Timeline of women's sports in the United States place team earned. 1936 - The All American Red Heads Team, a barnstorming troupe similar to the Bloomer Girls, was formed. It is generally regarded as the first women's professional basketball team. 1936 - Ruth Hughes Aarons was the first American that won the world singles table tennis championship. 1937 - Grace Hudowalski was the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. 1943 - The All-American Girls Softball League was formed under Chicago White Sox owner Philip Wrigley. The League gradually transformed into the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. 1949 - Marcenia Lyle
Kanso Yoshida Kanso Yoshida Kanso Yoshida (18951973, known to his friends as Paddy Murphy) was a Japanese-born British seaman. He was related to Japanese Emperor Hirohito by marriage. He was a resident of England for most of his life, specifically in Liverpool from 1938. Yoshida was born in Japan, a second cousin of Princess Chichibu (who had herself been born in England) who in turn became a sister-in-law of Hirohito. He came to England in 1912, but why he left Japan is unknown. He was a ship's fireman and donkeyman by trade, and began calling himself Paddy Murphy when he realized that