The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-09
THAT FEMALE NINE:
They Drew Big Crawd But Can't Play Base
Bali Worth Cent.

In accordance with the advertisements
the New York Champion" female base
bali nine struck the town yesterday, and
| were accompanied by female band. The
small boy and the bald headed man who
have been looking at their lithogrophs on
the fences and bill boards for the last six
| weeks, were out to see them, and il IS I'M
necessary TO say that they were disap-
pointed. Instead of seeiug that charmingly
beautiful model of femininity represented
on the Autographs, they saw lot of little
sun-6urnt women, ranging in ages from 10
to..30 years. 1t is customary to say that all
who wear skirts are handsome; but the
line ought TO be drawn somewhere. They
would probably be handsomer under diff
erent circumstances, but it is hardly ex-
pected that any base ball girl would be
handsome after base ball season.
What they lacked in beauty they made
up in development and as they appeared
church deacon shook his head and won
dered what in the mischief the world was
coming to. While going from the Metro
pole hotel to the grounds the female band
of seven or eight pieces played some music
and many were the comments made by the
curb-stone ways. Some unkind chaps
avowed that the base ballests needed no
bats as their faces would stop the swiftest
ball that could be thrown. Now this was
all unkind and ungallent but the girls
didenu seem to mind it.
At $3.50 the game was called and at that
time fully $500 persons were in the
grounds many of them being ladies. A
line Of carriages extended all round the
grounds and by actual count numbered
40 1t did not take long to see that the
girls couldn't play ball. nor did it take
long to see that the Maroons wouldn't. II
the latter got down to business and played
as well as they usually do, it is doubtful
whether their opponents could make a
score in the nine innings played. On many
occasions the male players deliberately
failed to catch the ball, so as to give the
girls chance to make their bases, while
on other occasions they would drop it on
purpose with the same end in view, When
the boys would strike the ball so far away
that in a usual game score could be
made by the batter he would run diagon-
ally across to second, then to third, and as
matter OF course would be called "out"
by the umpire for failing to touch first
base. Miss German, the pitcher
for the female nine, was actu-
ally good player for a woman,
and the girl who stood at third base was
good thrower. The catcher could neither
catch the cholera or bad cold, and as for
balls she could not catch them with a
bushel basket. The game from start to
finish was barlesque. Nobody kicked,
however. They went to the grounds mostly
for the novelty Of the affair and all had
lots of fun at the wags that shot off their
mouths in the grand stand. Every one
was in good humor, and from a stand
point of amusement and light spirited
ness it was success. At the close of the
game the score stood IA to Is in favor of
the girls. TO enumerate the number of
errors made it would require an entire
score book.
The cash receipts were about $265. al
though some put it higher. The mana
gers announce another game here on Sun.
day.