As baseball legend has it, in 1950, 13-year-old Kathryn “Tubby” Johnston asked her mother to cut her hair so she could don the uniform of the King’s Dairy Little League team and play ball. After playing several games as a boy, by mid-season she let her coach and teammates know about her secret, but her prowess kept her safe at first base despite the jeers from opposing players and their parents.
As baseball legend has it, in 1950, 13-year-old Kathryn “Tubby” Johnston asked her mother to cut her hair so she could don the uniform of the King’s Dairy Little League team and play ball. After playing several games as a boy, by mid-season she let her coach and teammates know about her secret, but her prowess kept her safe at first base despite the jeers from opposing players and their parents.