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Those squads were strong by any measure: the 1925 club went 98-70

Their brief existence came during a postwar boom when professional baseball rapidly expanded into small towns across America

The 1916 Three-I season was shortened by the National Association

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Topeka Hawks T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams east texas league Those squads were strong byThe Topeka Hawks, based in Topeka, Kansas, played in the Class A Western League from 1956 to 1958 as a Milwaukee Braves affiliate, then joined the Class B Illinois Indiana Iowa League for the 1959 season as a Cincinnati Reds affiliate. They were one chapter in a franchise that had carried professional baseball in the Kansas state capital under more than a dozen different names since 1886, shifting leagues and affiliations roughly every decade. The