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Date Posted: 08:00:05 08/05/01 Sun
Author: Jackie
Author Host/IP: proxy-1328.public.svc.webtv.net / 209.240.220.155
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Re: Canarsie Mohawks Baseball Team
In reply to: Peggy (Schuster) Hessemer 's message, "Re: Canarsie Mohawks Baseball Team" on 07:30:33 08/02/01 Thu

>>My brother Mike Schuster played with the Canarsie
>Pirates. He would have been 81 years old. Some of
>the other players were--Charlie Schenck, Eddie Heany,
>Benny Daverdowl, Simp Simon, Tommy Sullivan, Bobby
>Dowl, Aaron Luft, Eddie Stevenson, The Greek, Teddy
>Lamb. These are a few of the names I can remember. I
>am 71 years old and moved out of Canarsie in 1961.
> My dad is going to be 84
>years old and lived most of
>>his life in Brooklyn/Canarsie. He used to play on a
>>baseball team called the Canarsie Mohawks. They
>>usually played the "Pirates". Is this a team your
>>parents or grandparents recall?
My dad's name is Bill Peterson. He said he used to be in the Canarsie Courier all the time. McGowan is another name on his team. My dad says he won a big game for them by hitting a home run.

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