 Barrow then bought the Paterson Silk <unk> of the Class @-@ A Atlantic League , managing them for the rest of the 1896 season . Barrow discovered <unk> Wagner throwing <unk> of coal at a railroad station in Pennsylvania , and signed him to his first professional contract . Barrow sold Wagner to the Louisville Colonels of the National League ( NL ) for $ 2 @,@ 100 the next year ( $ 59 @,@ <unk> in current dollar terms ) . With poor attendance , Barrow brought in professional <unk> as a draw : he had James J. Corbett play first base while John L. Sullivan and James J. Jeffries <unk> . He also hired <unk> <unk> , the first woman in professional baseball , to pitch a few innings a game . 
