The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
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First Feminine Fan.

She SnlVered In her EaSter eult while she watched the game from the second row of the first section of the grand stand Sunday afternoon at Red Elm. The chilly zephyrs futtered among the Rlumes a and nd. flowers on . her hat hat sl, and gaily from beneath it's brim. It was her first game of the season and she critically surveyed every de- any new changes since last summer. when she was one of the most enthu- siastic fans" for the Memphii
 secten wsre one soEes 1n .nro rew and the other a cigar when a police man came along and said:
 No smoking here. gentlemen. You will have to move or stop smoking"
 No smoking in the grandstandT' they incredulously inquired.
 Only in the last two sections" was
 At this the girl in the Easter suit
 Now. isn't that just perfectly love- iy,", she told her older companion. ,u smoked everywhere. and it seemed that the old strong tobacco. smoke waited all over the grandstand. 1 heard lots of women kick about it and did think 1t was horried of some of the men to almost blow their smoke in our faces
 But when the game started-- How in the world do they expect the girls to keep tab on the gamer she asked her companion.
 The scoreboard was missing, the management not yet having erected a board for this season. The wind was blowing so she could not hear the umpire. and the young lady sat. her face wearing an express sion of annoyance.
 It's even too cold to yell" she com- plained.
 boys selling Coco co cola" she added.
 She managed to satisfy herself, how ever. with a bag of peanuts.
 she told her companion. and when the weather gets warmer. so the girls can yell, when they put up the scoreboard and we get Birmingham here for It,
 But don't # know nc so the ns piaysrs sns sid this year. Mir. Babb's got some strangers out there I know"
 When Henline knocked the ball over the fence, the Easter girl did manage to give one yell that attracted atten- tion over her section of the grand stand.
 It was one of the first feminine fans" that had been heard this season, and the boys applauded her until she
 ., "Rah for the the young lady 'fan." ono
 Despite the weather, she remained throughout the game
 T hope Memphis won" she said as
 
 and find out when. we get home."- Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Erecting Pennant -oIe. The hefty pole of eighty feet or more which the 1906 pennant will grace or and. after April 9. is being erected. The pole is on the ground and will bt ready to Haunt the flag to the breezes on the afternoon of April 9, Nineteer Hundred and Seven. A. D. The Barons, headed by the Venerable Father Harry Vaughn, cut the pole ant trimmed 1t partially some days ago, ant contracted for it, to be delivered to the park and erected.
 It came from the crest of Red Noun tain and within sight of Old Noun Slag, the poetic mound which has stoot guardian over the fates of the Goa Barons for these many years. When the flag is flung to the breeze. next Tuesday with appropriate cere' monies 1t will float some eighty-ont feet above Mother Earth, and the pole to which 1t is attached will be in tho southeast corner of the West End lot The pole will stand just to the righ | of the score board, as the spectator 1 looks southward, and only few fee | from the board.
 It Is the first flag to float over a Bir | mingham team for a score of years, bu l here's hoping ft won't be the last. --Bir mlngnam Age-aeralu. Woodruff Goes To Des Moines. Woodruff will not be a Baron this year. That matter was set at rest yes. terday by a telegram from Cincinnati that he has been awarded to Des Moines by the commission which set ties these matters among the minor leagues.
 Just how the player could be award. ed to that team is unknown. The con. | tract he forwarded to Birmingham wal sent him by the Des Moines manager