Wednesday, February 4, 2015

All-American Girls Baseball League visits Charlotte in '47

 'The girls combine skill and action with beauty and play a fast, exciting brand of baseball.'

   May, 1947: Two exhibition games were played at Griffith Park (later named Crockett Park). The Kenosha Comets faced the South Bend Blue Sox - net proceeds went to Observer Charities.  
The  ballpark, on Magnolia Avenue in Dilworth, burned down in 1985.   

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With America's entry into World War II, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players in order to maintain baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away.

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Here's a look at the lead-up to the games. 
The league must have sent the papers a lot of promotional photos...






Did you see 'A League of Their Own'? 

'There's no crying in baseball!'  LOL!




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These chaperones won't tolerate any monkey business!



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May 15, 1947










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Players stayed at the Hotel Charlotte which was on the corner of Trade Street and Poplar.



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RESULTS:

May 15 game:  South Bend Blue Sox over the Kenosha Comets, 8-3.

May 16 game:  The Kenosha Comets beat the South Bend Blue Sox, 8-6.


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Crockett Park, 1980

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