OAKLAND ACCOUNTING GIRLS WIN PRAISE Before a recent general meeting of the Industrial Athletic League, Miss Brodke, director for the Oakland recreation department, paid a glowing tribute to the Oakland revenue accounting girls on the wonderful spirit and sportsmanship they showed in this, their first season in baseball. In her own words, "The telephone girls are to be especially complimented. With their spirit and an added year of experience they should take all the honors next season. I regret that I will not be here then to see the games and can only hope that I will find as fine a spirit in the telephone company in the south as has been shown here." Although they played a brand of baseball that would shame many a boys' team, the girls of the Oakland revenue accounting office lost the Industrial Athletic Association championship of Oakland to the team from the Mazda Lamp Company by the narrow margin of one run. The girls do deserve a great deal of credit for their showing, as this was their first season in baseball and the team had to be built from among girls many of whom had never played ball before. As it was, they came so close to defeating the more experienced Mazda Lamp girls that the latter are afraid yet to celebrate their victory. The championship game was close from start to finish. The score in this five-inning game was tied in the first and again in the fourth. In the last inning Mazda brought in two runs before they could be stopped, bringing the score five to three. Before she realized it, C. Knights, pitching for the Mazda company, allowed three hits. It would seem that this was the telephone girls' chance, but Knights pitched the rest of that inning in a manner that would do credit to a professional-struck out our captain and held the telephone girls to a single run out of the three on base. A similar situation, with Mazda filling the bases in the third inning, was saved by Florence Mellis in left field when she made a difficult catch of a high fly. Alice Ely at second and Betty Coombs, pitching, deserve special mention on their playing. The teams lines up as follows: Mazda Lamp Company Stachler, Catcher Knights, Pitcher Abood, First Base Garbidean, Second Base Feese, Third Base Milne, Right Field Shepherd, Center Field Sears, Left Field Perata, Shortstop Grant for Mulgrew in the fifth Pacific Telephone Company: Silva, Catcher Coombs, Pitcher Phillips, First Base A. Ely, Second Base A. Mellis, Third Base Gardenhire, Right Field F. Mulgrew, Center Field F. Mellis, Left Field Livesey, Shortstop By far the best effect of the season, however, is the atmosphere now noticeable in the office. Everyone turned out to watch the last game, and, while disappointed in the results, could not help but admire the fight shown. And to show that they were true sports, on the Saturday following the game twenty-nine of the girls and H.J. Fleming, Oakland revenue accountant, gave a luncheon at the Athens Athletic club in honor of the team. This group lunch was a great success. Mr. Fleming told of his recent trip to the Pioneers' convention, and the girls each made a little speech. Nor is that all. Captain Betty Coombs later have a highly successful party at her home to the girls on the team and their boyfriends. Through their baseball practices and games, the girls have learned that their friend in the office can be just as good friends outside the office and a new spirit of comradeship is growing up. The girls are justly proud of themselves, and to prove that they are real leaguers they challenge any girls' team in any Bay telephone office to a five-inning game any afternoon at De Fremery Park as long as the weather permits.