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Description: Article titled "Gal Shortstop's Bid Given Short 'No' by O.B. Officials" published in The Sporting News, July 2, 1952. The article chronicles Eleanor Engle's attempt to play with the ...
In June of 1952, shortstop Eleanor Engle signed a minor league contract with the AA Harrisburg Senators.
Throughout history, women have played the sport of baseball. From 1866 to present, women have never lost interest in playing the sport, yet their presence in baseball is often overshadowed by their gender. ...
In 1952, when Eleanor Engle was signed to a minor league contract with AA Harrisburg Senators, George Trautman, the baseball commissioner, voided her minor league contract (The Sporting News, July 2, 1952) ...
In 1952 the club signed twenty-four-year-old Eleanor Engle, a local (yes, female) stenographer to play shortstop, saying "She can hit a lot better than some of the fellows." For four days in June, ...
The Sporting News story was written in response to a publicity stunt by the owners of the Harrisburg Inter-state League baseball team, which would have placed 24-year-old Eleanor Engle at short stop.
The thing I will miss most is Jerry himself, he was a great friend to all and his warmth, humor and love for the game of baseball will be missed.
In June of 1952, shortstop Eleanor Engle signed a minor league contract with the AA Harrisburg Senators.
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