A previous post, prompted by an untimely error by Ian Happ, examined fly balls dropped by Cubs in the outfield.
Prominent in that post was an account of the ball muffed by Brant Brown at Milwaukee.
In 1919, three years after National League officials stepped in to stop the Chicago Cubs’ plans for a Ladies Day promotion, the team ran an advertisement over the signature of the club’ s president asking:. Charles Weeghman used Ladies Day to promote the Chicago Whales, his team in the Federal League, an upstart rival to the National and American Leagues that lasted.