Caswell County, North Carolina, Baseball League

Caswell County Baseball League

This popular baseball league was launched in 1959 with four teams. The next year, 1960, Anderson and Butler Bees were added, with others added and removed over the years. All games were played in Yanceyville (at Bartlett Yancey High School): single games on Wednesday and Friday nights, with a doubleheader on Saturday night. John Woods served as the first league president. Neal Watlington was vice president. Yanceyville won the first season (regular and playoff). Bill Niven pitched, and Buck Page caught.

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"Strike 'em out shorty my boy!"

Anderson

Ashland

Blanch

Butler Bees

Crossroads

Leasburg

Purley

Sanders Store

Yanceyville

In 1962, the Blanch and Yanceyville teams merged to form Blanch-Yanceyville.

Yanceyville

While some newspaper articles referred to this league as "semi-pro," it was strictly amateur.

Photograph courtesy J. C. Winstead III. Click image to see a larger version.