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L-R, top row- Manager Bernie Kaplan, Virginia “Pete” Peterson, Shirley Dubee, Tessie Marinelli, Mary Primavera, Fran Pruzinsky, Eleanor Mastroni, Assistant Coach Harold Schlacter
bottom row- Helen "Yak" Yakubisin, Barbara "Rusty" Abernethy, Millie Elias, Lorraine “Chic” Meehan, Joan Wallace, Ann "Punxsy" Edmondson
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In 1948 the tag "All-Stars" was dropped and the ballclub assumed the name "Brakettes", which has been synonymous with softball excellence ever since. That season marked the first of many New England championships for the Brakettes.
Barbara Abernethy and Mary Primavera comprised the mound staff. The team won the National Girls' League Championship and entered their first National Tournament (in those days it was referred to as the World Tournament) in Portland, OR.
Despite home runs by Joan Wallace and Helen Yak, the Brakettes went 0-2, losing to Alexandria, VA, 5-2, and Des Moines, IA, 3-1, to finish with an 18-2 overall record. |
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L-R, standing- Connecticut ASA Commissioner Glenn Laudenslager, Shirley Dubee, Fran Pruzinsky, Anna Mary "Punxsy" Edmondson, Coca-Cola Co. representative Leo McIssacs, Cecilia Zak, Eleanor Mastroni, Barbara "Rusty" Abernethy (receiving trophy), Lorraine “Chic” Meehan, Tessie Marinelli, Virginia “Pete” Peterson, Joan Wallace, Assistant Coach Harold Schlacter, Manager Bernie Kaplan, Raybestos Division General Manager R. B. Davis
kneeling- Mary Primavera, unidentified, Millie Elias, Helen "Yak" Yakubisin
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