Gender Roles and Spectatorship

Alice Howell's passionate knowledge of baseball challenges her father's view that girls should not learn about the game, highlighting the era's gendered expectations while showing women as informed and enthusiastic fans.

Alice Howell is an ardent female baseball fan, but her father disapproves of her using baseball slang, reflecting contemporary gender expectations.

Miss Anstress Howell dismisses baseball as nonsense, while Alice Howell actively participates by receiving and sharing game updates, highlighting contrasting female roles.

Alice Howell and Ida Boardman observe the game from a carriage, with Alice expressing a desire to act like a man and thrash Hank Jackson, reflecting gendered expectations.

Alice Howell and Ida Boardman are active spectators, expressing emotions openly, while Miss Anstress criticizes their enthusiasm, reflecting contemporary expectations of female decorum.