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Show GIRLS PLAYED BASEBALL GAME Pittsburg, Pa., A crowd of 2,000 or more gathered In a street on the South Side last evening to see teams or girls between the ages of 10 an.l t2 play the national name, With tin lid of a manhole for the home plate, telephone poles on either side of th" street for first and third basea, ther" was n fast game. The winners took P by 2?. to 13. The pitcher of the wlnulng team, clad in a pink drons, outwitted th batters unmercifully, considering that the bat once did duty as the Hd of a basket. The ball was of hollow rubber. rub-ber. The feature of the game was sieal-; sieal-; ing .sec ond baso. This base was marked mark-ed bv a bone until a stray dog enr-iled enr-iled it off, when an old fence stak" took Its plaoe. The girls are chlldrej of old and well known South Side families. |