Yuba City's Appeal-Democrat
IT NEVER WAS JUST FOR BOYS
Kathryn Massar, who lives off George Washington Boulevard west of Yuba City, is
believed to be the first girl to play Little League basball when she disguised herself
as a boy in 1950 and called herself "Tubby" after a character in a popular comic
strip.


Sports News by Todd R. Hansen
July 31, 2001