The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-11
FEMALE DEMONS
MAX { ASHLAND
LOOK LIKE DUBS
Rain Lets McHart's Troubadors
Down Light, Game Ending
in Tie Score.

McHart may now go back TO his
quiet Ashland home and begin OK
planning to tho natives just why MS
most glorious ball club. picked from
the very flowers Of balloon. was IN
able to wrest victory from Al r.
Gibbs skirted aggregation. Perhaps
1t Will be an easy explanation. for ali
men know that McHart is the most
chivalrous Of men and would nc.r
nave II said Of him that ne took I'D
vantage OF the weaker vessels.
~ course. all OF those who saw,
tho game--a ball game. it was-n,:.y
have formed different opinion ana
have come to the conclusion that thc
only reason McHart's towering III
tans didn't win was because they
couldn't sun. even though the re-
male branch Of the argument ioomea
much stronger than was anticipated.
OF all that large crowd on nand. not
q man. or woman, either. cxpect-
cd TO really sec bail game
Usual experience with ball cubs
composed wholly or in part
OF women has been that ihey de-
Neloped either into q carnage or
joke The one yesterday was neither
Many went out TO see freak SHOW.
l.
pluons of themselves. and they saw
those same women make an exhibition
OF the gallant Ashland horde
Oh. y was q pitiful sight 20 SEQ
that Old Roman, Bianton by name go
down before the strong and steady
waliops OF tho refrigerated fraterni,y.
II was awful to watch Gus Ezekiel
rant rnadiy as he galloped across the
green chasing fiy balls which 20
couldn't quite reach. /; was pityfui
70 behold McHar, the grand old man
OF mo game, sFit his teeth and ca
mort his men TO never oe bowed un-
der the !gnomin!ty Of meeting defeat
at the hands OF lot OF SISTERS.
Shy on Looks, but
The truth OF II all is that while tho
women-there We're hve OF them-
were all fred short on looks. they
were extremely long on ball playing.
Shoot her over" shouted May ST.
Leon the hinging artist who start.
Cd and 'hen she began TO uncork her
choicest variety OF foo4crs Lyua
Bannister. dashlne brunette. r,-
lleFed May on the slab and made mat
country crowd stand around Tx. Is
school boy who has been caught do
ius something foolish. Then there
was lella Robinsou Oh first never
forget Yuela Blonde just bordering
on obesity. She was the hit o.. me
game For nfieen years Yeula has
been playing that same base for 81
Gibbs. She appeared In Richmond
twenty years ago as a member of tho
Chicago Stars and helped win a game
in Island Park. But regardless OF
her years Of service. she is as spsr
and k!ttcnish as two ear-old and
simply cut up around the bag
Aeula played real baseball and
played IL well Hal chase has nothing
Oh her and she had the crowd stand
Ing on rs cars giving her the GLAD
hand as time after time she speared
something which looked most like "a
hlt or caught heavc with one hand
which was headed straight FOR tn.
bleachers some woman and some
ball PLAYER is Yeula May her shadow
never grow less and long life TO her
Jusa St Claire ~:-isrorted In left
Held and ran down couple OF lofts.
which might have proved d,astrous
Tor her club had she let them eet
away. Marguerittee PETER at second.
was the ginger Kid She had enough
pep TO supply every ball cub in the
Virginia League. and what whip
that girl has. she can peg with ans
OF them. and she can dig ON out Of
the dirt too Altogether. Al GlDos
furnished good sport lie didn't bring
q bevy of beauty but he did bring
woman who went 10 WORK and played
baseball
The score9 Oh. THAT'S a detan along
with the men who hled in on the
team But it was TO :. rain stopping
what looked like a victory FOR tho
visitors