The Washington times., 1909-08-05
GIRLS PITCH BALI
AT PYTHIAN OUTING
Their TuSSle for Diamond
Honor6 Proves Inter-
eSting Feature.

Every perfectly good Knight of Pyth-
las ia the District of Columbia who
could possibly get away from business
put on his happiest smile, his best
clothes, and started down 10 Marshall
Hal today TO take part in the ceIebra-
ton Of Pythian Day TO which he had
been looking forward for weeks.
And with mcst every perfectly good
knight came a lady. a wife or a daugh-
ter, and lots of young men came with
young women so that the Charles Mac
Blester bore an enthusiastic crowd of all
ages when il steamed down the Potomac
this morning at 10 o'clock. When she
left once more at 2:S0 there was a bigger
crowd and If arithmetcaI progression
holds i'm the celebration of Pythian Day
the Manchester viii be FILLED TO over
flowing tonight on the last trip. OF
August 5.
1t is really a big frateTnaI family pic
mic with amusements of all sorts on
the SIDE, when started this morning
about as soon as the first boat locked
at Marshall Hall. and which viii con-
Jinue until late this afternoon. Lunch
baskets weighted down the decks Of the
soed ship Mac, and if all the good
things are eaten there viii be some
much-worried stomachs L. the Capital
late tonight.
Varied AmuSementS.
While, of course there viii be amuse-
ments and amusements. the great thrill
ing ail-star -before-equaled event
OF the day viii be the BAN game be
tween two mines of girls, one called the
Eastern Stars representing the talent
Of the northeast and the other the
Jolly Nine, which upholGs the proves
OF the southeast
For many, many days these two rival
mines have been pFacticing. The jolly
Nine has been warming up on tho
grounds at Eighth and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast every afternoon Of
late, and have developed startling team
work, and a great deal Of inside base
ball upon which they are depending
70 carry OF the honOrs of the day. Elton
ID. Brown, manager of this great ag-
gregatIon, is confident that it will sweep
The diamond clean.
On tho other hand, the Eastern Stars.
who have been sWatting the ball out
al Seventeenth and Gales streets north
east, VIII not admit, collectively or f.
dlvidually, that there is anything in
dresses that can beat the aggregation
managed by Harry B. Taylor Miss
Lizzie Anderson, who is to toss for the
Eastern stars, has skilled herself in a
remarkable repertoire Of curves. Miss
Jennie Morgan. of the Jolly Nine is
guaranteed BY those. who have seen her
10 be the best little shortstop this side
Of the Delaware river
Prize For Home Run.
The girl who makes the first home
run will be given a pair OF shoes, and
fan civ
be presented with a book of chances on
an automobile by a local theater. Also, /
each member of the winning team viii
umpire the game.
The general committee which had
charge or the arrangements was COM
posed of the following knights: Chair |
man. capt X q. Whiting; secretary,
Lieut. Charles Sauer; treasurer, Lieut. /
George I. Whiting; Lieut. J. e Wilson. /
Se<gt. j. II. Williams, Sergt. /. Somers.
Sergeant Pearson, Sergt- Otto Sontag,
l -. II. matthew's ". A Wilding, J. B. |
E,onnoTs, Albert Kahlert. II ]. Sin
clair. B. r. Sherwood. J. b. Connors /
presented the prizes.
Ball Teams Lineup.
The lineup OF the teams was as fol- 4
lows:
The Eastern Stars Bessie Rawlings.
left field. Fannie rawlings, center field:
Nora Hin. right field, captain. Mabel /
Holmes third base: Nellie TVarnefI.
second base; Jennie Holiness first base;
Marie Brown shortstop; Lizzie Ander-
son, pitcher; Ruth Murray, catcher.
The jolly Nine-Esdythe Boues, pitcher.
captain. Gladys Mills, catcher: Irene
tIaVeiouX, tirst base, Mary Grace, sec
ond base; Melinda Taylor, third base.
Jennie Morgan. shortstop; Addit Hunt.
right field; Virgie Rely, center field
Nellie Simpson, left field.