The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-08-26
Mother liubbards vanqulsh the Dudes

Mother liubbards vanqulsh the Dudes
The erstwhile Leans dressed
in mother hubbard's, avenged
themselves on the graceful Fats
(who posed as Dudes neatly ar
ranged in tight fitting suits OF
blue and orange by beating them
in match game of base ball on
the Goth, to the tune of is to 8.
The Mother Hubbards were
gorgeously costumed in froclxs of
gaudy coiors and various lengths,
and wore hats of fam
tastic shapes and dazzling trim
mings. They are "fearfully and
wonderfully made, " remarked one
of the spectators, and then she was
called upon to explain whether
she meant the gay and festive head
gear or the attenuated forms of
some Of the players on the NJ H.
fside..
In the voting contest for the
best impersonation of female love-
illness the rivalry was intense and
the struggle exciting, but the
long and the short Of ito was
that the winsome Wiley Maxwell
and vivacious Louis Zwirn carried
off the honors-it was a tie vote.
The catcher for the winning
team "also ran" and made good
progress, but an accident at LIST
base calling for a doctors exami-
nation of ankle and the removal
of shoe, and not less than half a
dozen stockings disclosed the fact
that he was fraud-a mockery-
a delusion; and he was dropped
from the list at once, padded"
excuses being of no avail.
! Expert Bowen" Sigh Bowen"
as he might be called when the
umpire called four balls on him
twirled for the dudes and kept the
M. H's. guessing. Hits were as
scarce as hens teeth. He struck
out the hard hitters of the oppos-
ing team in rapid succession, but
struck snag when he got to the
tall sycamore, Wiley Maxwell.
With two strikes called on him
he only smiled-za smile of the
heathern Chinee sort which seem
ed to say "I've got something up
my sleeve Throwing the round
bat away the 'Wiley"slugger pro-
duced bat of the old paddle va
riety, smashing the ball and the
pitchers rep" at one and the
same time. In the base running,
too, Wiley proved hustler.
When the opposing forces tried to
catch him between bases he "took
steps" to defeat their designs and
a very few steps, too, brought
him around all right. =
Ben Wilson had trained hard for
the occasion and he put 'em over
the plate with grace and celebrity
made desperate effort to catch
Bill Turnbough off his quad but
the 'long man with the short
name" was not to be put out of
business without a run for his
money. He batted like Trojan
and ran bases like a thoroughbred.
BilPs versatilityis we'll known and
no matter whether it is baseball or
barter, politics or prancers, a
talking match or auction of
$4,000 bale Of cotton, the genial
Bill is ito the manner born. y
The opposing first basemen,
Hamilton and Henderson, played
errorless games, while the old re-
liable Spence eclipsed his fine
performance in the previous con-
test. His running catch of a
difficult high fly brought forth
rounds of applause.
Newton at second, blasted the
hopes of many base stealer,
while Newman at short put up a
star game, filling the position
neatly and making some beautiful
stops without effort. Crawford
again got in some sledge hammer
blows at the bat, while old lack,
though slightly disfgured from
his historical thirty foot slide,
put up speedy game and made a
batting average of 100. Louis
Zwirn showed up SO brilliantly in
bunting and fielding that he had a
call to go to Hazlehurst for the
league games to be played this
week.
The Mother Hubbard Dude
game was played before large
and appreciative audience and
proved highly enjoyable a sue