They lost out to Union City (IL) Greyhounds in 1952 and the Paducah Chiefs in the final in 1953
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playing for a stretch as the Peoria Distillers before moving back to Marion and closing out the year as the Oilworkers once more
the city led the entire Evangeline League with 105
eventually winning back-to-back league championships in 1952 and 1953 before financial issues led to their relocation to Marion
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina massachusetts They lost out to UnionThomasville fielded its first professional team, the Chair Makers, in 1937, a direct nod to the city's furniture manufacturing economy. After stints as the Tommies and the Thomasville Dodgers, the franchise was renamed in 1948 at the suggestion of longtime player manager Jimmy Grudzis, who worked with High Point Enterprise sports editor Bill Curry to come up with a name that would represent both High Point and Thomasville. The result, Hi Toms, stuck.