Editing Travis Jackson (section)

==Early life==
Jackson was born in [[Waldo, Arkansas]], on November 2, 1903. He was the only child of William Jackson, a wholesale grocer, and his wife Etta, who named their son after [[William B. Travis]], a [[Lieutenant Colonel|lieutenant colonel]] who died at the [[Battle of the Alamo]].<ref name=sabr/> Jackson's father bought him a baseball when he was three years old, and they often played catch together.<ref name=sportingnews>{{cite news|title=Travis Jackson Began Tossing a Ball at Age of Three, Playing with Dad&nbsp;– and Kept on Until he Became Star|work=[[The Sporting News]] |date=June 6, 1930}}</ref>

Jackson's uncle took him to a [[Little Rock Travelers]] minor-league game when he was 14 years old. At the game, Jackson's uncle introduced him to [[Kid Elberfeld]], telling Elberfeld that his nephew was a talented baseball player.<ref name=sabr>{{cite web|first=Greg |last=Erion|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cf84ae81 |title=Travis Jackson |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=April 15, 2012}}</ref> Elberfeld observed Jackson in an impromptu workout, and asked Jackson to contact him when he was ready to begin his professional career.<ref name=sabr/><ref name=sportingnews/>

Jackson attended [[Ouachita Baptist University]] in [[Arkadelphia, Arkansas]], where he starred on the [[college baseball]] team.<ref name=nytobit/> While there, he injured his knee, and this injury would recur during Jackson's career.<ref name=nytobit/>