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Eastern Illinois League
The Eastern Illinois League was a Class-D league in Minor League Baseball that existed during the 1907 and 1908 baseball seasons. The league president as of 1907 was L. A. G. Shoaff. According to the 1908 Spalding Guide, the league got its start in Pana, IL and the league's "godfather" was Joe Adams, also known as "Old Wagon Tongue." In 1907, teams had a salary limit of $600. Cities Represented * Centralia, IL: Centralia White Stockings 1907 *Charleston, IL: Charleston Broom Corn Cutters 1907; Charleston Evangelists 1908 *Danville, IL: Danville Speakers 1908 * Linton, IN: Linton 1908 *Mattoon, IL Mattoon ( ) is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 16,870 as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Lake Land College and has close ties with its neighbor, Charleston, Illinois, Charleston. Both are principal citie ...: Mattoon Giants 1907-1908 * Pana, IL: Pana Coal Miners 1907-1908 * Paris, IL: Paris Colts 1907; Paris Parisians 1908 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Colts
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
