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played hockey at the time. At an early age, she played softball with her brothers at a big field next to her home. She began playing softball in school at age 12. She played for the Regina Army Navy
Bombers team when she was 20, when a scout of the league saw her hitting and fielding abilities and
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Saskatchewan Hall of Fame and Museum along with her brothers Claude, a professional boxer, and Grant, Richard, and William, all of them professional hockey players. Then, she was admitted into the Alberta Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, and to the Canadian
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all over the United States and Canada signing girls for tryouts. About 500 of them attended the call. Of these, only 280 were invited to the final try-outs in
Chicago where 60 were chosen to become the first women to ever play professional baseball. The league started with four teams, the
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to join the All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League in its twelve-year history. She was one of the most feared hitters in the early years of the circuit, setting an all-time hitting streak record during her very short career.
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was held, which coincidentally became the first night game ever played at
Wrigley Field. The contest was played under temporary lights between two teams composed of Kenosha and Racine players against Rockford and South Bend players.
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