the Stars and the Riverside Reds both disbanded
The Topeka Hawks
defeating the Wichita Falls Spudders 12-6 with Governor Beauford Jester throwing out the first ball
They won the New England League in 1896
279 in his first season with the Rockets and
Watsonville Hayseeds T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Size:2XL the Stars and the RiversideThe Watsonville Hayseeds, based in Watsonville, California, played the 1899 season in the California League, giving the Pajaro Valley farm town a professional nine with a name that leaned all the way into its identity. Hayseed was the era's universal slang for a country boy, and Watsonville, surrounded by apple orchards, sugar beet fields, and berry farms, wore it proudly against the big city clubs of San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento.