Greenwood Scouts

[2][3] The Greenwood Scouts joined with the Hattiesburg Timberjacks, Jackson Tigers, Meridian White Ribbons, Vicksburg Hill Billies and Yazoo City Zoos teams in beginning Cotton States League play on May 2, 1910.

According to reports, while on the corner of Mill and Capitol Streets, Hunt and Greenwood player Orth Collins (who later managed the team) encountered each other.

Other Greenville players, including Clyde Frakes, cornered Hunt, who began fight off each, knocking them to the floor with punches.

Four players were quickly released, but Hunt, Rolling and Collins were jailed overnight before appearing in court the next day.

[3] With a 71–36 record, Greenwood finished first, ending the season just 0.5 game ahead the second place Jackson Tigers (71–37) in final standings of the six-team league.

[7] Greenwood manager Woody Thornton came to the team after playing the previous four seasons with the Mobile Sea Gulls of the Cotton States League and Southern Association.

[10][7] After leaving Greenwood, manager Woody Thorton finished the 1911 season with the Jackson Drummers in Cotton States League play.

He had a 9–4 record in mid-August when Pittsburgh wished to promote him, however a leg injury, ended his season before he could depart Greenwood.

Smith pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians in his major league career.

Smith pitched a complete game into the 14th inning for the Brooklyn Robins, dueling with the Boston Red Sox starting pitcher, Babe Ruth.

[23] Manager Martin Dudley came to Greenwood to replace Collins, having started the 1912 season with the Yazoo City Zoos.

[31][32] The Cotton States League continued play for just the 1913 season before disbanding due to the onset of World War I.

[33] Greenwood joined with the Clarksdale Cubs, Jackson Red Sox and Meridian Mets teams in beginning Mississippi State League play on April 25, 1921.

In the playoff between the two split season champions, Greenwood defeated Clarksdale 5 games to 0 to win the Mississippi State League championship.

[33][7] During the league playoffs, Red Lucas threw a no-hitter in a shutout win for Greenwood over Clarksdale and their pitcher Earl Webb.

[37] John Kane, who split the season between Greenwood and the Meridian Mets won the Cotton States League batting title, hitting .355.

[7] A member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, Hughie Critz played for the Greenwood Indians in 1921 in his first professional season.

[40] His father, Professor Colonel Hugh Critz Sr., was a respected teacher at the college and was appointed president of Mississippi A&M in 1930.

[43] Retiring on September 27, 1935, Critz ended his 12-season major league career, with a batting average of .268 with 38 home runs and 531 RBIs, playing in 1478 games.

Critz had 97 career stolen bases, 832 runs scored, 195 doubles and 95 triples, with 1591 total hits in 5930 at bats.

[48] Following the playoffs with Greenwood, Lucas finished the 1921 season pitching in 4 games for his hometown Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association.

[46]After making his major league debut with the New York Giants in 1923, Lucas pitched through 1939, winning 157 career games with a 3.74 ERA.

[56][57] With money earned from an oil career, Oakes attempted to purchase the Pittsburgh Pirates major league franchise in 1920, a pursuit which proved unsuccessful.

[58] In the winter of 1920–1921, Oakes next pursued purchasing the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals franchises and was unsuccessful in all three pursuits.

[56] The Greenville Bucks and Vicksburg Hill Billies teams joined the Mississippi State League holdover Clarksdale Cubs, Greenwood Indians, Jackson Red Sox and Meridian Mets teams in forming the new Cotton States League.

[66] In the playoff final, Greenwood swept Meridian in four games to capture the Cotton States League championship.

[71][7] Jake Propst of Greenwood led the Cotton States League with 75 runs scored, tying with his teammate William Waldron.

Their teammate, Greenwood pitcher Hugh Boyd won 24 games to lead the Cotton States League.

Bobo had coached the Hattiesburg High School football team to an 8–1–1 record in 1922 after playing the season with Greenwood.

[7] The new Brookhaven Truckers and Monroe Drillers teams joined the returning Hattiesburg Hubman, Jackson Senators, Laurel Lumberjacks and Vicksburg Hill Billies franchises in the six–team 1923 Cotton States League.