1948) and captured its only playoff title in 1947
playing for a stretch as the Peoria Distillers before moving back to Marion and closing out the year as the Oilworkers once more
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remembered both for his toughness on the field and a series of off-field altercations and arrests
After the war it returned as the Americus Phillies from 1946 through 1950
Austin Pioneers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas california league 1948) and captured its onlyThe Austin Pioneers, based in Austin, Texas, were one of eight founding franchises of the Big State League in 1947, and their name came from a fan. Owner Edmund P. Knebel, a Seven Up bottling magnate, held a naming contest drawing nearly five hundred submissions, with fans voting "Pioneers" the winner. Knebel spent $200,000 of his own money in nine weeks to build Disch Field on a city owned tract, and the Pioneers opened on April 27, 1947, defeating