Softball is a sport that is rapidly developing among teams of young men and women all over the United States. Played on a diamond about one-third smaller than the regulation baseball field, it is estimated that nearly 2,500,000 play the game, some 110,000 teams. The sport is sponsored by the Amateur Softball Association of America.
The eighth annual tournament of the Association, held in Detroit, was won by the Rochester, N. Y., team for the second time, defeating the South Bend, Ind., team. Harold Gears, who also hurled for the victors in 1936, only allowed three hits. Rochester won the game in the sixth inning when two bases on balls and a single produced the one and only run.
Women's teams play with as much speed and finesse as the men, and the fans flock to their games in large numbers. They also play the game in many of the large arenas in the big cities. The leading women's team is the Phoenix (Ariz.) Ramblers, who showed their supremacy over the Koch Furniture team of Cleveland, Ohio, to the tune of 10-3. It was a game packed with thrills, enlivened by keen competition and spirited play.
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