From several news stories she played on several teams in the early 30's which lines up perfectly with the Wheaties creation date. As for coaching, I saw a copy of the Franklin County Tribune of Union, Missouri dated Nov. 17, 1939 that had her coaching the "Helen Steven's Olympic Co-eds" which seemed to be a barnstorming team.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/f...ibune/7158097/
Interestingly, Isabelle Payne married one season minor leaguer (1935 Springfield Senators) and House of David player Emory "Ham" Olive in 1942. They both lived in Eau Claire where Emory was regionally famous as a local umpire for decades there. As a local legend he had a large obit dedication in the local paper on his death in 1982, but I do not have a membership to snip it.
https://newspaperarchive.com/eau-cla...-01-1982-p-11/
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Player collecting - Lance Parrish, Jim Davenport, John Norlander.
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