St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-31
SALTWATER NEWS.
The Fairies Of the Field Defeated by
saltwater Boys.
Talk by Street Gamin--Notes
About Town.
Fairies of EIle Field.


Owing TO the illness of the sporting editor
the religious editor was forced to report the
game of base ball yesterday. The work
was little out of his line. but he seems to
have comprehended the salient features OF
the entertainment. His report is as fol-
lows:
The much-talked-of game of base ball be-
tween the fairies of the field and the Still
water boys came off at the old ball grounds
yesterday afternoon and was witnessed by
crowd OF 1, zoo or 1. 800 persons, about one
half Of whom were bald heads. The bal
ance of the crowd was composed of young
and middle-aged men. boys and ladies.
Every profession in Saltwater. excepting
the clergy, from the street uTchin TO the
capitalist, was represented. The young
man with his best girl, the married man
with his wife, the father with his boy. the
lawyer, doctor. merchant. clerk. city official.
lUnbeman. labOrer, smiling old bald-head
and some boy in the height of his glory We're
all there. Men, women and children began
coming aS early as ? O'Clock. some walking.
some running, and others riding, Many
came from the Heigh50ring towns. Hack
upon h;s'h drove up and deposited its con-
tents NJ returned. The game was to be
called Tf5:50. At thai time Just 1850
tickets bad been sold. The grand stand
and benches were both packed. the front
seats all beng occupied by the old bald
heads, and on either side were large num-
bers of ptopie, some standing, some sitting
down ard others in their vehicles. and
every tree and houSe-top IN the
vicinity : contained one or more
| spectators. The entire police force probably
with the exception OF Chief Shortall were
!
! fireman and a number of police. drove no
about $3.50. Many thought that the game
would be stopped. but they came simply to
see the Belle, of the Bat and found no occa-
sion TO apply the chemicals which the
! patrol wagon always carries. 4 rope was
/ stretched around the diamond. the crowd
! pushed back and the game was called about
$40. and continued till $40, resulting in a
victory to the Saltwater bows bv a
score of - to 9. VIII Bronson was chosen
umpire amid great cheers.
The Saltwater nine was composed of the
| following Young men: George Rice.
| pitcher; \. PeaSley. catcher; Lewis Moran.
! inst base: Nell PeaSley. second base:
| Edward Elliott, third base; James Dorm.
/ right field; William Lane, center field; Lewis
/ Davis, left field; Samuel Register. short
| stop. The boys wore the old Saltwater
! uniform, with the exception OF Nell Peas
| ley. who wore Minneapolis uniform.
| The girls. seven brunettes and two
| blondes. We're attired in red hose. plaid
dresses reaching to the knee. red caps and
| slippers. All wore belts. and two or three
! black jerseys. and were powdered and
! painted like ballet fairies. All are'well de-
| veloped, two or three good looking three
or four homely and one or two rather
! tough-lCOking. They are mostly young
weigh from 1l5 TO 100 pounds, all rather
small. with good feet for ball playing: have
nice limbs and wear their hair short with
one or two exceptions. They are all about
| the same size. are genuine girls, and are
| flip. but show no signs of indecency. They
can't play bah a little bit.
The fair damsels We're the first at the bat
a girl with her hair closely cropped. re-
sembling boy and called Billy" taking il
| first. At first our boys played very well.
but finding they had picnic with their op-
| pOnentS simply mOnkeyed with them and
had no trouble defeating them. The girls
made one or two home runs amid great ap-
! plause, and were applauded on every effort
! successful or unsuccessful. Occasionally
cries of ''out' were heard, whether the
boys would make a base or not. The crowd
often yelled rats at them and sympathized
with the fairies. Two girls who played well
were the pitcher and catcher. Miss Rich. a
gOod-looking blonde, also played well and
was always well applauded.
THE BOYS WERE STUCK ON HER SHAPE.
The others appeared to try. but could not
play, one or two falling down every time
they attempted to catch the ball. During
the entire game they did not catch the bali
more than twice. Some of them appeared
to be afraid of their hands and Others
ran as if they had corns. They
would always reach for the ball with their
fingers in all directions. If it came swiftly
they would scream and prefer to let it pass.
If they wore aprons they could catch bet
ter. In short, they play as most girls
would. and appear to depend on their
shape.
After two or three innings were PLAYED
the crowd began TO get tired, and one-half
had left when the game ended. the
novelty of the thing appearing to be all
there was in it, yet there was thunder of
applause during the entire game. Miss
Pauline Doolittle, an exquisite little Jewess
of brunette persuasion. passed through the
Il,