Location:
Theater:
Date:
Type:
A base ball sketch, 3 men, 1 woman. Time 19. F.S. with base ball fence (special) set in 2. The comedy is based on a messenger boy and a “tough” girl peeking through a knothole watching a baseball game. An Englishman comes along and much of the fun is furnished by nonability [sic] to understand base ball slang. There are many good original lines, yet there is still a decided air of amatourist [sic] work especially on the part of the messenger boy. The period before the Englishman appears is not well done. There are several glaring absurdities. For instance in a game announced between “The Cubs and The Giants”, local players went with the stick. The idea looks like a base ball adaptation of George Ade’s off stage football game in “The College Widow.” There are several New York localisms, which, in my opinion, should be eliminated when the sketch is not playing near New York.
Source:
University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 25 October 1909-30 May 1910