The name white sox was not only used because of this, but also to incorporate the history of south bend and its former. Allamerican girls professional baseball league record book w. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the allamerican girls professional baseball league. Immortalized in the film a league of their own, the allamerican g. Joseph valley record, published by the northern indiana historical society, vol. The all american girls professional baseball league. Buy your south bend silver hawks tickets from stubhub today, and be there for all of the big games. Betsy jochum, a member of the original south bend blue sox in 1943 will be recognized on the field during the south bend cubs baseball game and sign. 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. She first came to south bend in 1948 to become a member of the south bend blue sox of the all american girls professional baseball league. During her eightyear career with the blue sox 194653, she compiled a lifetime record of 14064 with a mindboggling 1.
Robert m gorman 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. Yahoo public 66686 south bend blue sox fantasy baseball. I also gained much useful information about mahon and the blue sox from the booklet, the south bend blue sox in st. South bend blue sox yearbook, 1946 digital collection. The allamerican girls professional baseball league collection includes photographs, programs, film. To quote from the opening paragraph of our book, the south bend blue sox. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. 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. She married louis ratkay in 1950 who passed away in 2002. Please dontate and help support our efforts to preserve and maintain womens baseball. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 by jim sargent stay safe and healthy.
Towards the bottom of the page it says south bend 1946 yearbook, 25c. Coveleski stadium from 1988 to 1993, south bends midwest league franchise was known as the south bend white sox. Celebrate the south bend blue sox, an original team of allamerican girls professional baseball league, this year celebrating their 75th anniversary, with the south bend cubs at four winds field. South bend, indiana was the fourth city to be chosen to complete the aagsbl, the first baseball league in american history. Racine bell rockford peach south bend blue sox kenosha comet uniforms. The inside story of sixteen perfect games, james buckley jr. Books on the league appeared almost simultaneous with the film. The aagpbl players association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the aagpbl and supporting women and girls all across our country who deserve the opportunity to play hardball. Twice perfect jean faut of the south bend blue sox bob gorman in his book perfect.
A native of pawtucket, rhode island, lou established permanent residence in south bend in 1952. Blue sox pitcher jean faut married shortly after her first season with south bend and became a mother just before her second, but neither hurt. On a yellow background there is a blue profile of a female baseball player. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954. Pitchers 4 doris barr 5 ruth born 11 catherine bennett betty jean mcfadden 19 margaret berger catchers 12 mary baker. The name white sox was not only used because of this, but also to incorporate the history of south bend and its former club, south bend blue sox. South bend blue sox yearbook, 1945 local call number ba mss 261 subject south bend blue sox baseball team, bendix field south bend, ind. Elizabeth mahon society for american baseball research. Gary southshore railcats, fort wayne tincaps, indianapolis indians, south bend.
Sep 06, 2001 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. The south bend blue sox crest patch is made from royal blue cotton fabric backed with stiff stabilizer and embroidered with yellow, brown and black thread. Aug 07, 2015 south bend blue sox player betsy sockum jochum, above, is pictured at bat during her baseball career, in a photo provided. South bend, indiana south bend flagge lage in indiana deutsch wikipedia.
A may 1943 advertisement in the south bend tribune for the first season of south bend blue sox womens games at bendix field in south bend. The south bend blue sox remained a team for all 12 years of league action, one of only two teams to play for the entire duration. Lois brownes girls of summer 1992, barbara gregorichs women at play 1993, and sue. South bend indiana south bend lage in indiana deutsch wikipedia. Americas the south bend blue sox and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The traditional softball rules were modified to make the game more like baseball. The teams included the rockford peaches, south bend blue sox, kenosha comets, racine belles, milwaukee. Incredibly, both of these latter games were pitched by one person, jean faut of the south bend blue sox. Forewords by three south bend blue sox betsy jochum sue kidd jean faut 1. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 by jim sargent and robert m. But the 1948 season set faut apart from her teammates. Baseball indiana is home to a number of minor league baseball teams, including.
Rose was born on march 19th 1927 in south bend, indiana, the third of 14 children born to perry and lena tirotta. Gary southshore railcats, fort wayne tincaps, indianapolis indians, south bend blue sox, south bend silver hawks, and evansville otters. Sargent and gorman tell the story of the blue sox, one of only two teams in the league that played during all twelve years of the leagues existence and that stayed for home games in a single city, south bend in the case of the blue sox. Long forgotten, even during the halcyon days of the womens movement, it took a glorious but very inaccurate movie, a league of their own, to bring the allamerican. Ryan woodward attended the aagpbl reunion in south bend last month.
Open to kids ages 6 to 12, the meijer baseball academy is a threeday camp, taught by south bend cubs players and coaches. Also, south bend s lil faralla hurled a nohitter against racine on may 11, so two blue sox pitchers shut down the belles in 1948. Virtually every single aagpbl team member who ever pitched, caught, batted, or fielded on a team was in south bend at one point during her career. South bend combined good pitching with good hitting. The blue sox added one run in the fifth and clinched the game with four more runs in the eighth. South bend cubs tickets baseball has been an integral part of south bend since the late 1800s. Originally affiliated with the chicago white sox and bearing the name of the parent club, the team was renamed in 1994. South bend blue sox vintage team prairie star productions. South bend blue sox player betsy sockum jochum, above, is pictured at bat during her baseball career, in a photo provided. Photo by mark ruckertranscendental graphics, getty images. South bend cubs team roster south bend cubs roster. Marie mahoney of the south bend blue sox is safe at first. In their own league, i visited a lot of former players in western canada and in the midwest, south and west of the u.
His home was not far from what would become downtown south bend. The south bend blue sox were one of two teams to play in every aagpbl season the other was the rockford peaches. This week, someone is helping to show why the book matters. The name silver hawks was chosen as an homage to the once popular studebaker silver hawk automobile, which was manufactured in south bend. Louise lou arnold, 87, passed away thursday, may 27, 2010. 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.
Once upon a time in america, girls played professional baseball. A team of their own in south bend, 75 years later history. 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. Betsy jochum, 97, a star player on the south bend blue sox, recalls her. Tribune archives the 1946 south bend blue sox baseball team. South bend blue sox nightaagpbl at four winds field 2018. 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 fingertips. The team was an affiliate of the chicago white sox. That year, for example, she led the league with 72 rbis, and she hit. County historian and author of the book baseball in south bend. 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. Gorman october 5, 2012 virginia western community college. That year they were swept in the playoffs, 4 to 0, by rockford, after getting a firstround bye along with the peaches.
Good field, no hit blue sox, book 1 by duane decker. From 1988 to 1993, south bend s midwest league franchise was known as the south bend white sox. Jun 27, 2018 celebrate the south bend blue sox, an original team of allamerican girls professional baseball league, this year celebrating their 75th anniversary, with the south bend cubs at four winds field. Nov 09, 2012 book discussion by jim sargent and robert m. Often a seconddivision team, they posted the best record in 1949 tied with rockford. A founding member, the team represented south bend, indiana, and played their home games at bendix field 19431945 and playland park 19461954. See more ideas about south bend indiana, south bend, indiana. Marie mahoney of the south bend blue sox is safe at first as margaret danhauser, first base, reaches for a high throw during a game in 1947.
The teams included the rockford peaches, south bend blue sox, kenosha. This a league of their own inspired south bend blue sox patch set is perfect for your south bend blue sox costume or cosplay. Dorothea downs, gertrude ganote, marty mcmanus manager, lucille moore chaperone, betsy jochum, dorothy schroeder, charlotte armstrong. Ryan had to search to find the grandstands of that bygone ballpark. South bend silver hawks 20 tickets the silver hawks began in south bend, indiana in 1988 as a farm team to the chicago white sox, and had much success in their early years, winning division and conference titles in its first several years in. Married with a baby, she began handling baseball like a job.
Posts about south bend blue sox written by lois browne girls of summer. Pitchers 4 doris barr 5 ruth born 11 catherine bennett betty jean mcfadden 19. 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. 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. Details on the south bend blue sox an allamerican girls professional baseball leagues team. The rate at which the batter gets a hit when he puts the ball in play.
The all american girls softball league was born in 1943, with four teams that played eight games a week. A league of their own patch set south bend blue sox etsy. In 1952, the south bend blue sox were the playoff champs, led by pitching ace jean faut 202, 0. In their own league by lois browne the allamerican girls professional baseball league, 1943 1954. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943. Rose ratkay obituary mishawaka, in south bend tribune. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954 jim sargent, robert m. South bend hosted the blue sox, an aagpbl team from 194654 at playland park. 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 sox. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the allamerican girls professional. After the blue sox dropped the first two contests, she started the third game with her team facing elimination.
Also, south bends lil faralla hurled a nohitter against racine on may 11, so two blue sox pitchers shut down the belles in 1948. 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. 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 himself but for his biggest fan, his younger brother buzz. Home sports baseball teams the south bend blue sox. South bend, indiana, was awarded a midwest league franchise in 1988. However, the late 1950s saw the factories that funded local teams begin to.