The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-04
BLOOMFIELD SHOCKED.
Mas Say Their Boys Must Not Play
Baseball With Cincinnati
"Lady Players"
specia1 10 Tie JERSEY city :ve,gs.

NEWARK, May 4, 1S93-The Cincinnati
tRed" and the Bloomfield Baseball Club
are billed to play next Saturday after
noon on the Glen Ridge grounds. The
'Reds" is a team of women. All arrange
mems for the ar have been made. But
Bloomfield's mothers have set their faces
against an exhibition by "lady'' ball plav-
ers within the precincts or the fastidi GUS
town. They have forbidden their boys
to play, and the Bloomfield club will
probably forfeit to the 'ladies."
The modest andpretty town was great
ly shocked the other day when posters
were pasted ousthe billboards announc-
ing the game. Upon those posters were
pictures that could not pass for modest
in Bloomfield. GIRLS in startling short
dresses figured in the pictures. one WELD
ing a bat and others with dying skirts
racing about a baseball diamond. Those
pictures stared from boards all over the
town. They attracted scandalous amount
Of attention, aud the more they were seen
the more their itnmodesty grew upon
Bloomf1eld's mothers.
E STOCKINGS.
The agitation stirred in the gentle
bosoms OF Bloomfield was increased by a
fact that did not appear on the bills.
When the alarmed mothers came TO talk
to their boys abonJ the woneu players
they learned that Cincinnati REDS
| meant Cincinnati Red Stockings. This
was q stunning piece of Information.
"What ?" cried the indignant matrons,
trembling with Indignation; ito appear
before a Gro wd of me n in short skirts and
red stockings. The amazing impudence.
How dare they? ?" Then mothers, shocked
that their sons should be exposed TO such
a sight, said mol their boys would never
get permission to play with those crea-
lures"
sJust think Of it," said one stately
Bloomfield mother this morning. women
engaging in gentlemen's sports They
ought to die of shame. My son shall not
be seen in. the field with them. Ia like
to watch him play, but I blush even TO
think of my boy taking part in a game
with women in such immodest raiment.
There is no harm In boys raising en-
couraging. shouts on a ball field. but
fancy ladies shouting: Slide, Nellie.
slider and worse than that, Nellie ac-
tually sliding. Ughl it's disgusting, it's
shameful, l don't care; the game ought
to be stopped by the authorities"
THE LADIES MAD.
B. A general Indignation meeting OF the
women of the Town has been talked about.
but nothing done yet in that direction.
Soale OF the more impussive women have
the tearing down OF the
obnoxious posters. Such q disgrace il
would be to the town ana such u cause
for shame to all its women Then the
idea of letting the boys play with girls
wearing such abbreviated costumes.
The Spectators VINO have made ar
for the game, say it must 60
on even ii the mother OF every baseball
player IN Bloomfield refuses her boys
request to play. II the Bloomfield Club
will notlplay their nipe, other players
will be gathered; il not in the town, out
of il. But tue Bloomfield nine would be
q drawing card, aud It's best players
ean,t get the permission Of thier mothers
t; play: consequently there is much
doubt about the game.