A couple of points of history:
"There appears to be no historical data that points to Narragansett producing ale before Falstaff moved production of Ballantine XXX to Narragansett."
Narragansett's line-up in August 1933, consisted of light and dark lagers, light and dark ales and porter, all available in bottles and on draft (Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, August 29 1933, p5 )
"It is rumored that the culture was brought to this country from Scotland by Arhibald MacKechnie who was one of Ballantine’s brewmasters."
Archibald Ferguson MacKechnie, born in Glasgow, had been working at Watney's brewery in Mortlake, London before emigrating to Canada before World War One. So no.