On April 1, 1931 the great depression had hit Chattanooga and all of Tennessee hard. One family had very little money. Their dad dad had lost his job and went on a train to look for a job. After their dad left town, Jackie Mitchell the daughter wanted to play on a baseball team and the lookouts hired a 17 year old girl pitcher, she played with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and more. Her first game came and a terrible April Fools joke on Chattanooga , as torrents rain flooded the town and they had to canceled the big baseball game. The lookouts were suppose to play against the New York Yankees. The Lookouts hired  Jackie Mitchell. On their second game, Jackie played as the pitcher ,and because of that the Lookouts won the game.