Madisonville Miners Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams atlantic city surf and one of its earliest

and one of its earliest stars was Jim Thorpe

The 1947 White Hawks won the Three-I League championship under manager Jack Onslow

and they played five of the next six seasons until 1916

"Red" Fowler relocated his Burlington franchise there as a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate

Renamed the Miners in 1911

Madisonville Miners Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams atlantic city surf and one of its earliestThe Madisonville Miners of Madisonville, Kentucky, played in the Kitty League in 1916, 1922, and from 1946 to 1955, often as a Chicago White Sox affiliate with uniforms in navy, red, and white. Their name reflected the regions coal mining industry. The 1922 Miners dominated the league but were stripped of their title for using an ineligible player, and the team did not return until after World War II. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, they became a