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Digital image on DVD object 1520. Hard copy file in NUSC file system #7.
Limited quality.
Reputed to be New Ulm's first state championship baseball team. A newspaper clipping which gave photo credits to the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported: The Pirates won the state championship game against Fairmont when Heine Ahrens was manager in 1916.There is further confusion as the article continues: The picture was taken in 1912 when the Pirates defeated New Ulm Athletic Club for the title. L-r, back row: Fred Schweppe, Eddie Berg, William Burke, Cleve Oetting, Frank Schaefer. Second row: Gus Kleinschmidt, Ewald Kuester, pitcher; manager Henry Ahrens, scorekeeper William Kuester and Cornelius burk. St. Paul Pioneer Press photo.
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