
tied at Patsy Cardiffs place, and the resem-
blance was pointed out by nearly every one on
the grounds The only thing that occurred to
mar the serenity of the days pleasure was
shocking Irritation between MIR. Chauncey Pull
siier, the second baseman of the Neenahs, and
who covered LETT field for the opposition. Mr..
Pulsifer went to the excess on one occasion of
remarking to Miss Bagley that she was a
violations of the code OF ethics that are worth
speaking of. The ladies won by to Z.