Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-12
GIRLS LOSE GAME
Independents Win from Boomers
by Narrow Margin of
6to7.
EXHIBITION WAS PRETTY ONE
Visiting AGgrcga-
ton.

| PITY that Lucy Hall wasn't born u
man." said the old fan after yester-
day afternoons baseball game at the
Twelfth street park, in which the Bos-
ton BIoomers were defeated by the
Rock Island Independents to Z. IF
she had been she would be giving
Hans Wagner an awful chase for
shOrtstOp honors. Wouldn't be a bad
scheme for Rock Island to get her to
| change clothes and drop the female
front from her name and get her on
a contract for next season. for she
certainly can trim anybody we had in
that place the past summer She's a
gem, and that hain't no lie"
'Ah, Lucy, your grandmother"
Clipped in the boy who had been taxi
ing care of the Boomers bats ''No
more girl than l am. She plays the
part all right, but she forgot to get a
shave before she came out to the
park. l saw her out in front of their
private car down in the railroad yards
this morning hitting the pipe. And
that gay old Nellie Woods that holds
down the left field is a fellow, too.
Her face was smooth, all right, but
she didn't have the right voice"
Il have my doubts just the same,'
replied the old fan. who had been en-
Unused over the exhibition the girls
had put up. Suppose you'll claim
that pitcher. Maude Wilson. is a man
too. Guess / know woman when I
see one. Tell you she'd be up with the
fast teams if she was Il man. She's
got all the curves and drops that the
best of them have. And maybe she
didn't have those boys whaling at the
atmosphere. She acts to me like
Charley Case, our pitcher. At first
glance l thought it was Charley in dis
guise. If she had been supported
properly she would have gotten away
with her game, YOU bet. Why. l tell
you that old girl is wonder. Down
in Kewanee the other day she struck
| out Danny OLeary, our last seasons
catcher, three times straight. And |
guess that's going some for female.
Big Crowd at Game.
Twelve hundred people witnessed
the contest. 1t was the snappiest ex-
hibitiOn ever seen in Rock Island in
which women participated. The crowd
was with the Boomers all through,
the spirit of gallantry in wanting to
see the women triumph cropped out
early. Even the friends of the indie
pendents rooted for the Boomers.
They are well behaved women, and
were Justify cheered for every good
play they made. Carrie Nation had
Il small Ratchet dangling from her
belt. She was the life of the game,
keeping on the coaching line at every
opportunity and jollying her fellow
players. ''Oh. you strike like an s.
day clock" she shouted at the first
basewoman when the latter was re-
tired to the bench on the third strike.
The game was exciting throughout,
the Boomers holding the lead until
the eighth, when the Independents
took n batting streak. and aided by "A
few errors, scored three men, and
getting one score ahead. The girls
could not do anything in the ninth.
They fought the game every inch of
the way, and strenuously protested
number of Umpire Reeds decisions.
The Outfield was skirted by canvas,
which prevented those who didn't like
to squander 25 cents from Witnessing
the game through knothOles in the
fence. The Boomers wore natty uni
forms of red. White, the catcher, is a
man, and wore male attire. Schroe-
der. local player. covered right
field for the Boomers. Score:
INDEPENDENTS r. II. p. a. Z.
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