The Deers split their time between two leagues
that played in the Mountain State League in 1937 and 1938
a league that folded mid-season
The Colonels were part of a wave of small-town teams during an era when baseball served as a key recreational outlet across America
They were joined in the league by fellow Portlandites
Henderson Hens Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Size:5XL The Deers split their timeHenderson, Kentucky, located across the river from Evansville, Indiana, fielded Kitty League teams intermittently in the early 20th century. Its first clubs were the Blue Birds (19031904), later renamed the Hens, who debuted in 1905 but folded mid season with a 2947 record. The Hens returned in 1911 when a team from McLeansboro, Illinois, relocated to Henderson, and they played five of the next six seasons until 1916. After the Kitty League folded