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1949 Teams from Belleville, Illinois , Centralia, Illinois , Marion, Illinois , Mattoon, Illinois , Mount Vernon, Illinois , and West Frankfort, Illinois moved from the Illinois State League and joined the league. Mount Vernon moved to Paducah, Kentucky . Mattoon beat Centralia 3 games to none in the playoffs. Paducah beat West Frankfort by 3 games to none as well. Paducah beat Mattoon 4 games to 3 for the championship. 1950 Belleville folded. The team from Springfield, Illinois left the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League and joined. New teams in Paris, Illinois and Vincennes, Indiana formed and joined the league. Centralia beat Mattoon 3 games to 1, and Paducah beat West Frankfort 3 games to none, in the first round of the playoffs. The championship series was cancelled due to bad weather. 1951 Springfield and West Frankfort folded. Paducah left to join the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League . Danville, Illinois joined the league after having left the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League . The best records for the first and second halves of the season were also recorded. 1952 New teams in Decatur, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri formed. The team from Vincennes moved to Canton, Ohio . Hannibal beat Danville 3 games to 1, and Decatur beat Paris 3 games to 2 in the first round of the playoffs. Decatur won the championship over Hannibal 3 games to 1. 1953 Canton and Centralia folded. Decatur beat Hannibal 3 games to none, and Paris beat Mattoon 3 games to none, in the first round of the playoffs. Decatur won the championship over Paris 3 games to 2. 1954 New teams in Clinton, Iowa and Dubuque, Iowa formed and joined the league. Clinton beat Decatur 2 games to none, and Danville beat Dubuque 2 games to 1, in the first round of the playoffs. Danville won the championship over Clinton 3 games to none. 1955 Danville and Mount Vernon folded. New teams in Kokomo, Indiana and Lafayette, Indiana formed and joined the league. Dubuque beat Clinton 2 games to none, and Mattoon beat Kokomo 2 games to none, in the first round of the playoffs. Dubuque won the championship over Mattoon 3 games to none. The team from Hannibal folded. All other teams from the league became charter members of the new, Class D Midwest League , now a Low Class A circuit, and the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League folded. REFERENCES
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