Page "Casey at the Bat" Paragraph 28

::: Although the term " men " is often used generically in English, in those days baseball was largely attended by men.

If women attended, they were often isolated to a section away from the men, supposedly to distance them from any vulgarities that the male spectators ( or players ) might speak.

However, the phrase " the men " breaks the meter of the line, and later versions simply say " they ".