march july woman paid umpire baseball game woman referee high school basketball game served umpire regular basis years served occasionally decades accomplished athlete multiple disciplines competed baseball basketball track tennis attributed world records shot baseball early life career born hudson march original settlers husband died young traveled iowa watch brother hank pitch semi professional game umpire amateur game taking place hank hank suggested played baseball brothers game serve umpire woman paid umpire baseball game performance received hired umpire semi professional games career lasted years games minnesota iowa nebraska unlike modern games time games umpire stood pitcher responsible calling strikes balls balls fair foul runners reached bases safely despite danger faced era treated players fans respected style popularity high baseball emphasized games bring crowds wrote editorial arguing women better men men speak female repeat idea interviews newspapers refused umpire sundays stayed homes road earned game fund college education attending years followed years high school basketball games possibly woman captained college women basketball team ran track state best tennis player number additional accomplishments sports attributed confirmed poor record keeping time claims include winning tennis championships iowa setting world records shot baseball claimed threw baseball feet spent years serving umpire regular basis continued serve intermittently following time regularly serving umpire spent years teaching physical education high school schools managed including wisconsin served coach basketball team organized tennis tournaments served newspaper reporter police justice peace city town hudson moved care mother ill following mother death moved spent years social worker retiring died july
Amanda Clement