The herald., 1897-02-15
BASEB ALL

There are a whole lot of things that
women can do, and do we'll, but baseball
playing is not one of them. The alleged
match between a team of women ball
players and the Francis Wilson's at
Athletic park yesterday afternoon was
one Of the rankest fakes ever foisted on
the Los Angeles public. 1t was the first
time that such an event was ever given
In the city, and it is to be hoped that it
will be the last. as just about one more
such experience will effectually put the
Quietus on legitimate baseball in this
section.
The novelty of the thing attracted a
large crowd. the bleachers being filed,
with fair proportion of the grand
stand occupied, the small boy being es-
pecially numerous and aggressive. The
game was advertised for 2:30 o'clock,
but when that time arrived the women
players were absent. After wait of
over half an hour, and when the patience
of the crowd had been almost exhausted,
five young women of rather generous
development, clad in variegated shirt
waists and voluminous boomers, am
bled across the bicycle track and fiocked
together around the home plate. They
were local talent" and if any one Of
the bunch ever before saw a ball field,
she did not give any evidence of the
fact The team was completed by put
ting in battery of one of the local clubs,
while red-headed youth took up his po-
sition on first base and another boy held
down second. Then the miserable farce
commenced. All rules of the game were
disregarded, and it was simply horse
play. The women could not hit the ball,
and when by accident the pitcher hit
hot fl@ ~
women can run gracefully but the mem
bers of this team could not run at all
They were guyed numerically by the
crowd, but they took it ood-naturedly
When they went out into the field they
made an even worse show of themselves
They just simply stood around and for
got they were living. Fully one-half Of
the crowd left after the first inning, but
quite number stuck it out to the end.
the game being called at o'clock The
only lively feature was an incipient riot
in the grand stand Peter" Jackson
the notorious negro, who has frequently
figured in fights and rows, put in an ap-
pearance with another colored mar,
armed with a guitar and started in with
a concert" This proceeding irritatad
the small boys, and they literally forced
the men out of the stand and chased
them some distance UP the street anus
ing themselves by shying rocks and clods
of earth at them. One took effect IN
Jackson's head, with disastrous results
10 the clod, and the darkey escaped into
the electric power house.
The manager of the Francis Wilson's
disclaims all responsibility for the fake
and says that he was imposed upon by
the manager of the woman team. He
says that he was told by this man, Ger
hardt, that his team was composed of
good ball players, who had been very
Gf in, n.,I-
cities, and that he did not know to the
contrary until the women came on the
ground. He states further that even
then ne was led to believe that there was
a full complement of players, with two
IN reserve, in case of accident. IT was
learned that the long wait was caused
by the refusal of the women to 60 IN
the field until they got their MONEY
they claiming that they had been en-,
gagged at salary of $14 so per week.
The Seventh regiment team iour-
Leyeo TO- the Fourteenth street grounds
yesterday and won an exciting and wall
played game of ball from TIE Browns,
Monde, the Tufts Lyons star. was in
the pox Tor the Browns and proved an
etsy mark for the soldier boys. who al.
ways found the ball when ii meant
runs.
Scherer pitched good steady game
for the regiment team and received ex-
cellent support.
=. Courtney at short stop and Lehn
at second base played gilt-edged ball for
the regiment.
Barris and Finley did the best playing
for the Browns. The score:
Seventh Regiment. 0 321O60 Ply
Browns ............. 04 12 o 0 A 0-12
The Vernon ball club defeated the
Alameda Streets yesterday by a score
The Spaldines yesterday defeated the
hoes By score OF IS IS { ttt, s. The bat
tertes were: For spaldings. Van Horn