The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03
WOMAN AT THE BALL GAME.
| SAGE has declared that II takes
\ . man with the wisdom Of Solo
mon, the strength Of Samson.
fhe hear, ~ q lion apN TIA m Z.

mon, the strength Of Samson,
the heart OF a lion and the pa
thence Of camel to escort a young
woman TO ball game and sit through
the full number OF innings explaining
the rules under which the game is
played and the various situations as
they develop on the field before them.
When the sage voiced his sentiments
the time apparently had not arrived
when women and young girls were
sufficiently interested in the great ma
tional game to attend exhibitions and
study the fine points. as they do at
present. II is apparent even TO those
who attend ball games infrequently
that more women are becoming In
terested in baseball and are showing a
disposition to learn as much about the
game as their male friends. No matter
which section Of the grand stand you
visit In an effort to obtain choice seat
you behold women there before you. and
IL Ia no longer a novelty to overhear
young women conversing on baseball
with all the facts at their disposal which
they CLEANED through their perusal of
the box scores and other baseball
dope
While no one can deny the rapid ad-
vances made by the gentle sex durinS
the last decade. one fact stands out in
bold relief and that is that some one
/ had to teach the game TO these young
women, and in the majority Of cases
/ their escorts were the persons who ac-
/ many OF the gentle sex already possess
! sufficient knowledge Of the nationa!
game To attend exhibitions and really
understand what they are looking at,
there still remain vast numbers OF fair
aidens as yet unschooled In the rud-
ments of the game that Chrsty
| Mathewson, Hans Wagner and Ty Cobb
made famous.
Although this condition OF affairs is
deplorsble. 1t is indeed very gratifying
to know that hundreds OF budding citi-
! zens are sacrificing the best part OF
/ their lives To escort these unsophisti-
Gated young women To the Polo Grounds
and teach them the Fundamentals of the
game. When they learn the fundamen-
tails the rest is easy
Apropos Of the woman who cannot
tell the difference between hail or
strike, the young man who essays u
take her and teach her must possess
all the requirements mentioned by the
sage--and then some, Also he should
receive a Carnegie medal for his labor
and his name should be enrolled in tho
hall Of fame.
To appreciate fully tho ditficult!o,
which beset the youHg man who escorts
to the Polo Grounds a madon who does
not possess the slightest idea of the
principles of the game it is but ncces-
sary To obtain seat in front or behind
the pair and listen to the conversation
that goes on between them
In tho 'rst place she declares on Sec
Ing the PAYERS batting numerous base
balls aro-nd the field In batting practice
that II must be difficult 10 keep your
eye on so many basebalis at the same
time She declares that watching 81
many bas"hals nying around IL just
about as diiiicult as trying To watch the
proceedings In n three ring circus. And
Of course everybody knows that that II
a physical impossibllity. Yet" she
| says. at wouldn't be ~ hard II all the