Duration
| 00:42:42.000 |
Abstract
| Jacqueline Baumgart was interviewed by Clement GrawOzburn on July 1, 2003, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. Jacqueline was born in Waukegan, Illinois and moved to the Milwaukee, WI area as a young girl. Jacqueline was the catcher for the Springfield Sallies and Kenosha Comets from 1950-'51. She has been inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, is on the Wall of Honor at Miller Park, and was recently inducted into the Old Time Ballplayers Association of Wisconsin Hall of Fame. Baumgart discusses the following topics: Playing against women at same skill level, finding women with same love of baseball, All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954)—Prospects for another All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), factors needed to start
professional league, different sports possible for professional women’s league, softball, pitching
softball vs. baseball, circumstances for female athletes ca. 2003—Training exercises for All
American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), stretches, jumping jacks,
sit-ups, running in place, “Pepper” and other skill-building exercises, focusing on ball, accuracy,
thinking, Mitch Skupien (General Manager, 1949-1950, team manager 1949-1954), training
exercises interviewee now implements as coach ca. 2003—Coaches and managers for All
American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), Bill Allington (Rockford
Peaches and Fort Wayne Daisies manager, 1900-1966), Johnny Gottselig (Racine Belles, Peoria
Redwings, and Kenosha Comets manager, 1909-1986), Mitch Skupien (General Manager, 1949-
1950, team manager 1949-1954), Max Carey (Milwaukee Chicks and Fort Wayne Daisies
manager,1900-1976), Jimmie “the Beast” Foxx (Fort Wayne Daisies manager, 1907-1967)—
Boarding, living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, spring training in Kalamazoo, MI, catching for
Kenosha Comets ca. 1951, community support grew over time, All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954)—Weeding out troublemakers in All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), league rules, chaperones, dating rules,
must introduce date to chaperones, male fans, announcers, umpires—Difference between male
and female athletes, gender roles, sexism, working as mechanical draftsperson, going against
gender roles and norms, worked at Black Hawk Manufacturing (est. 1919, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin), describes three sons—Attended Alverno College (est. 1887, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin) in 1970, originally wanted to be engineer, majored in broad field social studies
education, being in college as mother, graduating from Alverno College in 1976, life lessons
from All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), personal
integrity. |
Interviewee | Baumgart, Jacqueline Mattson |
Interviewer | GrawOzburn, Clement C. |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource
| sound recording |
Genre
| sound |
Genre authority
| marcgt |
Publisher name
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Date published
| 2003-07-01 |
Date captured
| 2023-05-24 |
Language
| eng |
Subject topic | Baumgart, Jacqueline Mattson, 1928- -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Springfield Sallies (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Women baseball players -- United States -- Biography Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Baseball -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Kenosha Comets (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Source note | This interview is part of the UW-La Crosse Oral History Program’s All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection. |
Source note | The interviewee played in the AAGPBL for two seasons: with the Springfield Sallies in 1950, and with the Kenosha Comets in 1951. |
Content | 00:00:00—Playing against women at same skill level, finding women with same love of baseball, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954) |
00:02:19—Prospects for another All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), factors needed to start professional league, different sports possible for professional women’s league, softball, pitching softball vs. baseball, circumstances for female athletes ca. 2003 |
00:07:58—Training exercises for All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), stretches, jumping jacks, sit-ups, running in place, “Pepper” and other skill-building exercises, focusing on ball, accuracy, thinking, Mitch Skupien (General Manager, 1949-1950, team manager 1949-1954), training exercises interviewee now implements as coach ca. 2003 |
00:11:40—Coaches and managers for All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), Bill Allington (Rockford Peaches and Fort Wayne Daisies manager, 1900-1966), Johnny Gottselig (Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, and Kenosha Comets manager, 1909-1986), Mitch Skupien (General Manager, 1949-1950, team manager 1949-1954), Max Carey (Milwaukee Chicks and Fort Wayne Daisies manager,1900-1976), Jimmie “the Beast” Foxx (Fort Wayne Daisies manager, 1907-1967) |
00:15:24—Boarding, living in Kenosha, Wisconsin, spring training in Kalamazoo, MI, catching for Kenosha Comets ca. 1951, community support grew over time, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954) |
00:19:01—Weeding out troublemakers in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), league rules, chaperones, dating rules, must introduce date to chaperones, male fans, announcers, umpires |
00:25:38—Difference between male and female athletes, gender roles, sexism, working as mechanical draftsperson, going against gender roles and norms, worked at Black Hawk Manufacturing (est. 1919, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), describes three sons |
00:38:54—Attended Alverno College (est. 1887, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in 1970, originally wanted to be engineer, majored in broad field social studies education, being in college as mother, graduating from Alverno College in 1976, life lessons from All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL, 1943-1954), personal integrity |
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Collection
| UWL Oral History Program Collection / All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection |
ID
| db52c5e1-644f-4d39-abba-c9d26049e87a/wlacu000/00000018/00000303 |
Doi | 18-0303 |
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