Title: A resolution recognizing the history of women's professional baseball in Indiana.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
This resolution recognizes that Indiana played a significant role in the history of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League during the league's existence through the South Bend Blue Sox and the Fort Wayne Daisies.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 786 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 786

  Recognizing the history of women's professional baseball in Indiana.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2022

Mr. Braun submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the history of women's professional baseball in Indiana.

Whereas the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (referred to as the 
        ``League'') has significant history in Indiana and the History Museum in 
        South Bend holds the largest collection of memorabilia from the League;
Whereas the League was established during World War II to provide a morale boost 
        and family entertainment to aid in the war effort and gained popularity 
        throughout the 1940s;
Whereas, in 1943, South Bend, Indiana became the fourth city to have a team 
        competing in the League, the first women's professional baseball league 
        in the history of the United States;
Whereas South Bend was home to the Blue Sox for all 12 years of the existence of 
        the League and the Blue Sox played at Bendix Field and Playland Park in 
        South Bend, Indiana;
Whereas Fort Wayne was eager to bring a team to the city and the Fort Wayne 
        Daisies debuted in 1945, with games held at North Side High School and 
        later Memorial Park in Fort Wayne;
Whereas the South Bend Blue Sox were both the League and playoff champions for 
        the 1951 season and were the playoff champions for the 1952 season;
Whereas the Fort Wayne Daises were the league champions for the 1952, 1953, and 
        1954 seasons;
Whereas Dorothy ``Dottie'' Schroeder was the only woman who played all 12 
        seasons in the League and became a favorite player of fans of the South 
        Bend Blue Sox, the Kenosha Comets, the Fort Wayne Daisies, and the 
        Kalamazoo Lassies;
Whereas the 1992 American sports comedy-drama film about the League, ``A League 
        of Their Own'' was partially filmed in Indiana and was added to the 
        National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2012;
Whereas scenes from ``A League of Their Own'' of home games of the Rockford 
        Peaches were filmed at League Stadium in Huntingburg, Indiana; and
Whereas the championship game between Rockford and Racine in ``A League of Their 
        Own'' was filmed at Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana, which is the 
        third oldest baseball park in the country still in use for professional 
        baseball, behind only Fenway Park and Wrigley Field: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes that Indiana played a significant role in 
        the history of the All American Girls Professional Baseball 
        League during the existence of the league through the 
        successful teams in Indiana: the South Bend Blue Sox and the 
        Fort Wayne Daisies; and
            (2) encourages people throughout Indiana to continue to 
        honor and recognize the history and legacy of women's 
        professional baseball through preservation of memorabilia, 
        facilities, and events that highlight the era of such 
        professional athletes.
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