The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1902, Page 3

THE SUNDAY OALL. Play That w mber of tes estion of the day baseball will 1 aken up basket bal of their regul the larg proper thing tc certainty ar citie with ver be is too w er requires skill woman who 1 is the very rarest where of the as eir broth- o in- in the body is brought into use; not only at the muscles in the arms and limbs, but of the body and neek also. And, t a girl thinks more of, her eyes are brightened and her cheeks take on that healthy color that defies imitation. Thin girls should play ball for a term or those two and then they need never fear an as evening frock or a bathing suit. The m- muscles in the legs are used in running, and the calves become rounded. ‘When Iy “the ball is flung from goal to goal the s become plump and well curved, Na- onds eagerly to every opportu- s given her and she acts with ss and ability. The jumping and tirs up the circulation so that the blood is sent to every tissue in great quantities, tumbling Instead of tting at home and doing all work, join a basket ball down to hard work. Play and see if the kink in kinds of f team and a while each day ney ¥ back does not unknot. You will feel the sport and woe to the girl e 3 5y s her hat in the aip Detter all around. The soft flesh, which sl o o 0 PP T is more of a hindrance than anything elsg, shriek “H at the top of her will harden, and when muscle develops, as it will, you will not only be symmetri- ave you seen the girls In thelr suits? > 1“1:‘ “m‘-‘,”““h:’l ot y 5 Very pictures they look in their Chn DUt heaitny. bloomers and swe youthful brai is sudden has a good foundation. rough 2ll kinds popularity s or with their neat sults of varied colors and their bair in Once ina w be dressed exactly ever so much more ver s0 much more busi- for some very good reason, ¥ chap who blundered no sooner seated than s presence was distinctly and that if he did not get ; he might suffer bodily of basket-ball There isn't any- thing that develops or beautifies the body Beazuty of face does no® Gracefulness of ined are frequently power. And hining sun would of torments to t ball is & sure agent as a beauti- There is nothing so ing exercise except tennis. far that will tzke ite place as an all-around, exhilarat- Every muscle e the en- alike g for man p herly was allowed in, or some fellow was spe- he Ball playing cultivates flexibility at the wi In the bending and twisting of the trunk and limbs the vital organs receive such exercise as will make them strong. Who ever heard of a girl who is an en- thusiast over ball having indigestion? Don’t you know & fellow who got a ZA, cat on the arm or a dislocatedj bone om football? Ten to one when it was dressed a sympathizing friend said, “1 don't believe it will leave a scar,” and ten to one the injured chap answered, “Oh won't it,”” just as though it meant and death That exactly describes the girls. They dive for a ball on the hard earth, and a bruises more or less amount to nothing. One girl who had two black eyes laughingly d, “Oh, I mean to patent them. They're pretty fine!” Because they had been received in a good cause she was duly proud of her beauty marks. life few The game 15 an easy one to understand. As a rule there are nine girls on a side, but when only five constitute a team, the work is too hard. Each “man” has her. own place. There is the center, left forward center, left back center, left guard, right guard, left and right forward and two extra men. So you see each “man’ has hér own re- sponsibility; she plans positions; she must run at the right time and pass the ball eans Health, Strength and Fun for alitfornia Maids, BALL has come to sta 52 BASKETEBALL W T I Cfl (7 ErRAsSS1NG THE BAa.. /7. Popular Contests That Are GIRL." to the proper persor. Perhaps you do not think one's temper is exercised as well. Imagine getting a rattling good push and sprawling on the floor as hard as possible. And the worst part of it too, is losing the ball. One might be able to get over the black eye Played With Unusual or and Good Will. _——————— if a point had been scored, but to gain merely a doubtful beauty mark tries one’s patience to the fullest ex‘ent. A regular game is played always the same. The large ball is of rubber in- closed In a tightly laced ieather case, and it weighs about eighteen ounces. The goals are hammock nets of cord suspend- ed from ring= eighteen inches in di- ameter. One is placed at either end of the fleld and about ten feet from the ground. Of course the object of the game iIs to throw the ball into the basket and to pre- vent the opposite side from doing the same. When each girl has her place.the referee starts the game by putting the ball into play. She tosses it In the alr and at the same time blows her whistle. Before anybody can throw it, one of the centers who stand ready to jump for It must have touched it. Then follows a general rush from both sides. The ball goes whizzing toward the goal and then back again, just as luck wills if. Fouls are common. If a girl runs with the ball the whistle blows and the other side have a free throw for the basket. Buch a basket counts 1, while a throw from the fleld counts 3. Kicking or strik- ing with the flats, or tackling an oppo- nent counts for a free trial for the oppo- site side, which does not mean much glory. The game is played in two parts of twenty minutes each with an intermis- sion of ten minutes. After the “rest” the girls change fields and contend for ihe opposite basket. However one plays it, whatever rules are followed or the num- ber that constitute a game—none of this mass makes any difference in the run- ning or throwing. The exercise part of it is the same. It is bound to develop great agility and endurance, for unless one scampers lively it means knocks, cuffs and even kicks, and a few of these go a long way. There is a game called the “line ball,” where every girl stays strictly within her own line, but that game is not unive sally popular, as it restricts action great- ly. The girls who are the most vigorous scorn such ball and refer to it as “sissy,” which expresses their contempt for it. When the rules that men use are accept- ed we may know that the women have been trained to more physical endurance than they have at the present time. er- The coast championship s a question tbat causes a great many discussions, and, if he truth be told, move than a our minister's sermon: few tiffs. Last year Berkeley held it, but Reno N defeated her and won it. Now the Chico girls are living in high hopes, for they in s turn have defeated Reno. The Chico fe girls, by the way, are H. J. Crisler, Daisy on the other side of the que: Honodel, Maybelle 1 _.7is, Gretta Peter- son, Clara Crisier (captain), Grace Ker- mode, Ora Tayle-, Lilllan Branham and G. Bryan—and they put/ up & rattling good game. Violet Cohn, Florence Johnson, Nellle Davls, Grace Braddock, Fay Dickey, Cleo McMahon, Stella Dickey, Belle Sanford and Ethel Martin make the nine Stock- ton girls who are coming to the front In this play of girls. The Reno girls have just played a game with Berkeley, and the girls who play under blue and gold kave returned to Nevada to return the compliment, but befors they started on their journey the challenge of Stockton and Chico was accepted and the girls are all training for the contest. One Hundred Years Ago. Virginia had one-fifth of the population of the United States. Two stages carried all the travel be= tween Boston and New York. Two shillings was a day’s pay. Twelve to fourteen hours was & day's work. One factory made all the hats. They were all cocked hats. The whipping post and pillory stoed In Boston. Trousers were fastened with pegs and lacings. Every housewife raised her own flax and wool and spun her own linen and cloth. There were neo rallroads, telegraphsy steamboats, gas, electricity. There were no millions of gold to lend to foreign nations or to buy the Philippines. Men wore muffs to keep their hands warm There were no expositions, horse shows, food fairs or musiec halls. There were no daily papers or typeset- ting machines. There was but one type foundry. Type was made by pouring metal into a mold, letter by letter, and sold for $4 a pound. There were no cylinder presses. Hand presses, requiring a single impression for each sheet, were good enough. [here were taxes, and they were ons- sixth to one-tenth-of the total value year- Iy. Church collections wers made in a bag fastened to a long stick, and a bell at- tached to be rung when the expected con- tributor was asleep. There were no raglans or faney mixed drinks. There were no after-dinner speakers i e £ 3 s o Kerosene, teiepnone oF He—There was one peculiar thing abou§ He dan‘t dilate ion. She— 0, but don’t you remember he declared to the other side I have nothing to ¥'? He—Of course, but why didn’t he llow his usual plan and say i?—Phila~ delphia Press.