Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Union City Greyhounds The Manufacturers and the Athletics

The Manufacturers and the Athletics both played at the same Martinsville ballpark

playing home games at Bourbon County Park

and clubs like the Pets

he returned his contract unsigned with a note that he did not care to live in the East

Fieldale Towelers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Union City Greyhounds The Manufacturers and the AthleticsThe Fieldale Towelers played three seasons in the Bi State League, from 1934 (as the Fieldale Virginians) through 1936. Fieldale was a company village carved out of Henry County, Virginia, by the Fieldcrest textile concern to house workers at its towel producing mills. The town existed because of one industry; the team's nickname made that explicit. Despite three losing seasons on the field, the 1936 Towelers produced one of the most remarkable