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Object ID: 31 (Click here to view the image in a new window.)
Object Date (YYYYMMDD): 991915
Description: 1915 Sleepy Eye Baseball Team picture on DVD
Org/Loc: Sleepy Eye
Org/Entity: Mn Amaeur Baseball Organization
Sport: Baseball
Team Nickname: None or Unknown
Gender: Male
Conf/League: Multiple Entities
Original Type: Photo Negative
Group ID: N/A
Other Information: Sleepy Eye town baseball team of 1915. First baseman George J. Glotzbach is on the left. Description of game is included in hard copy object file 00032. This picture originated from a low quality photo returned to the donor or as a print from an photo copier and was retouched by Jim Aufderheide to provide an excellent archival quality DVD file copy. A cartoon is also included with the photo copy hard copy revolving around Glotzbch who was an uncle of George Glotzbach who grew up in New Ulm, graduated from high school in the Twin Cities and much later returned to retire in New Ulm. This DVD also includes an extensive research relating to the preservation of digital negatives. The same picture appeared in the Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch and belonged to A. F. Kuske at the time which incldedMoe Moran, Bill Horne, Mel Cook and Fred Bruckbauer to name a few. The team won 14 of 21 games. The identification: George Glotzbach Jr. Roy Bzoskie, Jack Reitter, Bill Berg, Noel Hoffman, Charlie Cutting, Lute Schmidt, Charles "Crabbie" Dietz, Guy Sherman, Ross Armstrong an manager Ted Green.