First Known Interstate Challenge of a Men's Team by a Female Team
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Date | August 1871 |
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Location | Memphis, TN, United States |
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Description | A Memphis newspaper printed this: “It is reported that the Mutuals of this city, and champions of Tennessee, have received a challenge to play a match game with the female base ball club of Illinois, which club is known by the appellation of the Picked Femi-nine.” It is possible that this was a joke based on a quip that had been circulating in various papers for years about a name for a female base ball nine being a "Femi-nine." But it is also possible that someone like Sylvester Wilson had organized some sort of early barnstorming female team. More research needs to be done. |
Sources | “Brevities,” (Memphis) Public Ledger (9 Aug 1871), 3. |
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Submitted by | Debra A. Shattuck |
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