I'll see your Des Moines Prohibitionists and raise the 1923 Roslyn Yippers.



The town built Runje Field (pictured) in 1923. The grandstand held 2,500 in a town of 2,000. A very popular rural nine, they beat the Ellensburg Hawks, led by future Red Sox/Yankees outfielder Roy Johnson, for the 1924 Yakima-Kittitas League Championship. Jim Yourglich, manager/owner pictured far right, was a notorious bootlegger and owned "The Brick" tavern.... many Northern Exposure fans would recognize the bar. These are the stories I love about minor league ball.