Cotton States League
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The Cotton States League name was used five different times in baseball history. The first Cotton States League ran from 1902 through 1908 as a class D league. After the league shut down, another Cotton States League was reformulated in 1910, with three of the six '08 members returning for the new campaign and three new teams joining them. This league ran for four seasons, through 1913.
In 1922 the Cotton States League got another shot after 9 years of nonexistance. This time, despite disbanding July 24, 1923 and restarting the next year, the league held itself together for 11 seasons before folding for good on July 13,1932.
The next revival of the CSL took place in 1936 and lasted six seasons before collapsing before many other minor leagues did when World War II began. This time it operated as a class C circuit.
The league got its final shot in 1947. Again placed as a class C league, the Cotton States League survived through 1955 before folding for the fifth time in under half a century. In 1953 the Cotton States League tried to evict the Hot Springs Bathers for daring to try to include a black player, Jim Tugerson.
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