Port Arthur Tarpons Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Size:3XL and took the Oilers name

and took the Oilers name for 1953 in honor of the industry that built the town

also played for Adolph Rupp's Kentucky teams

a two-city experiment representing the whole coastal stretch

losing to Dyersburg in four games

Port Arthur Tarpons Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Size:3XL and took the Oilers nameThe Port Arthur Tarpons, based in Port Arthur, Texas, were one of the Evangeline League's out of state franchises, representing the industrial port city on Sabine Lake near the Texas Gulf Coast. The tarpon is a large, hard fighting game fish found in Gulf of Mexico waters, giving the name a natural fit for a coastal Texas town. The Tarpons were competitive in their three season run, reaching the playoff semifinals in 1941 before falling to the