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Old 03-17-2018, 08:52 AM   #32252
dennis_keith
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Originally Posted by Chickazoola View Post
I've located a pretty low quality image of Alonzo Breitenstein, who pitched for the 1883 Philadelphia Phillies.


He was a life long resident of Utica, where he ran a hotel and seems to have been involved in the theatre scene. He went by the shorter "Lon" rather than Alonzo. His photo appeared in the October 21, 1951 Utica Observer Dispatch.
You identified this meeting taking place in 1951. Did you mean 1931? Alonzo Breitenstein died in 1932.

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