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TAKING TWO AND A HALF - Madame Hilda drops her own portable base bet-
ween second and third before the Chym'rs third baseman can tag "her" out. Cor-
bett photo.
THE CALIFORNIA CUTIES fastball team was in Seatorth Thurs- Hilda, Matnstreet Sally, Dumpy Dora and Fitt the Flirt. the tou
day for a game against the Waterloo Chym'rs senior team players who make up the Cuties' bullpen. Corbett photc
Seen here at the introductions before the game are Madame
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headed for first base while the other took
to third. Madame Hilda joined the game
for the last two innings, puttering the
bases. Once when the third baseman got
the throw from home as she was stealing
she stopped before him saying provocative-
ly "0 tag me, touch me, please touch
me." On another occasion when sire was
cut off she just dropped a base between se-
cond and third -you'd probably call it two
and a half- and declared herself safe. All
this was justified with "the Dodgers do it."
The Cuties organization has been around
for 43 years. The owner and manager of
the team, Trino Palacios, got the inspira-
tion for the Cuties in the 1940s while sera.
ing in the air force. He was stationed n
Guam where there was no entertainment.
when he and some buddies got an ides ti
relieve the boredom. They dressed up n
WAC's uniforms and played a ball gam(
The game was a howl for the servicemer,
and Palacios decided to try the game a•
home.
Today the California Cuties tour the Il!.
and Canada and have been to severs
foreign countries. Their record was, 12i
wins and 8 losses last year.
The 70 -year-old Palacios, who usuallh ha:
the Madame Hilda role, was not at the
Seaforth show. He suffered a heart attacl
earlier this summer and went home ti
California, Because the entertainers wer%
left short a player, Graham Nesbitt got t(
be a California Cutie for a night.
The proceeds of the Waterloo Chyrn ro-
vs. the California Cuties went to Seafortr
Minor Ball.
GET BACK! - Stealing horse, Madame Hilda keeps Chym'rs catcher Graham Nesbitt
at bay with her bat and screams of "don't you touch me" until she reaches the
plate. Corbett photos.
MAINSTREET SALLY of the California Cuties saw a lot of strikeouts batting against
Chym'rs pitcher "Fireball" Danny Yantzi. Corbett photo.
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