Name Beulah Georges | ||
Beulah Anne Georges (May 10, 1923 – January 4, 2005) was a member of three women’s professional baseball teams in the 1940s.
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Background
Georges’ nickname was “Scoop” and she was from Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Toledo, Ohio and she died in Park Ridge, Illinois.
Baseball
She played pitcher, infield and utility for the Chicago Colleens and the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1948. She played for the Springfield Sallies in 1949.
Springfield Sallies
Anne Georges played on the Springfield Sallies team in 1949 with: Eileen Gascon, Doris Cook, Migdalia "Mickey" Perez, Lillian Shadic, Mirtha Marrero, Renae Youngberg, Mary "Wimp" Baumgartner, Sue Kidd, Kay Lionikas, Gertrude "Gert" Alderfer, Barbara Payne, Barbara Liebrich, Betty Degner, Norene Arnold and Jane Moffet. These women were part of the league's idea to recruit new players by sending out rookie teams to play against each other. The Springfield Sallies and the Chicago Coleens made up one of the tours. The tour was successful enough in 1949 that it was repeated in 1950.