Footprints of Fayette

By News Staff on Tuesday, December 6, 2022

A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission

There’s no photo of the field; however, softball was first played on the lighted football field located on the west side of La Grange High School, pictured here in the 1930s. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
There’s no photo of the field; however, softball was first played on the lighted football field located on the west side of La Grange High School, pictured here in the 1930s. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives

How Softball Came to La Grange

By Maria Rocha

While baseball had long been a favorite activity locally, softball was first brought to La Grange in 1937 by the Mother’s Club, a forerunner of the Parent-Teacher Association. The following year Clarence Schwake told the story of that first year in the Fayette County Record’s special Century of Progress issue.

“In the later part of May, 1937, the Mother’…