Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-20
BLOOMER GIRLS WIN.
Defeat PettengiIls's Corner Boys In
interesting Contest.
But Boys Prove Themselves GOOD
Losers, and Yield Gracefully.

The celebrated Boomer IlriS ueiii
onstrated their ability to play DAN Wy
defeating the Pettingills Corner 1eaHi'
6 to 3. on the Trotting PARK srouii'''
Yesterday. The Corner boys tooh lnen.
for a huge joke at first ana neio 'i.ae
idea too long. They Kept "ai'iis ~
an inning when the girls "ouiu ~ =.
pieces and they would let ou.' ~
II never came. The girls tooh INC i
in the first inning ana We're never
ha.dad There were one or two ex-
citing features before the game opeiieu
II asems that some fresh young guy
g. cod, ono of the girls, and she sailed |
into him. ball-player fashion. Inc
.oro, was a lively one, and a cop was
called into requisition to stop 1t. Iheh
.s;.,,r. sir,rnered down, and there was
- ,,,ora excitement until the girls ran
onto the field and began to practice.
This was the signal for everybody TO
..,,thar, and everybody did. 1t was
annarent that the girls could handle
hail All right, and that the three men
with them were no children, either. In
fact the team would hardly be q sue
,a without these men--but never
mind. ,,,.l
Tho ladies' went to bat first OF course
and Miss Moore walked up to the plate
To introduce them. She let one or TWO
ao hy ber and then smashed out q
,,r.+tv liner over second, LANDING hei
safelv on first. Miss Hall was the Iie~l
&, order and she first took foui. ! heii
che tossed her head saucily at couit'
of HIGH halls and took Il walk HIM.
;no ber fair sister on second. Snyder
,,as next M and he isn't a MISS, 80
49, nitcher steamed them up to MIN.
:. nc iust what he wanted. He drove
out , long foul, and then drew piSSeu
III an which the girls made a douple
.taoI He sent the next one out lor
+yo hays and the girls had scorer wv
-,,ns Miss Nelson came up, ana got
einple lust to show that she khe"
how Mckenzie, another handy man.
drove ont a. o-bagger and she scorea'
cpvder was caught out on bases. Mise
sunouit struck out, and kicked AT 'he
umnire Butterfield, the thlrd man.
was out on an easy fly.
Kempton reached first for the Cor
nor team on an error, and Ellis drove
him home on a hree-bagger. HANKS
wade first on a grounder. Then jack
con won't out. followed by two more
bovs one Of them being caught nap
Ming at second by Pitcher Nelson, an"
that ended the first inning.
Tn the second inning. the girls Weh'
ont in one two three order. 1t looked
lilo the same thing for the men
for Harvey and Hanks were botf
retired. but Parquette got a three-
bapper off Miss Nelson's delivery ohiS
he had to go back to second III "peui'
once. to a rule of the GROUNDS. 'ii3'
struck out. and the score was SUN II
favor Of the ladies.
SNYDER went to first on Chase error
and Miss Nelson made ano'hef M
Int she grew sleepy on second Il rev
minutes later and was out. inns moo
dooed the inning, and the Bloomer' 'lf'
failed to increase their lead. Inc fet
tjngflls hit Miss Nelson pretty lfer''
in this inning, and kempton ana ''fi'
scored bringing it up to Il tie
The girls failed to score again II
tho fourth. though Buttcrfield made
s nretty single and stole second am
third. The Pettingills did not score
either. Miss Nelson struck out Far
u uuette. and then caught Chase nappii
n ut second Ellis was out, Butterilei
n to Mckenzie.
"a The girls went out on, two, three
again. though Miss Nelson made
pretty bid for hit. Then men ana
little more hitting and running, nut
didn't net them any scores, so the u
was. still on.
There was one score in the siXtf
made by the ladies, and there was som
fast fielding on the part of both teams
Mckenzie snapped places with MIS-
Nelson in this inning. ana proved Il
effective pitcher. It's handy to nave
man around when your arm grow
tired, If you are a star lady pltchef
MISC Nelson made a two Dagger i
the seventh but the girls made no run
THE men failed to forge ahead. Their
was no scoring in the eighth. the me
filing out one after the other.
- The ninth was the Bloomer Glri
inning both in scores and in ticldln'
They ran in one more score III the
half of it, and then Miss Nelson Oh
some phenomenal fielding and cauSf
! three difficult flies, retiring the SID
Her second catch was very dliilcu
one and she ran back some 40 yarC
into center field to get it,
The game was q great success thei
being about 1900 persons present, an
the playing on the whole, being goo
on both sides, although the men al
peared to be really giving the gan
away. The most marked feature OF u
game was the work of Miss Neliso
her batting and fielding being OF u
i2 blue ribbon order. She also struck OF
q number of the men and appeared
be as effective in the box as MckehZi
Several of the other girls played we
/ and illustrated the truth of the o
saying that when a woman WILL 81
will Now people are looking ior
/ Bloomer football team. The score:
1 BLOOMER GIRLS.