Kim Mulkey story

I knew Kim’s dad, Les. I am from Independence. We played against each other in competitive softball. Hammond and Independence were both members of Dixie Youth Baseball. I coached and helped with the Independence league. When Kim was 12 she played shortstop for one of the two Hammond Dixie All star teams. The District tournament was in independence that year. When the Hammond allstars took the field for their first game the District Director , Mr. Berthelot, ran on the field halted the game and took Kim off the field. Girls could not play he said. Rules you know. Well Les had a lawyer ready, my good friend Ron Macsluso from Hammond. Ron was a year or two out of law school but he got an injunction to halt play and then prevailed in the hearing and Kim was allowed to play. I wonder today if Kim remembers any of that.