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Sports
1915
The championship: The 1915 South Bend Factors won the championship of the Southern Michigan League — by then styled the Southern Michigan Association — finishing first at 44–24 under manager Ed Smith, well clear of second-place Battle Creek.
How it ended: The title was awarded by the standings because the league itself gave out: the Southern Michigan League permanently disbanded on July 7, 1915, with South Bend in first place. It stands in the city's record as a pennant won in a league that did not survive its own season — the second and last championship of South Bend's early minor-league era.
Sources:
- Baseball-Reference Bullpen, Southern Michigan Association — the 1915 table: South Bend Factors 44–24, first, manager Ed Smith; the league disbanded July 7.
- Southern Michigan League history — 1915 champion: South Bend Factors, first when the league folded mid-season.