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Ira at no season opens.tory.Four Local GirlsIITo Play Softballgat I for of tCstil i hasmensoutWith Chicago TeamDlt; hapitcballlinet heAmerica’s fastest-growing game—softball—will make its bow under the arc lights Tuesday night, May 10, when the magnificent new equipment at Shewbridge Field is revealed to the public.The park located at 7 1th st. and*Aberdeen, will be the home of the J outlay lt;[ $K,000. Additional seat-1 ting feminine aggregation representing t space has also been provided failt the (’hicago Down Draft Furnace1-kyII he ing fort ionex pi lt;)z a ft * w whiitunAtorgeteleenewbugstarp.m.Fhcalt;WesKedWeson115th to 1adeprillandto I to tst. it fierwillWesRaeito I\ lt;hnort“Sm 1 hvnwimI country and was installed at in Dwarfs” each in a separate shinyt o. ,madc tin of players from last year’s Blue Island team and from the ranks of the Montgomery V-Kights, for the past two seasonswinner of the Chicago district fast-pitching crown.The girls play the fast-pitching type of softball with the 12-inchball, and if you don’t think thefeminine to.ssers know how to pitch, field and bat, a visit to any ofthe games will be a revelation.The opening game Saturday night will be against the McCabe Bloomer Cirls, who won SO out of00 tilts last year and Sunday night the lassies will meet the Rival DogFoods.The Down Draft team will include in its lineup foiPr members of last season's Blue Island clubKvelyn Strohm, Dorothy Van Ar-kle, Babe Barebem and Arm Rlnetz. The first three hit the ball at a .‘{50 pace, a remarkable achievement for girls. Others in the lineup include those famous local feminine stars from the Montgomery.-*:Marion Stachura, Dorothy Flopping, Annette Neidly, MargeBrown, (considered the best girlfirst sackor in the country), Twila Shivelv, Babs Burlak, Helen Donahue, Helen Bang and Nan (lindele. The last-named is a great track athlete, too, and holds the world’s record for the javelin and basket-1 all t brow s.Ihe equipment at Shewbridge field ranks with the best in theIn celebration of the arrival of the most talked-of motion picture of the past decade, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Friday,May K, Warner Bros. Capitol theatre has completed arrangementsfoi a huge parade on Thursday, May 7, which is scheduled to wind its way in and out of the mainstreets of every section of thei lHrsouthwest side from fi 1 st st. on the North and Kodzie on the West to 127th st. on the South and State st. on the Fast. The entire entourage, including huge reproductions of “Snow White and tin* Seven11 hike care of (,000 spectators and the infield has been laid out so that the softball games may hi witnessed by anyone in the p irk.Despite the name “Softball, the girls play with a ball only larger than a baseball and just as hard. The pitcher tosses underhand vilh teirilic speed and the small diamond makes it necessary to field and throw much faster than in baseball. The game will see aninnovation this year, with the official rules allowing the bunt for thefirst time.TO PARADE IN
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Blue Island Sun Standard
Blue Island, Illinois, US
Thu, May 05, 1938
Page 8
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Robert P.
IL, USA 04 Nov 2018
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