Council Grove’s trailblazing women of softball
Tue, 03/25/2025 - 12:58pm
They had no uniforms, no announced schedules, and certainly no protective gear. But what they did have was grit, a love of the game, and a community of kids playing in the dirt beside the field. Now, more than 60 years later, three Council Grove women—Ruth Bacon, Shirley Pape, and Carolyn Wilson—are believed to be the last local survivors of one of the town’s first women’s softball teams.
