The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-02
IN
Spelling game
Girls Beat Men in Lively Tilt
for the Benefit of the
Church.
PASTOR IS GOOD PITCHER
First Word Over Plate Is "Honorihca-
bilitudininity," which Would Fan
Almost Any Batter.

They mixed a spelling bee with a
game of baseball. added a dash of
fun and had regular "frolic cock
tail the other night at Mount Yer
non Place NJ f. Church. Even the pas
tor. Rev. Z. h. Hardin. got in the
mix-up and had a good time. But he
pop-hied his dignity in the third in
ming and had TO retire to the bench.
Peanuts. peanuts. fi--e cents a bag
sanE-sonEed Miss Carrie Riddle. of!l
Clal peanut venderess. The hoarse
voice Of the umpire. ]. 7. Burton, who
is not at all egotistical despite his
pIcntitude of rs rumbled. in a deep
basso. Play ball. and all the Caseys
went TO bat
lie Did Put 'Em Over
Miss VERNE Maupin, right fielder
for the girls team and its star bat
ter. was first up. She looked over the
pitcher Of the mems team, q. +. Ash
bury and in a Dan MOeller solo sang
out: Put EN- over. put EN- over"
Ashbury took a wind-up and flung this
word: 'Honorifica bilitudininity."
Now. if Miss Maupin had correctly
spelled that word she would have been
credited with hit and would have
advanced to first base. But the word
is the hardest to spell in the English
'ingua and Miss Naupin merely
swung. Shr WAS led to the bench and
stimuants applied.
Miss Aldora shannon. third base for
the fair sex. advanced to the plate. but
Pitcher AshbUrv moved her down with
words that would have given Mr.. Weo-
ster u Cramp. Mrs. Clyde Noble. catch
er, likewise famed. and with three
1 ,s,.IH-
10 the field. It was announced tina,
Miss Fay Norman had a cold and
that Rev. Mr.. Hardin would substitute
for her.
The preacher took the box and the
mems team went to bat. Rev. Mr..
Hardin was i'm form and he put over
this word at the first man up: VAL
Ctudinaria nism' The man that got
that word promptly famed. The game
waxed dultsIntil the third inning when
Miss Naupfn again took the bat The
the platter and she spelled it, advanc-
ing TO first.
..GRte Money" ElattcrinG.
Miss Maupin made bold by coaching
from the side lines. stole second. ad-
vanCed to third on a hit and when one
of her teammates got n hit by SPELL
the first run in the game. After that
the Eirls just walked away and in a
few innings scored several million
runs. The Herald reporter didn't wait
until the ninth inning but conceded
the game to the girls on general prin-
Ciples and departed. The final score
was of little consequence, anyway.
The important matter was the sill
yer collection taken at the door and
Rev. Mr.. Hardin said this offering was
very gratifying. The money collected
at the gate" will be devoted to local
church work and it is said the game
was the first baseball contest ever
played for church benefit.
Two sad features married the folly.
Miss Lois Maupin, right fielder for the
girls team, flattened all the accor-
dions from her plaits in sliding into
second and Miss Mary Mccarthy, short
stop, dislocated four curls in trying
to stop line drive. The other girl
players. Misses Leta Bolin, Rose Fren-
eel. and Julia Irby, escaped injury.
The defeated mems team was COM
posed of Pitcher Ashbury. Clyde NJ.
Noble. J. o. Tolbert, T. II. Daniel, F.
w. Hoyle. II. G. McClutcheon, II. G..
OBar, c. c. Williams. and G. r. Farm
err.