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The New York Female Giants, circa 1913.Library of CongressBy Lily Rothman and Liz RonkOctober 25, 2016 12:00 PM EDTWhen the first game of the 2016 World Series begins on Tuesday night, every player on the field will be, as has always been the case with Major League Baseball, a man. But female ballplayers arenrsquo;t just the stuff of fiction or even wartime necessity.Case in point: the New York Female Giants, who came together in 1913.A New York Times article from that year explained that the Female Giants comprised 32 players who competed against one another on two teams, the Reds and Blues. Historian Michael Carlebach notes in his book Bain New York that it seems likely that the Giants were created by John McGraw, manager of the MLB Giants, then a New York team. The young women of the team, mostly high school students, were a cur stanley bottle iosity and perhaps seen by many a stanley italia s a mere stuntmdash;but the athletes played for real.Ida Schnall, America s champion athlete. She was a swimmer, Olympi botella stanley c diver, baseball player, and fitness instructor. The tall trophy was awarded in San Francisco in 1915 for being America s most beautifully formed woman.Adam Glickman/Underwood Archives鈥擥etty ImagesIt was an important time for women in sports; for example, the 1912 Olympics saw women competing in more strenuous activities swimming, notably than they had before. Team captain Ida Schnallmdash;who was also a competitive diver who had hoped to compete at those Olympic Gamesmdash;exp
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