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George Pfanmiller, 83. Pitching Ace With Jerseys' Championship Team. By John Farrell.
years by playing with semi-pro always carried lot of out-of-towners called the The Jerseys played at old fessional clubs Jewell said te wS’'n V West Side Park now Lincoln ' “He was a likeable chap and born at Louisville Ky lived in Jersey City most of his life while a farm club of the New York Giants Earlier in the century the local folks referred to the team as the Jerseys but a UNDER THE management of Billy Murray the 1903 Jerseys won the city’s first pennant That was the year the citizens really did some celebrating A long drought followed The team next won pennants In 1939 and 1947 when it was known as the Jersey Giants Through Davis he received a position with the city— serving close to half a century in the Department of Public Works water bureau Mr Pfanmiller’s wife the former Grace Moore died in 19z Mr Pfanmiller who was J EWELL SAID Pfanmiller EVEN ATER Mr Pfanmiller played with the International retired from organized baseball League team about 10 years in he “kept in shape” for many tne eariy isou sz IN RECENT YEARS Mr Pfanmiller was ill and went to live with a niece Mrs rances ournier of Princeton June- tlon He formerly resided at 19 Ti pitcher was a great friend Kington Ave Jersey Qty Dfir JrlKlIIIjmirtA 1 IUdU dUI vived by another niece Mrs Grace Schaefer of Brewster N Y' ‘ The former pitcher’s remains are back in Jersey City where he once thrilled thousands of baseball fans of another generation ' 'The funeral will be at 1:30 pm Saturday ' from the William Schlemn Funeral Home park at Audubon and West Side ° the late Bob Davis4 Hudson Avenues and the modernRoose- County ' Democratic leader in velt Stadium as their homeT the early part of the century Red Sox scout as well as Jew- “George Pfanmiller pitched el referred to him as a real n- shutouts and had quite a few good pitcher McCarren knew strikeouts to his credit" Jewell Mr Pfanmiller -while -the latter related “Once in awhile I re-was employed by the city and call he hit a few himself”— heard about his pitching from a all of which shows he tried to lot of the “old-timers who knew be handy with the bat as a hit-him ting pitcher — 'A'1 L-J - J 1 -9: — IB terday at Princeton Hospital arK “ "ear the spot presently wvamuu gByusa “He had a lot of friends hut occupied bv a'restauranL That Jewell x f not manv of thebov4 who knew before fhev need the eld ' rum are arouna anymore said Jewell who saw him pitch several times1 v Bill McCarren of Jersey City By JOHN ARRELL George Pfanmiller one of the pitching greats of the old Jersey City International League base- aii team around a memento of the city’s famed 1903 championship team Mr Pfanmiller 83 died yes- it was a specially engraved gold watch with a baseball insignia on it” recalls William Jewell an old friend of the lefthanded pitching star '.

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