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From: "Theresa Bora" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] more baseball
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:40:02 -0400
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Amy, I googled the Poughkeepsie team and found they were part of the Hudson
River League, a class C minor league team in 1904 when they won the Pennant.
They were called the Colts. I was hoping to find a team line-up that would
show your g.father's name, but no such luck. Terry in Mich.

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From: "Amy La Pietra" <>
> <<<<My grandfather then went to a military school along the Hudson to
> work
> his way through high school. He then played baseball and always talked
> about
> "the year we won the pennant." He has a pin, now in my possession that
> reads
> " H. R. League, Po'keepsie N.Y. 1904." I don't know what level of league
> this was but I do know that he traveled and played in Geneva, NY where he
> met my grandmother. >>>>>>

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