The evening world., 1913-07-26
Tspelpe. Yeav-Old Daugh-
ter OF "Dtas,sOnd Dan"
Hesds B0vs' Baseball
Team in a Junior
League That Has Won
Seren Out Of Eight
Games.

II II the ninth inning and the score
stands tied between the valiant siuEgers
OF tho Young Whites and the indomita-
Die Lakswoods. Co,umous Park IN Null
Derry Bend 10 frinssd with fully thou
sand interested spectators and fairly
swarms with youthful bus issthsr iunssd
roetsrs
Ths Lakswoods. an sGgrsOstiou aver.
ae!ng twelve years Of age and some.
thsns under . hundred pounds per man.
ess W fss their last time at the bat. II
70 momsat frauUht with tense exotic.
meat. The oiaats aud AAhlsties may b.
eenopin6 along toward their respective
peneants. but down In Mulberry Bend
wno gives . care The great moment in
ehe struegle betwesn the Lakswoods and
Yssng wAitss dwarfs those little Polo
oseund sisairs into inAgniAcAnee.
jim ssttsdu0ti. the LaksWsodS rigi,t.
ns'dsr. comes y the plsts swinsins .
nas etmost - tall ~ he. Tony C!pr.sno,
me Young Whites famous southpa ",
lays one over the plate and Jim POPS
. weak ny to left field for an sasy out.
Neocs CancsiIsre. the staiwart isft.
fielder. waliops the Arst bah piSchsl
Aad reaches nrst In safety.
Louis capriola, csntvensldsr. makes
two insffectivs attempts to connect with
the hail and then out Of the yelling
throns back OF the plate there springs
wiry little feminine Asurs. rssoiuts Of
manner and square Of jaw.
hunt Il. you rubs! Sacrince!" she
~ -
maad,'
now Louie sUNrs IN APPROVED
SrVlg.
Louis heeds, shortens his bat ana
SENDS the ne1t ball dribbilne toward the
sxpsctsnt ptohsr. In approved fashion
the ball 10 picked up and tossed 70 hrst
In time to retire the sAcrifcsr and al.
low Rocco to reach second.
There now rssounds upon the nireaav
tst'sred atmosphere chorus OF de-
lighted shrieks ana calls Of encourage.
msnt such A. would GLADDEN. the ear
of any hero swatsman In the biz
ieagues For. stepping to the plate. hsI
smaii but trusty bat poised In one
hand. her lips sst In Arm resolve, ID
none other than our twelve. ysar.old
heroine. Fiorris O'Rourks. daughter Of
Diamond Dan" O'Rourhs. . familiar
azure In the old elxth Ward. and cap.
tain and star Of the nghting Lakewood
bail team.
II this were Action We would record
how Florr!e put across . home rur
And won the game. As II In fact. moi
fancy. suf!lce It that she succeeded In
lambastins the ball for a nit long
high ny that started her on \ masnih
cent frse-limbcd sprint down to nrst
but ended ingloriousiy In tho Younl
Whites csntrshelder's cspacious mit
for the third and last out.
The last half OF the ninth shows Flor
hs nimbly holding down nrst bass
nipp!nK the ball down 70 seconl an,
across to third with the ease Of al
old-timsr. or speafing the high. vii,
onn with one hNDd and the noncha
lance OF that fanibua Grandstand per
} former. "JisGs' Donohue. And II wa
no fault VI hers that the Young White
! won.
After the game Florris condescends
TO call her team together TO BE- pho
tortAphsd sad 70 tell how she began {
= os real ball player.
d now oiRL CAME TO 81 STA
, BALL PLAYER.
II never cared anything Cor dolls,
elsss." che said. - was always run
> Ming with the boys ana about three ysai
:. aEo found could run - fast ~ an
y Of hsm Of my sGs and faster than mol
u them and catch . ball Just ~ wei
). Then ! began practising throwing III
. boy does. and ! got so ] can thro
ben Just like . boy. and not III
. GIRL ! was mascot Of one team hr,
: and then they let me play and ! got
. elsy pretty good ball. guess"
A chorus OF affirmative exclamation
y in various hish pitched keys came fro
the shining faces of her teammates. vi
. crowded around the intervtswsr and Il
o tsrvirwed In a sQuirmag mass Of excit
ment.
y Say, mister" cl.ed Thy And
= Bellochio. the cluo's mascot. "Florr,e
.. DE- best BAH Player IN Mulberry De,
lg and d.. best Glri player IN do woiid."
10 Shes . star" chimed In another.
, ''shss . female Ty Cobb" yelled
10 thira.
'oAss W. yeu." eenmasasl yies1