Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-14
FEMALE BALL TOssERs.
The Quaker City tho Scene Of an Eactti
Bali Match.

The Quaker City tho Scene Of an EGcttin0
Bali Match.
philadelphia Times.
The largest crowd that has gathered on a
base ball ground for many years yesterday
witnessed the match between the female
base ball teams at Oakdale park. At least
five thousand people were present. More
than thirty-fve hundred tickets were sold,
and thousand persons without tickets were
admitted at the gate. Besides, the fence
was leaped with impunity. Numberless
legs dangled from the neighboring trees, and
many eyes peered from The windows of q
school house near by. It was real sensa-
ton. The anxiety to witness the game
reached SO high pitch that moneyless
gang on the outside, unable longer to curb
their curiosity, began an attack on the fence,
and, Notwithstanding the threats of the
policemen, entered the park. The new pa
vilion was crowded to its utmost, and the
benches on each side of it were
filled long before the time announced for
the starting of the contest. Everyone who
entered the grounds afterwards naturally
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people gathered. They stood along the lines
Of the bases, on the home-plate and crowded
the field. At 4 o'clock, when the match was
First they politely requested the crowd to
clear the field. The crowd did not move or
answer. The police protested and the crowd
laughed. Here were dozen men to battle
against three thousand. 1t was too uneven
a contest and the police did not attempt to
carry out their threats. William j. Gilmore,
manager of the teams and of the Grand Cen
trail theatre, came before the mob and said
that if the field was not cleared there would
be no game. The crowd pushed and
scrambled, but did not retreat. FL
nally half dozen more policemen arrived,
under the command of Lieutenant Daymon,
of the Twenty second district, and these in
duced the crowd to withdraw two or three
feet from the bases. The women now ap-
peared on the ground. The Philadelphians
were dressed in blue suits and the New
Workers in red. The dresses were cut short
to the knees and were loose. Each player
wore belt, the captains being designated by
the word printed on the belts. Caps were
worn, and regular base ball shoes The
women dispensed with oil artificial hair and
had their natural looks cropped close. 20 tho
head. The home team began at the bat.
Workers were about to strike the crowd
pushed forward, and in few moments the
players found themselves being showed in
all directions. The police drew their clubs
and many head was struck hard. Two of
the women tainted and had to be carried off
the field. The rest of the players followed.
Tho still 10 H.
men began fighting Rings of people assem-
bled around the latter, and the whole place
was again in an. uproar. The policemen
est influence. A rope was finally obtained
players marched once more on the field and
the game continued uninterrupted. The
match was farce. Not the least base bali
talent have the women. Every fly was muffed
and it was only by chance that player was
put out. Some twenty home runs were made
through errors. There was no interest taken
in the contest outside of the novelty
of seeing women play base ball. Very sell
dom was a ball caught, and before the con-
test concluded each side had made more than
fifty runs. The home team was victorious,
but it was useless to attempt to keep score.
After the first fight was finished half thou
sand people rushed to the gate and demand
ed tho return of their entrance fee. The
gatekeepers refused to return any money,
and thereupon many left the grounds. When
the game concluded general uproar took
place. The players had hardly finished, in
fact, when the mob rushed forward and be-
gan jeering.
During the last week the women
heye been exhibited in the
Grand Central Variety Theater.
The names OF the New Workers are Laur,
Gray, Mile Neville, Retta Howard, Eva
Clifford, Tillie Sheldon, George Lostbauma
George Bell, Josie Arnold and Minnie Sta
cy. They are part of the two teams run by
Sylvester Wilson in New York city, whose
base ball experience was suddenly ended by
his being arrested for feloniously assaulting
three of the players. Mr.. Gilmore
engaged these women and decided to range
Them against nine Philadelphians, whose
names are Lottie Drake, Jennie Meyerberg,
Josie Howard, Alice Lingard, May Carter,
Laura Shepherd, Lizzie Powers, Ada Frank
lin and Ida Howard. All are variety theatre
actresses.
A Great Han Who Score and One Who
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Boston Correspondence Hartford Courant. |
We were talking about the profanity of
very distinguished American statesman not
now living. Mr.. Sumner, who never swore
himself, said: "Well, have heard him
swear severely but, as a rule, nobody swears
in my presence. The greatest modification
I ever received in my life in this way was
when was at breakfast abroad with Lord
Brougham. We sat down at the breakfast
table when somebody brought newspaper
to Lord Brouphau. It contained a nersonal