Two Players Take the Field.
Walking side-by-side out to the stadium's field are Marjorie Peters (left) and Olive "Ollie" Little (Bend) on the right.
1943-08-26
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Olive "Ollie" Little (Bend).
A Canadian born on May 17, 1917, this right-hander was a pitcher for the Rockford Peaches in 1943 and again from 1945 through '46. Olive passed away on February 2, 1987.
circa 1943-1946
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Peaches Lineup, 1946.
The sixteen players pictured here with manager Bill Allington (left) and chaperone Mildred Deegan (second from right, top row) represent the 1946 Rockford Peaches lineup. The last names are listed on the back of the photograph: (Front Row, L to R) Wilson (?), Margaret Silvestri (Holgerson), Dorothy Green, Olive Little (Bend), Dorothy Cook, Yahr (?); (Second Row, L to R) Bill Allington (manager), Carolyn Morris, Dorothy Kamenshek, Ruby Heafner, Dorothy Doyle (Harrell), Helen Smith; (Top Row, L to R) Helen Steffes (Filarski), Rose Gacioch, Naomi Meier, Dorothy Stickney (Moon), Mildred Deegan (chaperone), Violet Weitzman (Schmidt).
circa 1946
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