Beulah Anne Georges
{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Beulah Anne Georges
| image =
| image_size =
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| team = All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
| position = Pitcher/Utility Player
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|05|10}}
| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|01|04|1923|05|10}}
| death_place = Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| teams =
- Chicago Colleens (1948)
- Fort Wayne Daisies (1948)
- Springfield Sallies (1949)
| highlights =
- Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
}}
Beulah Anne Georges (May 10, 1923 – January 4, 2005), also known as Anne Georges and Scoop Georges, was a member of three women’s American professional baseball teams in the 1940s.{{cite web|title=Beulah Anne Georges|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/beulah-anne-georges-scoop/806|work=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|accessdate=2019-04-08}}
Background
Baseball
Georges played as a pitcher, infielder and utility for the Chicago Colleens and the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1948 and with the Springfield Sallies{{cite news|url=https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/springfield-sallies-players-tour-photograph-1949-2|title=Springfield Sallies Players on Tour Photograph, 1949|work=National Baseball Hall of Fame|accessdate=2019-04-10}} in 1949.
Springfield Sallies
Georges played on the Springfield Sallies team in 1949 along with Eileen Gascon, Doris Cook, Migdalia "Mickey" Pérez, Lillian Shadic, Mirtha Marrero, Renae Youngberg, Mary "Wimp" Baumgartner, Sue Kidd, Kay Lionikas, Gertrude "Gert" Alderfer, Barbara Payne, Barbara Liebrich, Betty Degner, Norene Arnold and Jane Moffet. These women were part of the league's idea to recruit new players by sending out rookie teams to play against each other. The Springfield Sallies and the Chicago Colleens made up one of the tours. The tour was successful enough in 1949 that it was repeated in 1950.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
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Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
Category:Chicago Colleens players
Category:Fort Wayne Daisies players
Category:Springfield Sallies players
Category:Baseball players from Springfield, Illinois
Category:Baseball players from Columbus, Ohio