[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 143 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 143

 Honoring the 75th anniversary of the All-American Girls Professional 
                       Baseball League (AAGPBL).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2018

 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, and 
 Mr. Keating) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the 75th anniversary of the All-American Girls Professional 
                       Baseball League (AAGPBL).

Whereas the manpower demands of World War II forced many minor league baseball 
        teams to disband as players were drafted, resulting in a dearth of minor 
        league teams by late 1942;
Whereas Major League Baseball teams were warned, in late 1942, by the Federal 
        Government that increased manpower mobilization could result in the 
        canceling of the 1943 baseball season, threatening to shutter Major 
        League Baseball parks across the country;
Whereas the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was 
        established, and spring training for the AAGPBL started on May 17, 1943, 
        to address the shortages of baseball players;
Whereas during its tenure (1943-1954), the AAGPBL provided over 600 women the 
        chance to play professional baseball, an opportunity never before 
        afforded to female athletes in America;
Whereas Penny Marshall's film, ``A League of Their Own'', familiarized millions 
        of Americans with the history of the AAGPBL; and
Whereas at least 29 women from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts played in the 
        AAGPBL, including Noella Leduc Alverson, Rita Briggs, Patricia Brown, 
        Jean Buckley, Cynthia Esposito, Normine Capritta, Joan Tysver Chiancola, 
        Clara Chiano, Patricia Courtney, Mary Dailey, Alice DeCambra, Madeline 
        English, Annie Gosbee, Dorothy Green, Josephine Hasham, Lillian DeCambra 
        Kelley, Marie Mansfield Kelley, Helen Ketola LaCamera, Rhoda Leonard 
        Linehan, Marie Eileen Albright Lockhart, Georgette Vincent Mooney, Helen 
        Nordquist, Beatrice Arbour Parrott, Katherine Pechulis, Lucille Stone 
        Richards, Grace Rogato, Mary Sheehan, Barbara Parks Young, Sue Parsons 
        Zipay, and Mary Pratt of Quincy, who is celebrating her 100th birthday 
        this year: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress honors the 75th anniversary of the All-American Girls 
Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).
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