Tennessee Takes Two Games.

The Washington Herald - April 19, 1908

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A plea to sell UT tickets - 1900

The Orange And White - March 29, 1900

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Univ. of Tenn. Will Play Vanderbilt Base Ball Team

The Orange And White - March 29, 1900

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Smokies Trounce Pebbles

The Tuscaloosa News - May 18, 1934

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Base Ball Schedule - 1900

The Orange And White - February 24, 1900

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J. Cliff Davis - Murphy College

John Clifford "Cliff" Davis
Murphy College, Sevierville
ca. 1925

J. Cliff Davis was born in 1906.  He attended Murphy College, a small school located in Sevierville, Tennessee.  He was an alderman through four decades and was mayor of Sevierville from 1973 to 1977.  He was a supporter of athletics in the county throughout his life.  He passed away in 2001 at the age of 95.

The picture was provided by Carroll McMahon, who works at Sevierville Chamber of Commerce.

1910-1911 Milligan College Catalogue

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Smokies Drive Awkright Off Hill

The Morning News Review - July 18, 1925

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Fighting Spartans Gain On Charlotte

The Morning News Review - August 25, 1925

The Morning News Review - August 25, 1925

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Boosters Win Second Games With Pioneers

Middlesboro Daily News - April 16, 1921

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Locals Defeat Knoxville With Good Fielding

Middlesboro Daily News - April 14, 1921

Middlesboro Daily News - April 14, 1921

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1922 Knoxville Pioneers in Clothing Ad

the complete ad

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Milligan College - 1922 Baseball Squad

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Latest Freak Play.

Chicago Eagle - October 4, 1913

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Hornets Humbled By Knoxville, Reds Inch Up

The Times-News - July 22, 1960

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What's In A Name?

Daily Public Ledger - September 27, 1905

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Grand Base Ball Tournament.

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig - October 23, 1867

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Base Ball Convention - September 1867

The Memphis Daily Appeal - September 12, 1867

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Base Ball Convention - May 1867

Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867

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Ball Twenty Years Ago.

 Staunton Spectator and Vindicator - October 14, 1897

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Hibernian Base Ball Club

Nashville Union and American - April 26, 1871

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