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…