[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7245]
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 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 53--HONORING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
            ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE

  Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation:

                            S. Con. Res. 53

       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, in late 1942, the Federal Government warned major 
     league baseball teams that increased manpower mobilization 
     could result in cancellation of the 1943 baseball season, 
     which threatened 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 League 
     started on May 17, 1943, to address the shortage of baseball 
     players;
       Whereas, from 1943 to 1954, the League provided more than 
     600 women the chance to play professional baseball, an 
     opportunity never before afforded to female athletes in the 
     United States;
       Whereas Penny Marshall's film, ``A League of Their Own,'' 
     familiarized millions of people in the United States with the 
     history of the League; and
       Whereas at least 29 women from the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts played in the League, 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 Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress honors the 75th anniversary of the 
     All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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