These were the first four women signed into the league.
During World War II while the men were off fighting the entertainment bussiness had to find a way to entertain the public and they did finding great jobs for women. They came up with a women's softball league that later changed to baseball. In 1942, Phillip Wrigley, President of William Wrigley Jr. and owner of the Chicago Cubs came up with idea of making a softball league for women. In 1943, Wrigley's league began. It started with four teams. The Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches, and South Bend Blue Sox. Here is the compete list of teams and the years they were around.
Kenosha Comets 1943-1951
Racine Belles 1943-1950 (moved to Battle Creek in 1951) Rockford Peaches 1943-1954 South Bend Blue Sox 1943-1954 Milwaukee Chicks 1944 (moved to Grand Rapids in 1945) Minneapolis Millerettes 1944 (moved to Fort Waynes and became the Daisies) Fort Wayne Daisies 1945-1954 Grand Rapids Chicks 1945-1954 Muskegon Lassies 1946-1950 (moved to Kalamazoo) Peoria Redwings 1946-1951 Chicago Colleens 1948 Springfield Sallies 1948 Kalamazoo Lassies 1950-1954 Battle Creek Belles 1951-1952 (moved to Muskegon in 1953) Muskegon Belles 1953
This is a program of a Colleens, Sallies Game
If you would like to learn more about the AAGPBL, I recommend the bookA Whole New Ball Gameby Sue Macy.Click here to go to Amazon.com and buy the book
Also if you like the AAGPBL, you can see the movie by Penny Marshall, "A League of Their Own".Click here to but it at Blockbuster.com
