The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-05
BOOMERS IN BALL GAME
BOSTON LADIES ARE NOT GEN.
TLEMANLY IN GAME.
MR.. "AeNss" A GOOD TwlRLER
The Problem Of Distinguishing Be-
tween the Wgged Men and the Real
GirIy Girls Was Enough to Whet
Interest In the Crowd.
[From Fridays Daily.l

Girly girls was Enough 10 Whet
Interest In the Crowd.
tFrom Fridays Daily.l
The National Boomers, supposed
to be an aggregation of female ball
players from the classic city of Bos-
ton, defeated the Norfolk Brownies"
6 to at the driving park diamond
yesterday afternoon. The ladies from
Boston do not play "gentlemanly"
game of ball They swear too much
for one thing, which is neither nice
nor lady-like.
A masculine creature neatly dis
guised in bunchy wig of hair pushed
the balls over the plate for the bloom
ers Another gentleman, who had
left his disguise at home, caught. An
other man was on third, while few
more, prettily draped in wigs and
boomers, were scattered over the
field. However, as about four of the
bloomer damsels were real" girls and
as the appearance Of these four did
not differ materially from the other
boomers the matter of wigs was re-
garded as merely an innocent little de.
ception.
Play Good Ball.
The Boomers as professional ball
team played fast ball and had the
better end of the argument during the
greater part Of the contest. The gen.
tleman who answered to agnes" on
the score card pitched good ball, while
an energetic young man they called
Sue" gathered in most everything
out in the field. Once when the
Brownies ungraciously sent ball out
towards the real lady in center
field, the bloomer girl tossed the ball
over to Susie who with masculine Wig
or sent it sailing home.
The boys and girls" from Boston
were inclined to impose on their priv
ileges as ladies" Whenever the
Boomers came to bat the bewigged
boys showed a chivalrous desire to
relieve the Boston girls from the ex-
ertion Of batting. Jessie, Susie and
Agnes were bloomer girls with man.
ly stride and it was slow inning
when this trio did not rush to the bat
Towards the end Of the ninth in
ming the bloomer ladies made bluff
Of ending the game by rushing from
the field when the umpire ruled
against his ladyship on shortstop in
terfering with the progress of
Brownie runner. After consideration
the misses and master boomers came
back on the field, an opportune change
of pitchers tiding them over the threat
ened moment of defeat.
One Girl Played Well.
That woman can really play base
ball was illustrated by the game put
up by the true girly girl who held
down first. AS whole, however, the
game was like any other game, serv-
ing principally to show that man
in boomers plays about the same
kind of game that a man in a base
ball suit does.
Nearly 400 people saw the ball game,
which aside from its girly features
was contest full Of snap and life.
Part of the time of the spectators was
consumed in vigorous discussion as
to the number of masculine heads en-
cased in fluffy wigs, the number of
men with the visiting team being es-
timated at from two to seven. Even
the Norfolk players were in doubt.
This perplexity of mind may have ac-
counted for the fact that their game
fell below their usual standard. What
gentleman would play his real earn
est best against "lady?"