Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-13

! false, rated or real, is considered a
foul, and so is kicking shins, swat
ting another player in the eye or
dealing him a solar plexus blow.
When the ball is thrown outside the
/ field the players are not permitted
to climb over the spectators after it,
but are forced to stand pat until
their plaything is returned The ball
appears to be very light and harm
less looking, containing nothing but
hot air obtained from a local real
estate office, but il is not as soft as
it looks. l learned this from
chance encounter with the thing,
which flattened out my features
somewhat before ! could dodge be-
hind the pillar previously referred
to.
The boys game was veritable
slaughter of the innocents, the home
team representing the meat men and
the visitors the victims. 1t seemed
like taking candy from a baby. so
easily was the victory won. The
girls game was somewhat different,
the teams being pretty evenly
matched. Girls don't appear to play
with the vim and vigor, the reckless
! abandon, which characteriZes the
male athletes, apparently fearing
| they will lose garter or that their
back hair will come down. Occa-
/ sionally, however, they forget all
about appearances and play ball with
all their might and main. Several
of them were knocked off their feet
the other evening, but after rolling
over a few times they jumped up
and went on playing as though
nothing had happened. This little
stunt not only cultivates agility and
the ability to rise to the occasion,
but helps keep the floor clean, the
dust being mopped up by the clothes
of the players. At one time
Yreka maid attempted to take the
1 Ddll llOll Out VI the ASHldhu Sll lo'
whereupon the latter Immediately
sat down upon the sphere, which
made comfortable cushion.
could not learn if this was one of
the regulation plays, but it was a
good illustration of the Ashland
spirit of holding onto thing at all
hazards
The Ashland boys were a husky
lot, averaging six feet in height and
100 pounds in weight. BY getting
up on his toes the star player could
almost reach the basket, which en-
abled him to put the ball through
the ring like a cat playing with a
mouse. The great altitude of the
Ashland lads was also of advantage
in getting the first whack at The
ball when it was tossed up by the
umpire
The roofing of the fans, the high
3 school yells and other sounds which
l emanated from the onlookers at first
+ seemed rather superfluous How
S ever, as | became Interested in the
8 game | got to making so much noise
I that didn't notice the racket tht
L rest were producing. When thing
= began to come our way / swelled III
a with joyful eXultation until l jus
|, naturally couldn't hold in any long
rs er, So let out few yells of ap
proval that made the windows rattl
lie and cracked the plastering in severa
s. places.
lie AS our boys warmed up to tn
" game and began to play ball in dea
lie earnest most everybody stood up an
Is laughed and hollered to beat tn
Ot band. In order to obtain a bette
III view of the contest, which gre'
re more and more exciting, l climbe
he the cast-iron piiiar, gracefully twir
umn From this elevated position
is led the cheering ard whooped it u
m for good old Ashland town in a MAJ
IT. ner that contributed materially I
II the splendid success of our team
'lr SO ] was afterwards told. My con
as panion, however. seemed great
! scandalized and yainly endeavored-
ed with hat pin and other argumen
ar to persuade me to come down an
n behave myself But how can pc
Ill son with red blood in his veins S
ey idly by while victory and defeat tai
IT. turns staring his team in the face
ne A single pair of lungs seems wo
's' fully inadequate to express one
OF feelings upon such an occasion.
ar O. II. BARNHILL.