Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	A boy, a girl, and a man in a baseball uniform stand in front of a poster advertising a girls baseball game taking place at Bosse Field. The baseball player tells the children that the female players play in a regular league and are making a stop in Evansville as they travel home from winter training in the South. The girl says that the players have male professional players as trainers, as well as a chaperone. A man standing to the side recalls an 1898 poster for the Bloomer Girls womens baseball team. Knechts elephant recalls that some people believed the pitchers and catchers for the Bloomer Girls were really men. Image Access WideTEK 25 South Bend vs. Grand Rapids. Girls professionals Baseball All American League. Sure--play in regular league. On way--from training in south. The Bloomer Girls baseball team vs. local team Taylors Park diamond July 3-4, 1898 Free Port. Bosse Field tonight Sunday afternoon. Not softball. Sponsor Courier charities. Have former big league men trainers and managers and Dans column says they have a chaperone. Yeah! And remember how some always said the old bloomer gals had men dressed like women to pitch and catch.
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/2981
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects:	Recreation Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Baseball

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