Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-10
WHITTIER GIRLS
WIN II GAMES
SHOW BIG BROTHERS FINE
POINTS OF BASEBALL
CROWD THE BIG LEAGUERs IN
BATTING AVERAGES
Seasons Record Reveals Remarkable
Exploits of Base Running, Bat
ting, Pitching and Team
Work

The girls baseball team of Whittier
high school has made an excellent
showing during the past year, winning
eleven games and losing but one, That
being to the Santa Monica girls.
Miss Ivy Crawford, who acts as man
ager, is one of the best catchers in the
south and seldom let's a ball get past
her Her playing is all ginger and she
is peerless as leader of the team.
Miss Louise Witherow is said to be
one of the best slabsters in the inter-
scholastic ranks and has considerable
speed for a girl. Miss Witherow has
made a remarkable record in the shut
out department, defeating Anaheim by
the whitewash route and several other
schools, including the East Whittier
high school, by the one-sided score OF
80 to 0.
Has Good Batting Average
Miss Vena Maggie, sister of c. A.
Nasle of the Rivera team in the South
ern State league, holds down the initial
sack and is said to be one OF the best
first base players in the high school
league. She runs the different bases
much better than her big brother and
has to her credit four home runs dur
ing the recent high school series. AS
a bunt hitter Miss Maggie cannot be
equaled in the south and is at present
near the top-notchers in the batting
percentage column.
Miss Jennie Church, who holds down
the middle station, is called the light
ming inhelder Of the team and is also
good with the willow. Miss Church is
a good baserunner and has the ability
to steal more bases than any other
girl in the club.
Miss Nettie Harvey, the third base
holder, has a record on the aggrega-
ton for retiring players and during the
recent series retired 46 of her opponents.
Miss Harvey can play any position on
hte team, but is more at home on third
base.
Miss Adelaide Able at right shortstop
has many of the boy members of the
regular team beat several city blocks
for picking liners off the ground, and
as a base runner and batter is at pres
ent one of the leaders of the club. Dur
ing the past high school series Miss
Able has been offered thirty hard
chances and accepted them all.
Miss Lottie Montgomery is known as
the big Lacquer of the team, and In a
game against East Whittier Miss
Montgomery made a remarkable rec
ord. not only for herself but also for
the institution, by sending the sphere
out for four home runs. There is not
another player on any of the other
high school teams that has to her credit
as many home runs for a single game,
Miss Brlswalter, sister of Andy Bris-
walter, pitcher on the Los Angeles Pa
cific Coast league club, plays left Held
In big league style and Is fast In
catching hys and seldom misses one
that comes in her territory. Miss Bris-
walter is somewhat of a mound arts,
and can be seen nearly every afternoon
in the yard of her old homestead bend
ing them over to her big brother ano
also hiking after the fast ones that
come off her brothers bat
Is Playing Third Year
Miss Jennie Smith in right garden
is an all-round player and heavy bat
ter. This makes Miss Smiths third
year in holding down this position. She
is prominent in all branches of athletic
sports connected with the Whittier
high school. At present Miss Smith
holds down second position In the bat
ting column, having a percentage close
to the 300 mark. Whittier high school
will lose two of it's best women attn
letes this year through graduation In
Misses Smith and Able, who will enter
Berkeley next fall.
Through the able coaching of Ben
jamin Short, instructor in all branches
of sports, whittier high school can
boast of it's athletic relations, running
second in the baseball series in the
mems department and capturing first
place in the country division in basket
ball. Short is a well-known athlete
and coached Kansas city prepare
tory school before coming to Southern
California. This will be Shorts fourth
year at Whittier high school and he ex-
bects to develop a fast squad in the
intercollegiate football next fall, as
there is quite an abundance of ma
terial on hand for practice, which will
start the early part of September.