no crying in baseball page 16

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Ganz and Mandel began to write a script. They wanted two sisters to be at the center of the plot. The eldest sister was to be called Dottie Hinson. Dottie's kid sister was to be Kit Keller. Kit was a feisty pitcher compared to her catcher sister. Dottie's husband is fighting in WW II. Dottie and Kit are on an amateur all girl softball team. A scout comes to one of the games. He notices Dottie's skills right away. He invites her to a tryout for a woman's only baseball league. The league was to be funded by Walter Harvey the candy bar king.

Dottie at first tells the scout no. She's a war wife and can't just leave to try out for professional baseball. Kit pleads with Dottie to go to the audition and take her along. The next day, they hop on a train heading to Harvey Stadium.

Ganz and Mandel wrote that Dottie and Kit would play for the Rockford Peaches. In real life, the Peaches were the league's most winning team. The coach of the Peaches would be Jimmie Dugan. Ganz and Mandel based Dugan on famed slugger Jimmie Fox. Foxx in real life was a heavy drinker.

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