Illinois-Missouri League (D) Encyclopedia and History

League History

Year	Tm
1914	Champaign Velvets, Kankakee Kanks, La Salle Blue Sox, Lincoln Abes, Ottawa Indians, Streator Boosters
1913	Canton Chinks, Champaign Velvets, Kankakee Kanks, Lincoln Abes, Pekin Celestials, Streator Boosters
1912	Canton Highlanders, Champaign Velvets, Clinton Champs/Kankakee Kanks, Lincoln Abes, Pekin Celestials, Streator Speedboys
1911	Canton Chinks, Champaign-Urbana Velvets, Clinton Champs, Lincoln Abes, Pekin Celestials, Taylorville Christians
1910	Beardstown/Jacksonville Jacks, Canton Chinks, Clinton Champs, Lincoln Abes, Macomb Potters, Pekin Celestials
1909	Beardstown Infants, Canton Chinks, Galesburg Boosters, Macomb Potters, Monmouth Browns, Pekin Celestials
1908	Canton Chinks, Galesburg Hornets, Hannibal Cannibals, Havana Perfectos, Macomb Potters, Monmouth Browns

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