They were one chapter in a franchise that had carried professional baseball in the Kansas state capital under more than a dozen different names since 1886
The name outlived the ballclub: Vincennes Lincoln High School adopted the Alices in 1923 and carries the name to this day
defeating the Ardmore Cardinals 4 games to 3 in the finals
Originally the Lexington Bees
Local businessman Hugo "Hooks" Kohn then led a drive to bring a new team back to Davenport
Hammond Berries T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:L They were one chapter inThe Hammond Berries, based in Hammond, Louisiana, were the most successful franchise in the Evangeline League's post war era, winning the championship in 1947, 1949, and 1951. The team took its name from the strawberry farming that defined the region: Hammond sat at the center of Louisiana's strawberry belt, and the club played home games at Berry Stadium on the campus of what is now Southeastern Louisiana University. The Berries started slowly,