Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-07-04
BUNCOBD BY BL00MERS
An Aggregation Of New England Girls
Play Ball and Show Their Legs
in Red Lodge.
A FAKE FRANK JAMES
Instead Of Umpiring the Game He Con
Quoted Sure Thing Under Oan-
vas-Out for the Stuff.

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Two hundred and twenty dollars was
last Sundays contribution to the Bloom
er baseball game, when the New Eng
land battleaxes, travelling aggregation
of spindle-legged girls, chaperoned by
lred-headed old maid, tinanciered by 2
couple Of bloated he ticket sellers and
assisted on the diamond by two men
playing the important positions Of catch
er and shortstop, engaged in bunco
bout with the Red Lodge nine.
| Not satisfied with charging four-bits q
head to witness the game, the outfit
stationed a man at the grand stand and
compelled the payment Of an additional
dime for the privilege Of viewing the
game from that structure. This was Al
robbery that ought not to have been
permitted by the manager of the home
club, especially in view Of the manner
il which 1000 people we're buncoed out
of their money in the previous Sundays
put-up fizzle with Billings.
While the seven Bloomers were very
lady like at their special car and on the
grounds, they can't play ball fast enough
to make the game interesting. The ag-
gregation is merely making the tour for
the purpose Of seeing the country at the
expense Of the suckers who patronize
the games. The notorious Frank James,
advertised with such gusto, didn't show
up to umpire the game, and it is pretty
certain that the fellow alleged to be the
4 famous has been bandit never saw any
thing more serious than baseball hold
up in his life.
The Bloomers we're advertised to play
two games-one by electric light Satur-
day night and the other by sunlight
Sunday afternoon. Owing to rain, how
ever the night game failed to material.
ize, but Sunday afternoon there was q
crowd of over 400 people out to watch
the girls play ball and show their skim,
legs. The visitors removed their brown
skirts and disclosed blue bloomers and
black stockings. The aggregation had
pitcher who had a swing to her delivery
and she put the balls through with the
swiftness and accuracy of asprofessional
Pitcher Donnelly Of the home team went
down twice before her prowess and M
was not the only one Of the Red Lodge
team who struck out. Roger Fleming
however, landed the ball over the fence
in the seventh inning, bringing in two
runs, while Frank Rose made long hi
in the same inning and brought in three
runs. The Bloomers made two scores
during the afternoons exhibition, one il
the first and one in the second, both 9
them gifts presented through the chiv
airy of the Red Lodge team.
The features Of the game for tn
! Boomers were the pitching, the worl
; of the first baseman and the long throw
ing of the left fielder. Most all tn
: outs at their hands, however, wer
I through the work of the catcher an
shortstop, positions held by two very car
able men players.
II The home team did not try to roll u
the score very far and it was poticeabl
that the basemen were all anxious tha
each one Of the women batsmen shoul
nav at least one visit to his bag. At tn
end of the ninth inning the score was ar
nounced as tie and the girls were kel
at work for ten innings, when the raj
again descended and the efforts of tn
scoreman to keep the game going for al
other inning were of no avail.
The heralded Frank James, the e!
desperate, who was supposed to umpi1
the game, did not appear, but ma
whom some said was the original Nilsson
bad man, was busy under tent runnir
brace game and raking in the cas-
from few suckers. In the absence
"James' from the diamond DR.. Butt
umpired the game.
The Bloomers came and went in the
special car, leaving at the end OF Il
game for Billings, their coach being 6
tached to the extra.
The following tells the story by
!. nings:
12 q $ 8 Z 9 10
Bloomers / Q 0 0 O
Red Lodge / 50 % 5 Q L
FRANK JAMES IN MISSOURI.
lustead Of Belsg In Red Lodge Sunday
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