My grandfather was a true baseball NUT.  He loved it and played on a team when he was a young man.  It was just a local team of other farmers/ranchers, just like in this article.  But they needed an outlet for pent up stress etc., then just like we do today. 
This is a great little article about 4 Corners, a small "town" along the same highway we used to take to visit my husband's parents.  They are both gone now, of course, and so is my DH.  This made me homesick for the area.

https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/baseball-at-four-corners?ct=t(July22)&mc_cid=6a1a434913&mc_eid=a4951e6016