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Junction City Soldiers
The
Junction City
Soldiers
were an
American
minor league baseball
team founded in
1909
in the
Central Kansas League
. After the 1912
season
, the
Central
Kansas
League
was renamed the
Kansas State League
. The team cased
operations
in
1913
.
Notable former players include
Al Bashang
and
Jimmy Whelan
.
There is a longstanding
controversy
regarding
whether
former
US President
Dwight
D.
Eisenhower
played professional baseball for the Soldiers
.