May 19, 1943

Rockford Morning Star
Savanna Girl Given Tryout At Wrigley Field

(Consolidated News Service)

Savanna, Ill., May 18 - Betty McFadden, star Savanna girl softball pitcher and first baseman, has been one of the 75 girls selected for tryouts for positions on the four All-American Girls softball teams. The youthful star, who played first for the Savanna All-Stars and the Savanna-Thomson Girls, left for the tryouts at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs, last Monday.

Teams will be picked on May 24 and 25, with 15 players making up each team. Rockford, Kenosha, Wis., South Bend, Ind., and Racine, Wis., have been picked for the home cities of the four teams.

Miss McFadden, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McFadden, graduated from the Savanna Township high school, and was working at the Savanna Ordnance Depot before signing her softball contract. She was granted a leave of absence to make the tryout.

The four teams, in addition to the regular 108-game schedule, will play exhibition games in other industrial cities. The purpose of the league is to provide recreation for war defense workers.