Henderson Hens T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Hopkinsville Hoppers The Bengals were part of

The Bengals were part of a wave of small-town teams in the first half of the 19th cenutry as baseball became America’s pastime

first the Merchants in 1910

• Double layered neck line and front button panel

When those teams disbanded

Henderson Hens T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Hopkinsville Hoppers The Bengals were part ofHenderson, 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