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Chicago Stars Beaten by Fulton Brownies Yesterday.ORLY ONE RUN WAS TALLIED•'his Was in the Ninth Inning—The Girls Can Run, Throw and Slide Bases, score Was One to Nothing.Mr. Spalding Here.Girls may walk, andQirlA may talk,mrJkGirls may play croquet.But,They can't strike a match On the scat of their pants,Because They ain't built that way.Well, the Chicago Star?, female baseball tosscrs. are certainly erected differently from most girls. They may fad. short in the match striking business, hutfor good bns.Khn.ll they take tne top notch. In direct opposition to every maxim, grown old with age, about a SJ1 s power to throw where she looked, the Stars held the Fulton Brownies down to n few singles yesterday at. Broad Street Park. tlie* score being 1 to 0 against them at the close of the ninth inning.The game was witnessed by thirty-five hundred spectators, as the gile receipts *how, and was full of ginger and snappy work until the ending. Not until the ninth inning did cither side tally, and then on an error of the shortstop of the Stars. Darby crossed over the plate, making the only run of the game. The r.inth inning opened with Miss Maggie Burke, for the Stars, at. the hat. Miss Burke, being very short and stumpy, waited for a ball in the right place and had three strikes called on her. \V. Gago lt;male). the shortstop, followed her and got his base on an error of Eacho at second. Russell (also male) followed Gage with a two base lut. anchoring Gage on third. Here ho died, the other two players going out in short order.WINNING RFX.The Brownies went in to win in their last he If. and Darby was the first man up. Hooker, who had been placed in tlie box to relieve Miss Nelson, allowed him to get a two base hit. Eacho followed Darby with a pop foul to the catcher. Jim McEvov placed a hot one to the i shortstop, who fumbled a short time and then threw io first. McEvoy was out, but Darby had crossed the plate. This was a plenty and the. game ended. Score, 1 to 0, favor Brownies.Not. until after the appointed time for the game did the umpire call out for the players 10 take their places. The grand stand was crowded, while 1 lie bleacherics were packed to overflowing, the crowd breaking through the lines and into the ground. The Stars went to bat and lined up as follows:Julia St. Claire, right, field; Yu el a. Robertson, first base; Maggie .Burke, leftfield; W. Gage (man), shortstop: -Russell (man), catcher: Maude Nelson, pitcher; Kate Becker, second base; Florence Donnelly, third base; May O’Conner, light field.GOOD BATTER.Miss St. Claire demonstrated her ability to swat the leather good and hard when she first went to bat. Three fouls were placed in left garden and then a switt one from McEvoy was met squarely to left. Morgan made a lorn* run and pulled it down when it was near the fence. Miss Robertson went out on a liner to second, to first. Miss Burke pot four balls, and a minute later sto.'e second on a beautiful slide, Eacho standing back in witness the exhibition. Gnge went out to first baseman and the side retired. The Brownies went to .bat and faced Miss Nelson. There was a symmetrical twist of the well formed body, and a drop was thrown. Sharp got the second one however, and away the fchere went to left field. Miss Burke was out there however, and with a run gracefully made, she fmlled it down. Morgan, the heavy hitler for the Fulton boys, thought be had a cinch, and when the umpire called hint out after three balls had passed over the plate, he hud another think coming.4 Darby singled, but EaGio fiiKi to make good, and the side retired. It was this way through the game. In the opening of the ninth the Stars nad a runner on third, btu could g^t him no further.GOOD GA^IE.Dressed in red bloomers, the aggregation from Chicago created no little comment in the grand stand. They were nevertheless cheered to the echo by the enthusiastic crowd who had planked down their money to see the game, jt was as good a game as had been played in the Tri-City Deague this season. But for the excellent team work of the Brownies they would have been defeated ignomiuioubly. As it was they won by a score of 3 to 0 ana have nothing to brag over. In the ending of the sixth Inning. Miss Nelson had to be replaced In the box by Hooker, a player from the Manchester team. Hooker repeatedly made the Fulton boys strike at air. yet Darby, who had before made three errors. won the game by his two-base hit in the opening of the ninth.The tabulated score follows:CHICAGO STARS.Flayers. A.B.R.H.o.A.E.Julia St. Claire, c. f... 400100Yuela Robertson, 3b .. 300Ro0Maggie Burke, 1. f. .. 400•w20TV. Gage (male), s. s... 40«4*ir»0Russell (male), c. .... 4n1r*iG0Hooker (male), p. ...•1000n0Maud Nelson, p. . 3b.. 30n1l0Kate Becker, 3b. .... 4000«#0Florence Donnelly, Sb.A• o0000oMay O'Connor, r. f. .. 400000Total ................032019nBROWN1ESPlayers. A.B.R.H.o.A.E.Sharp, o. f............ 4o1*•00Morgan, 1. f. • .......... 400100Darby, 3b.............. 43M243Jim McEvoy, s. s. .... 401*O£1Eacho. 2b.............00o•J31Gat bright, lb.........00403Hogan, r. f..........00000Elmore, c.............•00(I0John McEvoy, p........ !i021o0Totals ...............3216ATw •1432SUMMARY.Two-base hits—Darby. Stolen bases— Gathrlght. Darby. Double plays—McEvoy to Eacho to Gartbright. Base on halls—By Hooker (1), by McEvoy (S). Hit by pitched balls—By Nelson (1). Struck out—By Nelson (3). by Hooker (4), by McEvoy (3). Time of game. 1:30.
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Richmond Times
Richmond, Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1902
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