Scope and Contents Women's softball team in Utah. 01:16. Louise Degn's note: In the 1970s, few women participated in organized sports as highschools and colleges did not often have competitive inter-school leaugues for women. Sports also had separate rules for women; i.e. women could only pay half-court basketball. Overall, it was considered unfeminine for females to develop muscles and be too competitive. In this milieu, The Shamrocks were the only serious women's sports team in Utah. I once played...