Bill Text: IL HR1049 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the legacy of the Comiskey family and the family's contribution to the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois and honors the history made by Grace and Dorothy Comiskey as two of the first women to have served as owners of a Major League Baseball team.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon [HR1049 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1049-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 1900, Charles "The Old Roman" Comiskey became | ||||||
| 3 | involved in the birth and development of the American League; | ||||||
| 4 | in January of 1900, Comiskey became the owner of the Chicago | ||||||
| 5 | White Stockings and moved the franchise to Chicago to be a part | ||||||
| 6 | of the newly formed League; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, As the White Stockings, the team played the | ||||||
| 8 | first-ever game of the American League on April 21, 1900; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The people of Chicago soon shortened the team's | ||||||
| 10 | name to "White Sox"; the new name was accepted by the Comiskey | ||||||
| 11 | family and eventually became the team's official name; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 1910, Charles Comiskey oversaw the building of | ||||||
| 13 | Comiskey Park, the home of the White Sox for more than 8 | ||||||
| 14 | decades; Comiskey served as the owner of the team until his | ||||||
| 15 | death in 1931; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, J. Louis Comiskey, Charles' only child, inherited | ||||||
| 17 | and owned the team until his death in 1939; ownership of the | ||||||
| 18 | Chicago White Sox was then passed onto his wife, Grace; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Grace Comiskey served as the owner of the Chicago | ||||||
| 20 | White Sox from 1939 to 1956; she was baseball's second female | ||||||
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| 1 | executive and the first in the American League; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Under the ownership of Grace Comiskey, the White | ||||||
| 3 | Sox signed Minnie Minoso, the team's first African-American | ||||||
| 4 | player, and Luis Aparicio, the league's first Hispanic American | ||||||
| 5 | Rookie of the Year winner; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Grace Comiskey passed away in 1956, leaving the | ||||||
| 7 | controlling share of the team to her first child, Dorothy | ||||||
| 8 | Comiskey Rigney, the wife of former White Sox pitcher John | ||||||
| 9 | Rigney; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, along with her mother, | ||||||
| 11 | was a sports pioneer, being one of the few women to have served | ||||||
| 12 | as principal owner of a Major League Baseball team; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After the 1958 season, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney | ||||||
| 14 | sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's | ||||||
| 15 | 58-year control of the franchise; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, John and Dorothy are the parents of Illinois State | ||||||
| 17 | Representative Patti Bellock; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we recognize the legacy of the Comiskey family and the family's | ||||||
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| 1 | contribution to the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois; | ||||||
| 2 | and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That we honor the history made by Grace and | ||||||
| 4 | Dorothy Comiskey as two of the first women to have served as | ||||||
| 5 | owners of a Major League Baseball team; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Illinois State Representative Patti Bellock as a | ||||||
| 8 | symbol of our great esteem and respect.
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