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THEY WERE TOO QUICK FOR ’ EM.The Female HasolmlIr*ts Avert Troubleby Aetivc Work.' ■* •* 1That aggregation of ball tosscrs callort the Chicago Black Stockings struck the Arlington grounds on Long Island' yosterday afternooon, and with the aid of the Flushing Clnb played what by oourteay is called a game of baseball. Four thousand men paid 2o centB apiece to witnebs the contest, and about one thousand men and boysolimbod the fence. They watched the exhibition from beginning to end without auy undue symptoms of rowdyism. There was a suppressed impatience about that crowd, however, that was noticeable, and they were beginning to get restless, when suddenly, at the end of tho eighth inning, a sharp cry rang out: “Gome, Annie! Burrv, Rose! Run. Alice!” The girls didn’t wait to hear the call twice, but flow over the green turf like frightened deer, and in a twinkling were huddled in a corner of the inclosnre. They were pushed through a hole in the fence, hustled into closed carriages and driven off before the crowd realized wbat had happened. The hoodlums rushed to tho entrance, but it was closed, and not until ’ the carriages looked small In the distance were the gates opened and the crowd allowed to depart. The experience of the female ball nine at Weehawken, where on the previous Sunday they were roughly handled, has taught them a lesson, and they can now get under way as quickly as a fire-engine can be made to respor d to an alarm.The crowd began to arrive on tho grounds early in the afternoon and at once formed a circle around the diamond. Manager Franklin mounted a box and, waving his gold-headed cane after the manner of the conductor of a large chorus, bid tho multitude fall back. It fell back slowly at the place he wa* standing, but other sections of the crowd pushed forward like a lingo flag lazily yielding to t-be wind. After a half hour’s arduous labor sufficient space was cleared and the nines were told to play ball.They obliged and gave an imitation of the National game that was impossible to score. Tho females went to the bat in every sort of order. “Oh, I’m tired,” said one. “bo I got May to bat for me. See?” Nearly every man took a turn at pitohing for the Flushings. and this was afeourco of much ad verso criticism among the opponents. “Say, whatBort of a deal are you working on ub,anyhow?” was asked by one. No satisfactory explanation was vouchsafed, so the changes continued. Tho score by innings follows:Flushing............... 2 4 1 3 0 6 2 4—22Chicago .Elftckstoeklnga 1 4 8 0 0 1 0 2—11
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World
New York, New York, US
Mon, Sep 08, 1890
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