St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-07-24
LADIES PLAY BASE BALL
Something Different Anyhow at the
Ball Grounds Saturday

The great Ladies Base Ball club
of Chicago made its initial appear
ance on the local grounds Saturday.
The game was supposed to be call
ed at 3 p. M, but when that hour
finally arrived ii found onlya good
ly crowd of enthusiasts and not a
bloomer girl in sight. After an
hour or so OF further waiting the
bunch finally hove in sight. The
company was composed Of three
men to play the most important po-
sitions and seven of what was sup
posed to be females. The girls APP
parently had seen other days, and
many, many of them. They were
attired in short skirts of reddish
hue, and they stepped around as
gracefully as a lot of kangaroos.
The Wabash club enjoyed the
distinction Of being the opposing
team, but wore their eyesight out
watching for the bewitching Great
ures to make their appearance. In
the preliminary practice only one
girl participated, but she was a
dandy, and was as nearly perfect in
the art Of ball playing as the femi-
nine gender ever becomes.
After the game started II was ev-
ident the three male players were
above the average. The Wabash
team could do nothing. They were
completely charmed, bewitched or
mesmerized. Crosby, the boy Won
der, who was in the box for the
Wabash team, was the worst strick.
en- one Of the lot. His knees knock
cd together and his lips trembled
whenever he delivered the ball for
fear it would strike one Of the fair
ones and break a slat. As result
eighteen Of the graceful ones were
passed freely to first.
The Chicago people presented
quite an imposing (O appearance
when they took their places in the
field. The male battery looked as
IL they might have seen better days.
The old girl on first looked as II she
had faced the storms Of n.any hard
Eastern winters, and may have had
a personal acquaintance with the
originator of base ball. The sec.
ond basegirl was TuE player Of the
team, and while she is not so young
as she once was, is good for several
years more Of base ball life. Third
base was covered by a willing but
rather erratic dlmsel who seemed
to constantly arouse the ire Of the
hatchet.faced pitcher. Short stop
was presided over by one Of those
hateful men. bu, he was there with
the goods. Right field was graced
with female who was more noted
for her running ability than tor her
ball playing. A bunty little thing
that looked like long limbed grass
hopper ran after the balls that were
knocked to center field. A massive
creature Of the elephantine Ia Taft
style OF figure posed in left field for
the admiring throng.
The game was great and was a
success so far as attendance was
concerned. As no self respecting
club would win from the ladies the
Wabash boys gallantly gave the
game away by a score OF 8 to 4.
4 PRw sIpRLIoHTs.
No ice cream was permitted be-
tween innings,
Good thing there is no age limit
in ball playing.
The sun apparently had no effect
upon their ivory compilations.
The modest ones in the audience
were shocked when the calves got
out.
In a beauty show the competition
for first prize would be something
fierce.
Even Rankin. the umpire. had a
case OF stage fright in several in
stances and became rather erratic in
his rulings,
Lester Brink coached the ladies
from the grand stand. and his gal
liant attempts were sweetly acknowl-
edged by the fair ones.
The lassies served the elderly
gentlemen who waited an hour or so
outside the hotel for them to make
their appearance in their uniforms
a rather scurvy trick by slipping
out the back way.