A "New" Sister Sports Talk Show Team, The Sport Mavericks Presents: In Their Own Words: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - 11 Years of Baseball History but 62 Years of Friendship
On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at 8:00pm (EST) on the voiceamerica network (voiceamerica.com) Sport Mavericks Talk Show Host, Ida Muorie and Eleanor Starks welcomes seven members of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) (1943-1954) and Dave Newhouse, Sport Journalist of the Oakland Tribune/Alameda Newspaper Group (voted top ten sports journalist by Associated Press Sports Editor three times) to discuss the state of Major League Baseball now and yesterday. See Rebroadcast Information below.
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) March 15, 2005 -- "The women of the AAGPBL were to dress
like ladies, and play baseball like a men. What a contradiction by today's sport
standards. What was the real motivation behind establishing an All Girls
Professional Baseball League in 1943?
By 1943, over 5,000 Major and
Minor Leaguers had been drafted into World War II, the the Midwest Ball Parks
were empty and the loss of revenues was bleeding the team owners. Philip
Wrigley, Gum Magnate and owner of the Chicago Cubs could see the decline
personally and sought to do something about it. President Roosevelt also saw a
solution to boost and maintain high morale of the country during war times. "If
Rosie The Riveter" could replace the men off to war in the factories, by golly
women can replace the men on the baseball field," Roosevelt was heard
saying.
Sixty three years later the period between 1943-1954 has become
part of the richest history of baseball in America. Many today contribute this
period as the most important in carving out a need to provide scholarship for
women in college sports.
About The Show:
Sport Mavericks hosts, Ida
Muorie and Eleanor Starks will reminiscent with members Dorothy "Kammie"
Kamenshek, Audrey "Haines" Daniels, Dorothy "Snookie" Doyle,Margaret "Marge
Wenzell, Terry Donahue, Jane Moffett and Shirley Burkovich about the baseball
years of (1943-1954), and the sense of responsibility and duties these ladies
felt to America and the war effort everytime they came on the field to bat. We
will also discuss with Dave Newhouse,Sport Journalist of Oakland Tribune/Alameda
News Group, the real impact the AAGPBL had on the development of the Title IX
legislation.
About Sport Maverickstm
"Sport Mavericks" Internet Sport
Talk Show brings education and athleticism together to level the playing field
in sports by advocating self-help and empowerment to parents of athletes. The
show presents "real Life" experiences and solutions that educate parents and
athletes, and helps them to navigate the challenges of collegiate sports, and
the professional draft. "Sport Mavericks" also educates the general public about
an athletes "true" lifestyle, by presenting role models in sports, that are
making major contributions to their communities and society at
large.
Host/Executive Producer, Ida R. Muorie, is a Sports Advocate and
Consultant. Muorie is also the former Chaplain and Educational Director of the
University of Florida Gator Parent Association (GPA). Muorie continues to
deliver her Pro-Ready Financial Playbooktm to Junior and Senior College Athletes
in preparation for life after graduation,and consult sport
professionals.
Co-Host, Eleanor Starks is the Mother of Max Starks, OT
for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and a member of the NFL Mother's Association. In
the past, Starks was the President of the Gator Parent Association and pioneered
"Family Perspective In College Sports" into Parent Associations.
Sport
Mavericks can be heard "Live" on Tuesdays, 8:00pm (EST); 7:00pm (Central) and
5:00pm (Pacific) on www.coiceamerica.com Listeners are encouraged to call in with
their questions or comments at 888-335-5204. Sport Mavericks replays 12 hours
later in the AM. All previous shows are archived on www.voiceamerica.com.
Speakers Available
Ida Muorie and Eleanor Starks are available as
speakers for professional organizations at $300.00 hour. Please call IRM
Productions for details at 941-228-4288.
Sponsors Wanted
Sport
Mavericks will soon be releasing a series of their "Women In Sports" and their
"15 Pro-Ready Impact Principles" on satellite radio soon. If you are interested
in being a sponsor please call IRM Productions for details at
941-228-4288.
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