who had lost his eyesight to a poison ivy-related infection that hospitalized him for over two months
The franchise entered the Texas League in 1920
the Cupids existed for only a single season before folding
then beat Bakersfield in the playoffs and defeated pennant-winning Fresno four games to one in the final round to claim the league's inaugural postseason championship
the final identity of the city's own franchise before a regional merger
Beaumont Exporters Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas massachusetts who had lost his eyesightThe Beaumont Exporters, based in Beaumont, Texas, took their name from what the city did best. Beaumont's transformation began on January 10, 1901, when the Lucas Gusher blew in at Spindletop, touching off the Texas oil boom almost overnight and turning the city into one of the great petrochemical refining and shipping centers in the country. The Neches River connected Beaumont's refineries to the Gulf, and the crude that poured out of Southeast Texas