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From: "Amy La Pietra" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] more baseball
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:20:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: <002b01c8b9be$38abff20$ab839543@Tipperary>


Terry. Thanks for the info. This is so exciting. The Colts ! Amy

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[mailto:] On Behalf Of Theresa Bora
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] more baseball

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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