'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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