# Miss Anstress — Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship character guide

> Miss Anstress in Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship by Noah Brooks.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Anstress Howell, Miss Howell

**First appearance:** 0001-our-baseball-club-and-how-it-won-the-championship

## Snapshot

Miss Anstress Howell is Alice's gentler sister, whose quiet promises and steady presence keep the Howell household running while the town runs on baseball.

## Who they are

Older sister to the baseball-mad Alice, Anstress moves in the domestic sphere of Judge Howell's house, where she has promised the little servant Jessie a day off to see the game. Unlike her sister's open fervor, she works through small kindnesses and quiet arrangements, a contrast that throws Alice's impatience into relief. Her presence grounds the Howell family scenes, reminding readers that the championship fever touches households as much as ball fields.

## In the story

### [IX: Hope and Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/chapters/ix-hope-and-suspense)

Dismisses the baseball excitement and rebuffs Rough and Ready's inquiry about a telegram.

### [A Famous Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/chapters/xvii-a-famous-victory)

Grimly hopes the Catalpas will win so the contest will be over; declares baseball players are as superstitious as sailors.

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