Mount Vernon Kings - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Hoodie Size:S Circular portrait of Scott Howard

Circular portrait of Scott Howard in tan and brown tones tops a vintage shield-shaped label outlined in red with decorative wheat flourishes

Black script text reads "Bowl and Dine" above small black lowercase "at" and a vintage hand-drawn illustration of a mid-century modern bowling alley with a sweeping gold sail-like roof

Opening in the late 1950s

and The Forge stood among its finest

Flowing red-orange script reads "Ponies" below

Mount Vernon Kings - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Hoodie Size:S Circular portrait of Scott HowardMount Vernon's Kings took the diamond in 1949 as part of the Class D Southern Illinois League, bringing organized baseball to a proud coal country town. Small market clubs like these were the backbone of the minor league system in postwar America. They gave southern Illinois something to rally around on warm summer nights. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched distressed