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Karls, Alan R. Racine's Horlick Athletic Field: Drums Along the Foundries. The History Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-62619-444-1; Macy, Sue. A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Puffin, 1995. ISBN 0-14-037423-X; Madden, W. C. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland ...
Racine's old downtown, including the 1849 Italianate Durand and Hill Block, the 1857 Italian Renaissance Revival McClurg building, the 1880 Werner saloon and tailor shop, the 1891 Queen Anne-styled Mrvicka/Pabst saloon, the 1907 Engine House No 5, the 1915 Prairie Style YMCA, the 1919 Neoclassical Manufacturer's National Bank, the 1924 Chicago ...
The new league started with four teams, the Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. The teams competed through a 108-game schedule, while the first Scholarship Series faced first-half winner Racine against Kenosha, second-half champ, in a Best of Five Series. [1] [4]
It was the home for the Horlick - Racine Legion, [3] [4] a member of the NFL from 1922 to 1924, and the Racine Tornadoes, [5] an NFL team in 1926. Now the Racine Raiders , a minor league team in the Mid-States Football League, call Horlick Field their home.
Smith passed the test and was assigned to the Racine team. [2] [3] From 1943 to 1944, Smith played at outfield, first base and shortstop for the Belles. She hit a .316 batting average in her rookie season, driving in 18 runs while scoring 36 times in just 53 games. A fast runner, she stole 54 bases to rank eight in the league. [4]
The gable between is elaborately decorated. In the 1920s the facade was reworked in a half-timbered style to fit the German restaurant that operated there. [2] [10] The Miller Brewing Company Saloon, just down the street at 237 Main St., was built in 1902 in Romanesque Revival style, and may be little changed from when it was built. [11] [2]
In 1949 was begun the long rivalry between the Racine Scouts and the Racine YMCA Kilties (who had been active since 1936, but not very successful), fanned by a barrage of letters to the editor in the pages of the Racine Journal Times newspaper; when the two corps finally had the year's first meeting on July 12 at the State American Legion ...
The Wisconsin State League was a class D level baseball league that began in 1905, changing its name to the Wisconsin–Illinois League in 1908 and operating through 1914. . The league re–organized under that name in 19