The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14
Base Ball.

game Of ball was played Friday after
noon between team from Camden and the
second niue of this place. Some time ago the
local nine went TO Camden and lost the game
The game of ball between Camden and
Sumter Friday afternoon was witnessed
by pretty good crowd of small boys and
others, and all were satisfied for Sumter did
Camden up to the tune Of l3 10 -, after a
its credit and the tie will have TO be played
off.
The Orangeburg tenn won the game from
the Sumter team Thursday by a score Of TO
2. The game from beginning to end was
closely contested and exciting. Every inn
ing was hard fought battle and the Sumter
team made good fight The same teams played
again Friday afternoon The second game
resulted in bad defeat for the Sumter team.
The score was 10 to 4 against Sumter. The
boys all had 6ne time notwitl standing that
they were defeated ln both games.
The female base ball players arrived from
Florence last night, where they played on
Saturday, defeating the Florence boys hy n
score of 10 to 9. 10 Darlington, en- Friday,
the Darlington club won the game, the score
being to l. In Rockingham, or Thursday,
the lady champions won the game by score
of l3 to 9. There are nine ladies in the
lean and three men who attend 10 The busi-
ness affairs of the team. Miss Lizzie Arlng-
ton is The pitcher, and ls the only lady pitch
er who is able 10 pitch the curves used by
professional players.
A base bail game between the Bishopvile
and Sumter cluos, colored, on last Thursday
resulted in victory for the Sumter CLUB.
The score was "a to 10.
There were several hundred persons out to
see the base ball girls play ball in short
skirts Monday afternoon, and they were
disappointed because they did not see game
played out to the end of innings. The local
team that is generally known as the first nine
had Il disagreement with the management
about The division of the gate receipts, and,
in consequence, refused to play the game. A
substitute team was made up and the game
began shortly after o'clock. Two CT the
base ball girls could not play on account OF
illness and their places were supplied By two
Of the Sumter CLUB. The game was inter.
rupted by rain. and was not played out
The playing was not brilliant in any particu-
lar, but the crowd seemed TO enjoy the nov
city OF seeing crowd of women chasing
around the diamond after the ball. Two of
the players might be called handsome women
the short stop and the centre 6eder-whie
the other seven were decidedly bomely. The
pitcher Was said TO be decidedly good
curve. but is not phenomenon by any
means. AS ball game the exhibi-
tion yesterday afternoon was very de-
cide0 failure, but as novel species
of amusement it was success-especiafly as
far as the gate receipts were concerned. The
female players did not wear the regulation
bloomer, aor sihe divided skirt abomination,
but a short skirt, knicker-bocker, stockings
and blouse waist The costume was some
what similar TO the conventional bathing
suit, but it covered decidedly more of the
wearers person than bathing suit manages
to DO, even before it shrinks from the effects
of the surfs saline caresses. As far as -
tune is concerned an aggregation Of base
bal! girls is not in it at all with beach scene.
in the altogether, 10 use oce Of the apt
phrases in TrilLy.
base ball team made up from several
mines went TO Camden Manday nighe TO play q
game TO day, Messrs. Harry Hood and Bill
Moran went along as chaperonec.