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Historic ballgame played in Ennis in 1902

The railroad and cotton industries put Ennis on the map but a landmark baseball game that took place here in 1902 sure helped out, drawing national attention and remaining for many years a source of civic pride.

The Texas League game between the Corsicana Oil Citys and the Texarkana Casketmakers, in which Corsicana won by an amazing 51-3, has remained legendary in sports because Jay Justin “Nig” Cl…

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