New York Female Giants

New York Female Giants was an all woman baseball team from around 1913. In 1913 there were 32 players divided between the red and blue New York Female Giants teams. In 1913 a team member, seventeen year old Helen Zenker, was arrested for selling programs at their game that was held on a Sunday violating the blue laws.[1] Ida Schnall was captain of the team.[2][3]

New York Female Giants, 1913
New York Female Giants pitcher in 1913
Miss Schnall, catcher, and Miss Slachu with hands on home plate in 1913

Team

  • Ida Schnall team captain pitcher
  • Miss May McCullum, catcher
  • Miss Ryan
  • Miss Helen Zenker third baseman

References

  1. "Five Cent Gift is Futile". New York Times. May 27, 1913.
  2. Sharon Ruth Guthrie (1994). Women and sport: interdisciplinary perspectives. ... however, Ida Schnall, captain of the New York Female Giants baseball club, was prevented from entering the diving events by the previously mentioned, ...
  3. Paula D. Welch (2004). History of American physical education and sport. Ida Schnall, captain of the New York Female Giants ... Ida Schnall countered in The New York Times, attacking Sullivan's opposition to women's athletic ...


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