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Carolyn King (born 1961 [1]) was one of the first girls ever to play Little League Baseball, and was the centerpiece in a landmark sexual discrimination lawsuit in 1974.. In 1973, Carolyn tried out for a spot in the Ypsilanti American Little League in Ypsilanti, Michigan, despite the fact that Little League had a rule that specifically prohibited girls from trying out.
Maria Pepe (born 1960) was one of the first girls to play Little League Baseball after Little League officially banned girls from participating in 1951.. In 1972, at age 12, she pitched three Little League games for the Young Democrats team in Hoboken, New Jersey. [1]
Jenny Fulle was the first girl to legally play Little League baseball in the United States. Undeterred, Fulle wrote a letter to the President of the United States, Richard Nixon , in March of that year, stating in her letter that, "Most girls who even want to try out are good enough to at least make minor without any trouble.
There not being a rule against it, 12-year-old Kathryn Johnston of Corning, New York became the first girl to play Little League Baseball in 1950. Johnston played first base for the King's Dairy team. [32] After that, a rule prohibited girls from playing in Little League; this was in force until 1974.
Newspapers.com has more than 580,000 pages of Fall River news, including the Evening Herald, Daily Evening News and the Fall River Globe — but nothing after 1923. It also requires a monthly ...
Jim McKay provides the play-by-play for the Columbia Broadcasting System , and the infamous Howard Cosell (1918-1995), also does so for the American Broadcasting Company and their then ABC News Radio with announcer Joey Jay (born 1935), of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Milwaukee Braves is the first Little League graduate to play in Major ...
The Southwest Region is one of ten United States regions that currently send teams to the Little League World Series, the largest youth baseball competition in the world. The region's participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957, when it was known as the South Region .
The 1976 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Chofu Little League of Tokyo , Japan , defeated the Campbell Little League of Campbell, California , in the championship game of the 30th Little League World Series .