Hutchinson Wheatshockers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Kansas madison blues during the circuit's turn-of-the-century revival

during the circuit's turn-of-the-century revival

three consecutive titles to close out the league's existence

finishing second despite batting champion Albert Behrends hitting

based in Ventura

Hutchinson Wheatshockers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Kansas madison blues during the circuit's turn-of-the-century revivalThe Hutchinson Wheatshockers took their name from the harvest practice of stacking cut wheat into upright bundles called shocks to dry in the field, fitting for Hutchinson, Kansas, the city at the heart of the wheat belt. The Wheatshockers' Western League run was brief, eventful, and never once ended a season where it started. The name arrived mid season in 1917, when the St. Joseph franchise relocated to Hutchinson on July 24. The new Wheatshockers