The morning call., 1893-12-04
DOINGS AT CENTRAL PARK.
The Colleen Bawns Vanquish
the Bonnie Lassies.
GIRLS IN BLUE AND IN RED
A Healthy Pastime on a Healthy
Day, in Which femininity Dis
plays Power of Endurance.

Girls kicked ball at Central Park yester-
day. That is TO say. football match
under association rules was played be-
tween two teams of bewitching damsels,
styling themselves Colleen Bawns and
Bonnie Lassies.
Tbs flaming posters on the walls around
the battlefield for some days previous to
the struggle had attracted the eye of not
one, but many. Consequently, when the
fateful hour advertised for the opening of
the show mad arrived. dense throDg Of
expectant pectators-mostly Of the male
sex-crowded the stands. until San Fran
cisco was depleted by several thousand
souls. There were boys in red and boys
in blue, according to the peculiar interest
or fancy Of the wesrer in either of the
teams. collectively or individually.
No football match is a complete success
without Fl, i,h-horDs. and so it was according
to the eternal fitness of things that some
en- enterprising adorers Of this now favorite
pastime provided themselves with the
means of cheering on to glory the girls who
had voluntarily consented to display for
their benefit some new features OF the
game, as we'll as the system under which
football can be reduced TO an artistic as
well as athletic exercise. And it was gen.
eTdlIy NOt6u tudb Tile tAUIDlliOD
yesterday shed new light upon the in
tricacies of the game. and doomed it as il
has never before been doomed upon the
Pacific Coast.
Precisely as the city clocks announced
that 1t was in the afternoon couple of
dozen faiTy-like creatures tripped lightly
upon the sward and ranged themselves on
opposite sides of brand new football
that lay complacently awaiting ill-treat-
ment Their attire was sublime and re-
minded one more of a bicycle costume
than anything else. They wore delightful
little caps and loDg-fowing sashes, with
lOOse-htting jerseys and knicker bockers.
Most of them wore tennis shoes. while one
or TWO were so overcome by their natural
vanity as TO appear in hign-heeled shoes,
to the intense discomfort of their ad-
versaries. The Colleen Bawns were deco
rated with blue caps and sashes, while red
was the prevailing color among the Bonnie
Lassies. Those who had short hair wore
1t tied up in a knot or in frZZied curls,
while those who had long hair wore 1t
streaming around their shoulders. In this
way the various tastes Of the assem- bled
multitude were gratified.
GO 1t, girls!' shouted Captain Wilson
OF the Fort Masons, the chosen referee,
and tall Colleen Bawn propelled the bali
vigorously toward the enemy's goal. In
an instant pandemoDlum Teigned over the
ground. Everybody roared himself hoarse,
while the girls dodged hther and thither,
now butting the bail with their heads, now
launching wild kicks at 1t as it descended
from the skies and occasionally missing i:
altogether, the fair victim usually measur-
ing her length upon the ground. to the in
tense delight of all beholders.
The rules were adhered TO as far as
was consistent with the conception OF
each participant in the game. and some
astonishing good plays were made. And
when fair one succeeded in extracting
the ball from a difficult corner, and coming
to her side in the moment of need, it was
out from the stand, kick it, Katei"
Now, hurry up there. Mary AnnP' or
well played, ShOrtyP
Suffice it to say that when half time was
called the score stood: Colleens, goal !;
Lassies. none. Then there was a STAN
pede to the side OF the ground where a
gallant youth in fustlan Jacket served
out pure and unadulterated Spring Valley
water from bucket, using a tin cup for
the conveyance of the beverage 10 the
mouths of the exhausted fair ones. There
was considerable enthusiasm prevalent,
too. and one young lady remarked as she
drained her fourth cup of the crystal bey-
erage. Everybody thought the Bonnie
Lassies had a good thing, but l say. girls,
what's the matter with the Colleen
Bawns"
The game was resumed, and pandemo-
mum reigned once more. Play was quite
speedy. and the resolute little goal-keep-
ers had all their work cut out TO stave off
defeat. The girls had had great deal of
private practice and coaching lately, al
though this was their first appearance in
public. and they really worked with will.
1t would take volumes to describe how
that Florence de Montmorency aimed an
exec ilent shot at the goal, which was Just
frustrated by the timely lnterposition OF
the hands OF the enemy's goal-keeper and
how Catherine Howard, mindful of the
ancestral dignity OF her name, successfully
rubbed shoulders with an agile adversary
who was bearing down upon her goal
with fell intent
But the two Roster girls, Josie and
Katie. and Adie Beaufort, all belonging
TO the Colleen Bawns, were the heroes of
the afternoon. Josie Roster and Adie
Beaufort each kick ed goal, while Katie
Roster playing full back for her side. did
diving into the thickest of the fray with
the pluck of a Roman warrior, and re-
peatediy saving her Hiberhian friends
from tight corner. In the end the Col
leen Bawns won by score of two goals to
none.
They were all fresh as paint when time
was called, and amid the enthusiastic wells
Of the common herd ran off to change their
garments so AS to reappear on the grand
stand for the purpose of exciting more ad-
miration, as we'll as picking up few use
1ul hints from the mems game that fol-
lowed. and the only question left un-
solved In the minds of those present was
rs football game in which girls should
be encouraged to exhibit their prowess?"
ACcnrJATInN EnnTp.rY