Henderson Hens Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Fulton Chicks “Commies” referred to Commodore Stephen

“Commies” referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur

including the Ashland Fruit Company team

Many of its players worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the week and traveled the Southeast playing games on weekends

The Union City Greyhounds

The team later resurfaced in the early 1920s as the Paris Bourbons and Paris Mammoths

Henderson Hens Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Fulton Chicks “Commies” referred to Commodore StephenHenderson, Kentucky, located across the river from Evansville, Indiana, fielded Kitty League teams intermittently in the early 20th century. Its first clubs were the Blue Birds (19031904), later renamed the Hens, who debuted in 1905 but folded mid season with a 2947 record. The Hens returned in 1911 when a team from McLeansboro, Illinois, relocated to Henderson, and they played five of the next six seasons until 1916. After the Kitty League folded