The San Francisco call., 1897-10-25
The San Francisco Athletics
Succumb to the Boston
Aggregation.
Basehits, Runs and Errors Piled
Up in a Most Bewildering
Manner.
Fully One Thousand People Witness
the Performance at Sixteenth and
Folsom Streets.

at o'clock last night the official scorer
OF the ball game between the Boston
Bloomer Girls and the San Francisco
stating that the girls had won by score
OF ii to 13; the hits, errors principally
errors) and other incIdentals of the game
have not been figured up yet.
The young women came from Boston
all right; no other city On the continent
could turn out such an aggregation.
They laid aside their spectacles for the
occasion, however. with results most DIS
astrous 10 the game, for the majority of
the members were unable to get their
eyes on the ball when it was in the air.
and when it was rolling along the ground
they forgot that they did not have their
aprons on and tried to stop it in ordinary
woman fashion, with the result that the
sphere would dodge through their bloom
ers In a most Distressing manner.
The visiting delegation was handicapped
(posslbiy) by having two OF the best p ay
ers dlsa bled. Nellie Bly,, the regular
catcher. is suffering from charley horse,
tonsilitis, or some other ailment, and
gave up her position to Male Williams,
while she started in 10 umpire, put her
own side chased her off the diamond dur
Ing the fourth inning, and one OF the
girls declared she couldn't even um pirs.
What could he do benind the bat? Will
hams Is an ola league player and coacher
for the bloOmer girls, and he gave every
indication that he is thoroughly con-
versant with the game. he hits the ball
hard ana often, runs The bases fast and
darjngly, and otherwise conducts himself
like @ ball-player.
Gustie Habeck was the other absentee.
Gustle hovers over third base " hen she
dons bloomers, but she candidly admits
that her strong point Is on the gate, so in
anticipation of large crowd she played
her fayorite position, and left the third
corner in charge of Rose Blake. Now
Rose may play ball all right enough-in
Boston-but she had an off day yesterday,
and il is doubtful if she could nave caught
a cold.
But with Maud Nelson it was different.
Maudie is the pitcher ana she knows her
business. She shot them over the plate,
tielded well, stopped hot liners, covered
all parts of the field, smashed the ball
hard and often, stcle base and tore her
bloomers in sliding feet first like a real
ball player.
All the others had the utmost conf
dence in Maud and whenever one OF them
got The ball they Invariably threw it to
her, no matter if they could have retired
they knew she would understand what to
40 next.
Then little Annie Jennings, down at
second. had a rudimentary knowledge of
the game. Several times Williams drove
the ball down to her from the ulate in or
der to cut off a base steal and she always
held On TO the sphere and would tag the
runner with vigor that threatened to
dent his ribs.
Space-and charity-precludes de-
tailed description OF the game, but the
girls started in at bat and smashed the
ball for four hits and two runs. From
that time until the close troubles followed
In such rapid succession that nobody but
an expert could keep track of them, and
as soon as he gets them compiled in ia bu-
lar form the score will be published.
The young women go TO Benicia for a
game tomorrow, and will visit all the
towns in the central portion of the State
1t is probable that they will return here
for weekday game with either the Bo-
hsmian or University Club teams if a date
can be arranged for next week.