Nana the basketball player in WW1 said that their hoop was a wicker basket meant for Peaches with the bottom cut out. They played to entertain my nana said and remained life long friends when the men were gone to the war. Daniel Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > World War 1 years? Where? NYC? > > World Series of Women's basketball. No such title then. I played for > 8 years and two years college. > > My father's sister b 1917 NYC. d 1960 left me a gold basketball > charm from HER days playing and its marked "Champions." This was > way before they thought women could run full court. > > > Who are the "Portland Oregon Trail Blazers?" In NYC, never heard of them. > > What year was the bookkeeping degree? Chances are women's basketball > then was affiliated with a CYO or other church league. You need a > Mt. Vernon historian. > > So much hearsay, Dan. But in my experience family lore proved true. > > Your "facts" are too oblique to build a case on. > > Find out what years she was in Mt Vernon and contact a historian there, > and maybe you an come forward with something. > > I'm thinking that around that era, Mt Vernon may have been part of > the town of West Chester; > part stayed in Westchester County, part became Bronx. > > Try the Westchester County Archives. Ask for Jackie. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: daniel_lewis_frommherz > <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> > > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message