The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-10
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feminine voice shout play ball. don't
start and rub your eyes to see If you are
dreaming, says the Philadelphia Press .
You are all there, but you would prefer
to be on the other side of the WALTZ
you knew what was happening. But you
will continue to wish, for you Won't ever
be gratified, that is IL you are a mani
1t has just leaked out that another
sport has been added to the long lists Of
feminine athletic accomplishments In
this city.
Baseball is enthusiastically practised
IA the last place where one would ex-
pect to ind it-behind the high walls
Of q certain well known and exclusive
private school.
The young students come from some
Of the most exclusive families in the
country and areyreceiviGs a finishing
at this school, whose reputation is ma
tional. Some of them, in a year or two,
will be largely in the public eye. leading
the smartest social functions in their
respective cities.
Few observers would think that those
demure-faced maids coul match mascu-
line experts in playing the national
game. Catching files tipping a FOUL
Ut lIdhllS q knEtc-DaSScE dlc III dSSS
well Joined to their vocabulary, and
what they do not know about the mys-
teries of the diamond" is hardly worth
knowing.
It is whispered tina several other
schools have followed the example Of
this one. Tha during this fall picked
mines from the different schools will play
for the championship of the Quaker
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practice and are playing splendidly; and
this in face Of the masculine comment
to make a second base.
A Press" reporter talked to a rosy
checked enthusiast yesterday on the sub
ject: 20, yes, we girls have just gone
wild on baseball she said, and it is
queer to note that those who were the
most reluctant to take it up at first are
now the most enthusiastic. 1 know a
couple of years ago, if any one had pro-
posed such a game TO me. / should nave
been Mortified. / looked upon it as a
mans sport. and a very common one, at
that l never could understand how all
the men of our family found such alb
soroing interest in the national game.
but now the tables are turned. and
they have the laugh on me"-and the
dainty and be-ruffied FIRST base, laughed
until every dimple in her pretty face
was on view.
You see" she continued. ST was
basket ball that did 1t. Everybody was
playing ball and we took it up last year,
did some excellent work and were wild
over it. We got to like It so thar when
one OF the girls, who understood about
Baseball, said that the fun would be more !
fhan doubled If we took up the latter
game, we were not at all shocked at the
proposition h was determined, how
ever and gave us no rest Until we had
formed a snine'-and now all the girls |
who go In for athletics have gone crazy
on the subject
What are the advantages of baseball
over basket ball?y queried THE Press,s
reporter.
There are very many. Baseball Is
game OF skill. Every part of the body
must be on the alert. The eye is trained |
to follow the ball and calculate distances.
Tee running strength is greatly in
creased-and you know we women. as al
class. are not strong on running. The
muscles of the arm are called into play
and hardened.
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hands? Surely the young women are not
80 devoted to the sport that they have
grown neglected. of that necessary femi-
min charm, a well kept hand?"
That is the only drawback In the game. /
Delicate palms and finger tips will suf-
fer. That hard, hurting bah does hurt
at first, but when the palm is hardened
We cease to feel the smart. Hard palms |
r re- NIT nirp to he ul htrt ura iyr1r, 4lon |
we cannot ava our egg and omelette
too. SO our friends will have to bear with
our hard hands during our baseball sea-
eou."
"Oh, I can't let you see my suit; I'm
afraid You Will tell" she said in answer
to a request, -an the girls would Just
me for telling secrets"
Finally she consented to show her COS |
tune by wearing 1t.
1t consisted of white knickerbockers a
blue and white striped sweater" dark
blue stockings and the regulation baseball
Her hair was heaped on the top
of her head and hid from view by a white
baseball cap. On the white surface of
the cap a letter worked in blue told the
title of this new formed club. If all the
champions look like her it Is to be feared
that the wall of the school yard would be
thick with admirers II such a person as
an observer was allowed.
There is no fear of such a contingency.
however, as the girls never intend to
exhibit their playing. mo, never, NOT
even to our dearest friends" they assert.
Such a rule is a pity. This sad old
world wants all the gladness it can pos
sibly find. and these s-portswomen are so
prettyl If this brick wall was only a
board fence, and, like the small, penni-
less boy, o could get a corner on a
crack" there might be some hope, but
IN the meantime you must possess your
with envy until these maidens get
90 progressive that they will not only
play bah but play in public.
Not only are women's feet increasing
in size under the influence Of athletics.
but their hands also, says the glove-mak-
ers.
Riding a wheel tends to broaden and
rhfcken the hand. and, of course. golf.
tennis and basket ball do so, since they
far more muscular exertfon IN the
than srasping the handle bars of
bicycle. So glove numbers as well as
numbers are growing larger IN aver
age.
Because a han is large is no sign II
may not be beautiful. and muscular work
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