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What Was The Sucker State?

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If you opened up to page 10 of the sports section of The Kokomo Tribune on Wednesday, May 6, 1931, you would have read the following byline.“SUCKERS DEFEAT MICHIGAN, 10-6, TO GAIN TOP ROUND OF LADDER”The rest of the article describes the fifth straight victory of the University of Illinois baseball team, but why were they called the Suckers? Isn’t the university’s nickname the Fighting Illini? That is due to the state’s unofficial nickname at th…
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What Was The Sucker State?

If you opened up to page 10 of the sports section of The Kokomo Tribune on Wednesday, May 6, 1931, you would have read the following byline.“SUCKERS DEFEAT MICHIGAN, 10-6, TO GAIN TOP ROUND OF LADDER”The rest of the article describes the fifth straight victory of the University of Illinois baseball team, but why were they called the Suckers? Isn’t the university’s nickname the Fighting Illini? That is due to the state’s unofficial nickname at th…

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