History of Softball-(Part 3)

Softball did go national when the US Army used it for recreation. They didn’t use softball gloves or baseball gloves. They just barehanded it and they also pitched underhand but pitched fast. (Maybe that’s why they started using gloves). At any rate, softball was growing rapidly.

 

Being a game that mostly men played, it wouldn’t be long before the ladies would join in. Now, of course, softball is huge in the United States and elsewhere in the world. But let’s go back to Chicago where it all began.

 

Related posts:

1. History of Softball-(Part 4)
2. History of Softball-(Part 7)
3. History of Softball-(Part 5)
4. History of Softball-(Part 6)
5. History of Softball-(Part 2)