The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02

Miss S. CONN. .........ss ...........F. Donald
Miss E Jenkins II .... Jack Re ed ld
Miss G. Edwards go. cf........P. F. Kobbe. Jr
Harry Doughty had the courage to be
referee.
The men took the bat first. Mr. Brown
welded the hickory with his left. The
girl pitcher toed the rubber and sent
mighty shoot that almost reached the
plate. The batsman CALAMITY caught the
ball on first bounce and threw it back.
The second ball cut the plate and Mr..
Brown sent nice grounder to the short
stop.
She'd practised like anything on ground
ers because they told her that the short
stop had to handle lots OF them. but she
had never caught such a hot one. So the
shortstop threw form to the winds. She
spread out her knees and stopped. The
ball caught-swish-in her skirts but be-
fore she could disentangle herself and
find it Mr. Brown was roosting safe on
first. The runner stole second and tried
to make 1t a double by reaching third.
But the baseman, seeing that the ball
couldn't possibly reach her In time, oleverly
tripped him up picked up the ball after
the pitcher had rolled it to her and tagged
him out. amid loud cheers. The umpire
was going to declare the runner safe, but
the girl captain called him horrid thing
and he took 1t back. Then the men hoped
on Miss Donalds delivery and got tw
runs over the plate. After that the first
basewoman and shortstop electrified the
crowd by putting out two runners.
Miss kobbe came to bat. and the full
duplicity of man dawned upon these trust
ing girls, for the men had agreed to play
only with the left hand, and they had
put in as pitcher their one left handed
man. Miss Kobbe landed on his first shoot.
Shortstop Donald tried to get funny by
catching it in his sunbonnet. and she showed
him by making first. The second woman
at bat struck out. the third walked, and
Miss Irving drove hit to the outfield which
her team mates. She died on third, and
the girls blanked the men in the next in
ming. Capt George Bell Of the sterner sex
threatened to slap the umpire because
he called man out who had reached fret
base Before the ball, but the umpire ruled
that the first basew oman had caught the
ball go well that she deserved an out.
The men pulled out three in the third, but
in the fourth Miss Kobbe, catcher, eleo-
triied the crowd by play new to baseball;
Edwards and johnson were on second and
third, with one man out. when Capt: Bell
cracked out hit that looked like a home
nun. Edwards and johnson got funny.
They clasped hands and ran home together.
But Miss Lea in right field, heaved mighty
heave. Miss Kobbe caught it in her skirts,
olevery extracted it, and tagged them on
the clasped hands, putting them both out
Two outs on one Ia has never been &C.
complished, even in the National League. :,
Encouraged by this fact. the girls rallied,
a kind Short stop. piled up. Ave runs.
George Bell made home run In the mems
half. The third base woman tried to stop
him by sitting down on the base and spread
ing out her skirts but he hurded over her
and came home. In that inning Miss
scofield on first base caught a fiy right Of
the bat. She dropped the ball to shake
her hands, but the umpire called it out.
In spite Of the dupllcity OF man in playing
a southpaw pitcher the girls closed the
eighth inning with the score tied-i2 to ~.
Il was then that the girl captain had a
great idea. She called her men together
and explained 1t.
Girls she said, nobody but MI Bell
has hit the bali out Of the diamond. Now
II YOU fielders help out on the bases, well
have two girls to catch every. ball, ard II one
misses the other will get 1t.
When the first man up hit to short and
the first first -basewoman missed the oall
and the second first-basewoman got 1t and
tagged her man, It looked as though the
girl captain had found new one for the
National League. But the second man az
bat walked, and when Miss Kobbe snapped
the ball down to First Secono-baseWoiEan
Irving, Second Second-Basewonnan Ed
wards went for 1t also. They collided
The shortstop missed 1t too. the runner
went to third, where First Third Basewoman
Coffin tried In vain to hold him. while Second
Third Pasew oman Jenkins caught the ball
ALI sjx basew omen ran to cover home. but
he Aid and scored. That somewhat dis
organized the girls. and Slabwoman Edith
Donald gave three passes. which Mr.. David,
sop drove In by n home run In the unguardeo
outfiold. The men made five runs In thai
inning.
tore out a clean tw o-bagger and scored on
Miss Busch q single, hut three wemen famed
In suoceesion and the men won, IL to 10.
aNow that we are the champions, saic
capt, Bell OF the male team after the
game, Il have no complaint to make Of
the actions OF my opponents. Il is true
hat come OF them forgot that they vert
gentlemen. but Law it to the excitement
81 play. I am doubly sorry for. my OPP
oonepts, because believe that they wer'
arranging a post-season series with th'
Giants
THE members Of the girls team expect x
got their hands back in shape before Christ
mas.