The name had a parallel history that ran alongside the white professional franchise
The Williamson Red Birds played in the Mountain State League from 1937 to 1942
The name is of course a play on the 'Cog' in Nacogdoches
but they wouldn't last long as the league ended the season early due to the start of WWI
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Pauls Valley Raiders T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma Atlantic City Surf The name had a parallelThe Pauls Valley Raiders, based in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, joined the Sooner State League in 1948 as an expansion team and played at Wacker Park. In their second season the Raiders captured the 1949 pennant with an 88 52 record and drew 61,085 fans, an average of 873 per game, before falling to the Lawton Giants in the championship finals 4 games to 1. The 1951 club posted a 90 50 record, 40 games above . 500, yet finished fourth in a stacked league