American Giants Are Champions

Savannah Tribune - September 25, 1920

From this article we see the schedule of the "World Championship":

• Tuesday, September 21 at Birmingham
• Wednesday, September 22 at Birmingham
• Thursday, September 23 at Birmingham
• Friday, September 24 at Birmingham
• Saturday, September 25 at New Orleans
• Sunday, September 26 at New Orleans
• Monday, September 27 at Birmingham
• Tuesday, September 28 at Birmingham
• Wednesday, September 29 at Birmingham
• Thursday, September 30 at Birmingham
• Friday, October 1 at Knoxville
• Saturday, October 2 at Knoxville
• Sunday, October 3 at Chattanooga

Thirteen straight days of baseball.  No off days for traveling.  Using mapquest.com I've come up with some round distances.  Birmingham to New Orleans is 350 miles.  Birmingham to Knoxville is 260 miles.  Knoxville to Chattanooga is 115 miles.

So, 13 games were scheduled in four cities, which would have entailed about 1,075 miles.

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Maryville College - 1950

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New Uniforms Selected

Knoxville Daily Journal - April 24, 1890

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2 Games on July 4th, 1890

Knoxville Daily Journal - July 2, 1890

Knoxville Gets Mobile Baseball Club Franchise

This is an article that mirrors one that I blogged about three years ago.  This one is a bit longer and explains the origin of the team name.

Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) - July 21, 1931

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