Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11
WOMEN AND BASEBALL
WIVES AND SWEETHEART OF
PLAYERS IMPORTANT.
News About Them and Their Doinqs
Would Be of Greatest Interest
to Feminine Readers of
Sporting Page.

In travelling through the sporting
pages and perusing data on our ma
tonal pastiIae you could not have
Ialled to note an absence of anything
calculated to hold the attention of the
feminine part Of the populace. In send
ing information from the front the
pusy baseball writer's fail to take into
account the large number of their
readers who are avid to get an inkling
of news about the members of their
own sex who are connected by mar
rage with the great game.
1hls BODY, as whole, cares nor
tnat Joe Clinker looks the very picture
OF health and is getting up an alarm
ing rate Of speed on sack work, or
tnat Johnny Nevers never ran so fast
since the day he was born. That Mr..
Parents will probably be put on the
DIock and go to the lowest bidder is
entirely immaterial There is no &C.
stacy displayed over the fact that DR..
Night has hit upon an unheard of way
TO put 'em over the disk. Not at ALL
what is needed to alleviate the suffer
Ing OF the gentler sex is more light on
the dolngs OF the wives and woman
friends OF the camp heroes.
VIII not the women and girls be de-
nghted to learn that one player has
been engaged for nearly three months
and not a soul knew a word about it?
Not even the girl. He took it for
| granted she would use only the word
yes" when he spoke to her about it.
He guessed right The maiden is
| noted for her classic beauty and is one
OF the sweetest little persons one
would care to meet. She told a friend
at her home that stories to the effect
that her papa was against the match
was wholly untrue. Papa did hold out
for while, but gentle persuasion on
the part Of mamma and LueIla brought
about a change. He finally agreed
that if the iance's fielding average
came up to last years standard he
would withdraw all objections. The
happy player when advised of the
facts telegraphed Immediately that
he'd break all precedent or dislocate
both arms in the attempt
Mrs. Hance appeared at the hotel
yesterday and at once became the
| center Of vision. She wore a beautiful
foulard trimmed with cluny lace and
old rose. The skirt was without plaits
and hung perfectly. Her hat was one
large willow plume built on a shape
OF pale violet. 1t was a work of art
and is being copied widely.
Mrs. Gren, the famous pitchers
wife took Init crla OF NYC
Hance's wonderful headpiece when
she began teasing her life partner for
some plumes like It, She even threat
ened to cry right then and there. Eze-
kiel, big boy that he is, wouldn't have
such thing happen for worlds. He
lifted the cloud from his little wife'f
heart by promising to buy an ostrich
all for herself and let her raise her
own feathers.
No, Murtilla, all is not roseate at
the camp. They had much to worry
them there lately. The Perkinses
gave birthday party last evening in
honor of Mrs. Perkins. The guests
were seated about the festive board
and a ponderous cake, bearing light
ed tapers, was borne into the room on
the shoulders of seven men. The
wife of another member of the team
scrutinized the cake, counted the can
dies and remarked In voice that
could be heard in the next room:
Where are the rest of them?"
Luckily, though, no serious damage
was occasioned by the remark and the
teams hopes of winning the pennant
are as bright as ever