no crying in baseball page 12

 no crying in baseball page 12 by ric gustafson

In 1945, there was the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Their first star was Helen Candaele. She played for the Fort Wayne Daisies. There were only six teams in the league. In 1945, Candaele batted .299. Her bat was a Louisville Slugger. That year in the league, she was first in hits, extra base hits, doubles and homers.

By 1954, the league had expanded to 14 teams. The league used a combination of baseball and softball. By the end of the league, the league was playing real baseball with smaller baseballs. In 1945, the Fort Wayne Daisies lost the pennant to the Rockford Peaches.

The league was started by chewing gum magnate named Philip Wrigley. He owned the Chicago Cubs. Wrigley was concerned about after the war. He was worried that not enough young men would come back. Wrigley did not want the 1943's baseball season to close because of the lack of men. To save baseball, Wrigley formed the All American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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