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    • May 22, 1942
    June Graves throws a no-hitter as Carthage high school whips Mesquite high, 6-0, in the second round of the Texas state baseball championships in Dallas. The Carthage squad, including future country singer Jim Reeves, advances to the finals
    May 23, 1942
    The Adamson Leopards beat the Carthage Bulldogs 12-0 in the Texas state high school baseball championship. Starting pitcher Jim Reeves gives up seven runs in less than five innings
    Aug 15, 1942
    Jim Reeves arrives in Austin to attend the University of Texas on a baseball scholarship. But the college can't pick him up immediately, and Reeves--unable to find a job--leaves for Houston
    Oct 24, 1942
    Jim Reeves signs his first professional baseball contract to play for the St. Louis Cardinals' D-level Albany Cardinals. Reeves never actually plays, however, until 1945
    Jul 22, 1943
    Jim Reeves is one of nine players suspended by the D-level Jamestown, New York, baseball team. In the aftermath, Reeves finds work installing machine guns on B-17 bombers for Lockheed
    Dec 15, 1944
    Jim Reeves re-signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for approximately $100-a-month to pitch for their B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia
    May 8, 1945
    Jim Reeves makes his first appearance as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia, a 7-1 loss to the Portsmouth Cubs
    Jun 6, 1945
    Jim Reeves allows four runs in 2-2/3 innings while pitching relief for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm club in Lynchburg, Virginia. After the game, Reeves is released
    Jun 1, 1946
    Formerly known as Travis Reeves, Jim Reeves gets his first pitching start of the year for the Natchez Giants of the Evangeline League. Reeves strikes out five and gets credit for a win
    May 23, 1947
    The Alexandria Aces baseball team, of the Evangeline League, release pitcher Jim Reeves, after he allows three runs in relief against the Thibodaux Giants
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