1890s Bloomer Girls NY Illustrated News paper (Flushing, NY)

Rare 1890 BLOOMER GIRLS Women's Baseball Game FLUSHING QUEENS NY-All American NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED NEWS illustrated newspaper, dated May 31, 1890. COMPLETE in 16 pgs, folio (15 1/4" x 11").Featured in this issue is an original 6 1/2" X 9" wood engraving "OUR GIDDY AND GUSHING GIRLS ARE TAKING TO THE GREAT NATIONAL GAME--FAIR MAIDS OF FLUSHING (L.I.) DOT THE DIAMOND AND TACKLE A NINE OF YOUNG MEN, AND MAKE THEM HUSTLE, TOO".A sample of the accompanying 1/4 column-length article "FEMININE BASEBALLISTS" reads, "Until one Saturday morning recently it was very generally believed that the maids of Flushing were too demure and the matrons too staid to countenance such an innovation as a game of baseball, in which seven girls took one side and nine wiry boys the other, but the innovation was made, and, ungallant as it may have been, the young women were beaten. The contest had been� on the tapis for a week or more, and when it was at last decided that the game should take place...". The article contains the roster for both teams.Also featured in this issue is the FULL PAGE wood engraving "THREE EXCITING PRIZE FIGHTS--A DECIDEDLY LIVELY PUGULISTIC WEEK" featuring action illustrations of "PETER JACKSON AND ED. SMITH", "ANDY BOWEN AND BILLY MYER", and "DENNY KELLEHER AND JOE ELLINGSWORTH". Additional illustrated sporting articles in this issue include: "ANGELEIC ATHLETES--HOW OUR DEAR GIRLS ARE MAKING THEMSELVES ABLE-BODIED AND MUSCULAR", "(John L.) SULLIVAN AND (Joe) LANNON BOXING IN FULL DRESS" ("The Paymaster" Play), "BRILLIANT BOY BOXERS--THE WONDERFUL COLORED MASCOTS OF THE SCOTTISH-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CLUB OF JERSEY CITY (NJ), and MORE