Maybe I'm overthinking this, but it looks like when operations were suspended for the Southern League in late June of 1918, Chattanooga was about in the middle of the league standings with a 35-34 record, so I'm not sure what they would have been winning a trophy for...?
And looking backwards from there, they didn't break the top half of the rankings until you get back to 1913 when they finished the season in 4th place (out of 8), and never finished a season in 1st place going back to their inception in 1885.
I wish I had a photo reference to compare uniforms, but I'm leaning more towards Jim's suggestion.
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