1949 south bend blue sox book

South bend, indiana was the fourth city to be chosen to complete the aagsbl, the first baseball league in american history. Aagpbl seasons the 1949 allamerican girls professional baseball league season marked the seventh season of the circuit. The city of south bend was home to the blue sox for all 12 years of the leagues existence and todayis home base for todays history buffs. With the chicago colleens and springfield sallies turning into rookie development teams after the 1948 season.

In their own league, i visited a lot of former players in western canada and in the midwest, south and west of the u. To that end, the center for history, which serves as a national repository for the league, and four winds field will celebrate the blue sox. In 1949, jean recorded her best season to that point, and probably the best. Her book is a complete history of women in baseball, of which the aagpbl is. Baseball monuments unveiled for rockfords forest city.

Rockford and south bend were the only two teams that played the full duration of the leagues existence, from 19431954. Women pro baseball players gather, reminisce in south bend. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954, mcfarland, jefferson, nc, 2012. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the allamerican girls professional baseball league. Karl winsch told the south bend tribune that the blue sox came from behind to win 24 games in 1951, compared to four in 1950.

South bend blue sox tied for first place shaugnessy playoffs. This photograph is a faithful reproduction of an image from th. After finishing fifth out of six teams in 1945 with a 4060 record, the south bend blue sox would have been among the first to select players. The very first book about the blue sox baseball team the story of determined johnny madigan, who longs to stick with a major league baseball franchise, not only for. Winthrop university manuscript collection louise pettus. The name white sox was not only used because of this, but also to incorporate the history of south bend and its former. Contents about guest book bibliography contact legal site map. Members of this team include mary baker, rita briggs, dolores mueller and helen steffes. Marty mcmanus manager, dorothy whalen, bernice bernie metesh, delores dolly brumfield, norma metrolis, phyllis koehn, lucille moore chaperone.

Elizabeth lib mahon is a greenville, south carolina native and a 1942 graduate of winthrop college. Allamerican girls professional baseball league chicagology. After the blue sox dropped the first two contests, she started the third game with her team facing elimination. South bend blue sox vintage team prairie star productions. Immortalized in the film a league of their own, the allamerican girls professional baseball league debuted in 1943 as a way to fill ballpark seats should major league baseball suspend operations during world war ii. Chicago colleens 1949, south bend blue sox 1950 ysora castillo. A journal of baseball history and culture on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your. That year, for example, she led the league with 72 rbis, and she hit. Dailey, president of the leagues south bend blue sox franchise from 1948 to 1950. The rockford peaches were a womens professional baseball team who played from through in the allamerican girls. South bend blue sox 19491952, 1954 career highlights and awards. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.

Rockford peaches 19431954 south bend blue sox 1943. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players. Often a seconddivision team, they posted the best record in. Rhp dakota mekkes assigned to south bend cubs from eugene emeralds. She was an outfielder and second baseman for the allamerican girls professional baseball league aagpbl from 1944 to 1952 and played for the minneapolis millerettes, the kenosha comets and the south bend blue sox.

Betsy jochum blue sox, 19431948, jean faut blue sox, 19461953, and sue kidd, colleens, rookie tour, 1949. Coveleski stadium from 1988 to 1993, south bends midwest league franchise was known as the south bend white sox. During its peak attendance year, the league attracted close to a million fansthree of whom wrote letters, included below, to correct factual misrepresentations about the. From 1949 through 1950, the colleens and the sallies became rookie.

In 1949, the league had eight home teams and two touring teams of rookie players. When girls played pro baseball morgan county citizen. The chicago colleens of the allamerican girls baseball league will arrive by bus in. The allamerican girls baseball league began during world war ii, flourished. Dailey collection of allamerican girls professional. The all american girls professional baseball league. By the time she was picked for the postseason allstar team of the allamerican league in 1946, mahon had become a topnotch hitter for her ballclub, the south bend indiana blue sox. Throughout south bend s long history of illustrious baseball teams, both amateur and professional, perhaps the most unusual and captivating team was the south bend blue sox. Allamerican girls professional baseball league record book w. Its an old story with the south bend blue sox but theyre counting on jean faut to pull them out of another jam at playland park tonight, wrote the south bend tribune sports reporter. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 by jim sargent stay safe and healthy. Sargent has authored pieces on various players from the allamerican girls professional baseball league and interviewed several of them for the south bend blue sox book. Immortalized in the film a league of their own, the allamerican g. Throughout south bends long history of illustrious baseball teams, both amateur and professional, perhaps the most unusual and captivating team was the south bend blue.

The all american girls softball league was born in 1943, with four teams that played eight games a week. The 1949 allamerican girls professional baseball league season marked the seventh season. Full text of the negro motorist green book, 1949 see other formats. Fort wayne daisies wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Photo by mark ruckertranscendental graphics, getty images. Board director harold dailey, who had smarted so badly from losing rose gacioch to rockford in 1945, wrote of the 1946 tryouts, we got wirth and faut out of the deal. A founding member, the team represented south bend, indiana, and played their home games at bendix field 19431945 and playland park 19461954 the blue sox was one of two teams to play in every aagpbl. The all american girls professional baseball league aagpbl was the. This collection consists of one reel of microfilm with copies of the league records collected by harold t. Racine bell rockford peach south bend blue sox kenosha comet uniforms. Two championship teams 19511952 four postseason appearances 19481949, 19511952 women in baseball aagpbl permanent display at baseball hall of fame and museum 1988.

The south bend blue sox were one of two teams to play in every aagpbl season the other was the rockford peaches. To quote from the opening paragraph of our book, the south bend blue sox. In addition to the standout pitching of jean faut, who won 15 games during the regular season and four more in the two playoffs, betty wagoner batted. South bend blue sox 19431954 milwaukee chicks 1944 minneapolis millerettes 1944 fort wayne daisies 19451954 grand rapids chicks 19451954 muskegon lassies 19461949 kalamazoo lassies 19501954 peoria redwings 19461951 chicago colleens 1948 springfield sallies 1948 battle creek belles 19511952 muskegon. Rhp dakota mekkes assigned to myrtle beach pelicans from south bend cubs. Robert m gordon this work chronicles the history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league as seen through the eyes of the players and management and the experiences of the south bend blue sox. After falling in their playoff intents, in the 1949 season the team posted the best record in with a 7536 mark.

The name white sox was not only used because of this, but also to incorporate the history of south. The backside lists the fifteen teams that played in the league, along with the years. Buy league of their ownsouth bend blue sox by lindsey butler as a tshirt, classic tshirt, triblend tshirt, lightweight hoodie, fitted scoop tshirt, fitted vneck tshirt, relaxed fit tshirt, sticker, kids clothes, lightweight sweat. Dakota mekkes stats, highlights, bio south bend cubs stats. The traditional softball rules were modified to make the game more like baseball. This image features the 1949 south bend blue sox, a team that was part of the aagpbl. Blue sox 19501954 contributed forwards to the new volume. Sioux city, south dakota sioux city cornhuskers league. The team was an affiliate of the chicago white sox. Marie mahoney of the south bend blue sox is safe at first.

Good field, no hit blue sox, book 1 by duane decker. The kenosha comets and racine belles in wisconsin, the rockford peaches in illinois, and the south bend blue sox in indiana. Elizabeth mahon society for american baseball research. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 by jim sargent and robert m.

A founding member, the team represented south bend, indiana, and played their home games at bendix field 19431945 and playland park 19461954. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943. Coveleski stadium from 1988 to 1993, south bend s midwest league franchise was known as the south bend white sox. We have chosen this supplier because they are the only supplier of official allamerican girls professional baseball league uniforms recognized by the aagpbl players association as their official uniform supplier. The fort wayne daisies were a womens professional baseball team that played from 1945 through 1954 in the allamerican girls professional baseball league the daisies represented fort wayne, indiana, and their home games were played at north side high school 19451946 and memorial park 19461954. South bend cubs team roster south bend cubs roster. Mary bonnie baker, jane jeep stoll, jean faut, senaida shooshoo wirth, rita briggs, shirley stovroff, helen filarski, betty whiting, betty wagoner. Grand rapids chicks 1949 posted on october 28, 20 by lois browne this must have been taken in 1949 because thats the only year that doris neal played with the grand rapids chicks. South bend blue sox yearbook, 1945 local call number ba mss 261 subject south bend blue sox baseball team, bendix field south bend, ind. Womens professional baseball league thrives in the 1940s the allamerican girls professional baseball league lasted from 1943 to 1954. In 1949 faut recorded her best season so farand the best individual mark in the.

Former allamerican girls professional baseball league players betsy jochum, left, who played for the south bend blue sox from 1943 to 1948, and jeneane lesko, who played for the grand rapids. Detailsed information on the 1949 south bend blue sox of the allamerican girls professional baseball league. Home sports baseball teams the south bend blue sox. Pitchers 4 doris barr 5 ruth born 11 catherine bennett betty jean mcfadden 19 margaret berger catchers 12 mary baker. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 jim sargent, robert m. A founding member, the team represented south bend, indiana, and played their home games at bendix field 19431945 and playland park 19461954 the blue sox was one of two teams to play in every aagpbl season without relocating, the. Rockford, south bend, racine and kenosha were the four teams in the inaugural season.