The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
WOMANTALK BY POP ANSON
THE BASEBALL MANS OPINIONS
ON IMPORTANT TOPICS.
wonnn's Presence Needed Mt BasebaIl Games
New Ysrk ana ChicaEe weneh Compared
IIe Is AEnInst womeh's Clubs and

New Hofk Nuu ChiCnHo women NoulphEoo-
Ho Is AEaInst woneh's Clubs and
Against bryan, Too-AthletIcs for Womon.
Pop Arson, tho new manager Of the New York
baseball team, is-ono man-on the diamond and
quito another of It. When no goes into the 1old
with his mon to instruct them during practice
hours no is full OF ginger; everywhere else he Is
full of gontleness. He had just finished two
hours work with his boys, rs he calls them,
when q young woman dropped in on him at tho
teams quarters the other morning, and 1t was
hard to believe that he was the same man who
had just been cavorting over the green grass
with boylike spirit. Perhaps it is this element
OF gentlencss that has drawn women folks TO
Mr.. Arson ever since he has been on the dia.
mond; again, it may be tho ginger. Be that as
1t may, no has always been, is and probably will
always be popular with tho feminine spectators
OF the game. lie returns their admiration.
"womenl" he exclaimed, when the subject
was referred to. "Why, bless me-, women beat
policemen, laws and everything else whom it
comes to preserving order, maintaining peace
and making men behave properly. l believe
In the women. l believe in tn cir going every
where that men should go and l don't believe in
men patronizing places that women can't. But
why shouldn't / believe in womenl I've got a
vito and three daughters and n lovely home
out in Chicago, and IL q man doesn't believe in
women under those cirCumstancos-well, he
isn't worth speaking about"
ut must inspire you, then, to SEQ a largo turn
out of women at the ball gamesi' suggested the
reporter as the veteran lapsod into silence.
"Yes, 1t does" he answered. I'D like to see
tho grand stand crowded with ladies at every
game. Their influence would elevate the sport
and make it what it should be, for baseball 10
by rights n good clean game. New York wo-
men do not take the interest in the game that /
should like TO see them take. They do not turn
out in such forcc as the women Of Chicago do.
/ think one reason perhaps Is that the grounds
arc 30 far from the centre of the city. The pres
enco of women anywhere always proves most
refining and mon are sure to be less boisterous
and profane when they are about"
"You must be u believer in athletic sports for
women" said the reporter.
II certainly am. Women, I am glad to say,
are going in for outdoor sports moro and moro
every day. They've learned that exercise i'm
proves their forms as well as their health, and
they like it. Tennis is one Of the best sports
for women, but wheeling, horseback riding.
golGng, yachting, and all those things 1 believe
in. Indeed. 1 see no objection. If ladies are Off
In some secluded place, to their having a game
Of baseball with q few men friends IL they feel
like it. But I wish you'd set me Town as OPP
posed to female baseball teams that play in
public. I do not believe in women going into
| OlI VA NAS 1pSAAS S'AANi W
There's one thing that women are taking to
that l don't approve continued Mr.. Arson,
land that is these women's clubs. Now, I'll
admit that 1 know very little about them, but
I have serious doubts as to whether their ef-
feet is for the best. 1 know that ! shouldn't
care to have my daughters join a club. Tho
married ones duty is to attend to her home,
and 1 prefer that the two younger ones should
get their schooling and remain constantly I'm.
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have no ambition for them to get into any
women's clubs, because I don't know what goes
on in 'cm. Do I believe in higher education for
womenl Well, I should say SO! Girls have
quite as much ability as boys, and they are
much more apt in school. but they are not so
apt to go on when they are through school.
They don't keep up with what Is going on, with
the news of the day, such as the war news. news
of stocks, and SO on.
However, must say that women have taken
a wonderful. interest in the war and have shown
a great deal of patriotism. Haven't . great
many volunteered to go as nursesl Yes. I
thought so. ! believe in that. Men can't nurse
the sick like women, but l guess n good many
volunteered through a sort of sentimentality,
and they will wish they were at homo before
they We been at work long. Nursing is a hard
life at best. This war is q pretty bad thing all
round. Now that we are in for it, l say so on,
ana the faster we move the DETER. 1 was not
enthusiastic about it when it first started. and
l think that certain newspapers are largely re.
sponsible for 1t. But now1 am in for anneIing
Hawaii. because we need her in our business,
shouldn't take the Philippine Islands"
You cant be much OF a believer in Tho
liam Jennings Bryan, them. -.
no; I'm. no believer in, him in any sense, -
s she Question mi' ""HFS'G Doesn't enf be believe Hc% in my Retaining ming
the fruits OF Deweys victory, does hei Well,
! vs Go' and So6 Sys ws nsv slsS Sa ths sp %S get vain in this bhs
as long as we are in for, this one. ! say let us
take all we, can get. Already trade has been
long enough to observe whether baseball as a
business has been affected by 1t yet or not. but
everything is bound TO be affected in time if it
goes on long. OF course there are two sides to
everything, and certain branches of trade have
been very much doomed by the war. Thou
sands of dollarI have been spent in Chicago
for canned goods and meats for the army and
New Orleans, being near the points OF mobiliza-
speaking Of Bryan: I wish to say that
!, beard d. him HHI talk and h he is q wSondorful man N
some ways. but | am a gold Democrat, and l do
; not believe in. in his l. PTinei Ihei h he :. is S,n wrong Ion on
; fer TO see this question not made a political
: issue. For heavens sake. don't make me say
> am a gold Democrat" -
, I've got way OF from my subject, women
: talk about them. and l felt relieved when you
Z began to talk about women and not baseball"
. HOW 40 you lulnk Lub women OF tnlcaBO
! compare with those of New York; asked the
! interviewer.
Instantly Mr.. Arson grew thoughtful. A
Z PARKWAY look came into his clear blue eyes, and
T no heaved a sigh as II a back-breaking curve
= had been put to him.
7 Really it is almost impossible to make any
: comparison between the Chicago women and
= the New York women" lie replied. I'm Chi,
cago the ladies dress very stunningly. just al
: well as they do hore, II l am not mistaken, and
: they are certainly Just as fine looking, III sd'
. init that the New York men dress a deal better
n than those of Chicago. That Is very noticeable
to a stranger in IL walk down Broadway, but
now ! can tell you our women show up well by
a the side Of yours"
Mr.. Arson suddenly bethouGht himself Of
y his own apparel, which included baseball trou
sors and u dark blue sweater. and he began tc
apologize.
I'm going to bring my wife on here to live.
no said, ''and ! hope then you'll see me in my
store clothes. l get on these togs when l gt
n out, with tho boys to practice, for l ike 20 do
little work myself just to keep down the fat"
Then tho "old man" began to make excuses
n for his blooming nose, saying that the New Yorl
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