Dutchess County Historical Society Yearbook Vol. 083 2001 2002

Dutchess County Historical Society

Year Book Volume 83 2001-2002

The Dutchess County Historical Society Year Book (ISSN 0739-8565) has been published annually since 1915 by the Dutchess County Historical Society, PO Box 88, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602.

Copyright © 2003 by the Dutchess County Historical Society All rights reserved.

Individual copies may be purchased through the Society. Selected earlier Year Books are also available.

Call for Papers The Publications Comlnittee is now soliciting articles for future Year Books.

Articles should be no longer than 7,500 words, double-spaced typescript or on disc, Word Perfect 5.1. Inclusion of photographs or other illustrative material is encouraged. Manuscripts, books for review, and other correspondence relevant to this publication should be addressed to: Dutchess County Historical Society Publications Committee PO Box 88

Poughkeepsie, NY 12602

The Society encourages accuracy but does not assume responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by contributors.

The Dutchess County Historical Society was formed in 1914 to preserve and share the county's right history and tradition. The only county-wide agency of its kind, the Society is an active leader and promoter of local history in Dutchess County. Principal endeavors include the publishing of historical works, and the collection and safe-keeping of artifacts, manuscripts, and other priceless treasures of the past. The Society has been instrumental in the preservation of two pre-Revolutionary landmarks, the Clinton House and the Glebe House, both in Poughkeepsie. In addition, the Society has educational outreach programs for the schools of Dutchess County.

The Society offers a variety of activities and special events throughout the year. Contact the Society for further .information: by phone at (845) 471-1630, or at the address above.

Table of Contents President's Report 2001 Joyce C. Ghee, DCHS Board President ....

Introduction.............-.................10

Baseball in Dutchess County, When It Was A Game Joseph v. Poillucci ........................

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Remembering Baseball: A Conversation with Waiter Patrice Nan Fogel .............................

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Running in Dutchess County Pete colaizzo ..........-................

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The Bicycle In and Around Poughkeepsie Greg Hancock

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A Hundred-Yard Dash Through Vassar's Athletics Traditions Elizabeth A. Daniels .......................

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Soccer in Dutchess County Nan Fogel .......................-.....

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Soccer in Dutchess County: The Germania Club John Jorgensen

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Golf in Dutchess County: 1884 to 2000 Rudy zocchi and John Flanagan ................

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The Junior Davis Cup: Poughkeepsie Tennis Club Natalie H. Davis

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Two Centuries of Ice Yachting on the Hudson Brian Reid .............................

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Sports Museum of Dutchess County John Flanagan

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Samuel J. Kalloch Joan Kalloch Freese

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The Regatta: As I Remember Frank v. Mylod .......

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Addenda Statement of Revenue and Expenses ................. 98

Dutchess County Historical Society 2003 Officers, Trustees, Staff ...................... 99

Municipal Historians of Dutchess county ............. 100 Historical societies of Dutchess county .............. 102 Books for sale

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Index..............-...................104

President's Report 2001 Joyce C. Ghee, DCHS Board President

Trustees and staff are working on behalf of members and the community to build Dutchess County Historical Society as a strong institutional umbrella for County history. We are guided by the Strategic Plan developed in 1999 with the help of consultant Joarme Hayes of the national non-profit governance and development firm of Hayes-Briscoe. Progress is being made to that end by the efforts of staff, board committees and volunteers as this report summarizes.

Fund-Raising Programs Fund-raisers earned over $11,000. In the spring Donna Kirmear chained the Core Committee of The Silver Ribbon Tour for a successful visit to Pawling. Thomas Hoving, retired head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, served as honorary Chair. We are grateful to the Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling for its assistance. June saw Stephani Mauri's successful garage sale, thanks to major donations by Joan and Tom Spence.

Barbara and Phillip Van Itallie led an October Road Rallaye. The Dutchess Awards, chaired by Rocco Staino were held at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel in November. They honored preservationist J. Winthrop Aldrich; historians Elizabeth Daniels and Waiter Patrice; writer Michael Korda; and educator Dr. James Hall.

Development/Endowment Jim Spratt, as Vice President for Development, chairs the work of a committee drawn from the board and ad-hoc advisors from the financial, investment and museum professions. An Annual Appeal is now regularly instituted at fiscal year's end.

Working with the Area Fund of Dutchess County, we have instituted an endowment fund, begun with $1000 from budget and a portion of the receipts from the Armual Appeal. By contract, we must agree to increase it to $5000 within five years.

As a county umbrella, we have begun working with the 5

Heritage Council to create a sub-fund of this account that can accept gifts for the use of other local historical agencies.

The Finance Committee under Rick Steams' leadership prepared the budget and did the search for a new bookkeeper.

The board approved a budget larger than those in the past, aware that costs of efficiently staffing, interpreting two key sites and providing professional care to DCHS's archival, bibliographic and material culture collections reflecting total county history must increase.

DCHS staff and board members take advantage of opportunities to improve financial plarming skills. We are members of Leave a Legacy, Lower Hudson Conference, and Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce and were attendees at Locust Grove's Merrill Lynch Seminar. Careful planning and success with grants (over $50,000 awarded) upgrades technology, trains staff and volunteers and improves programs and public services. Upstate History Alliance, NYS Council on the Arts, Best Buy/United Way, Documentary Heritage Program, Mc Carm Foundation, Charlotte Cunneen Hackett Charitable Trust, Community Foundation of D.C., the Effron Fund and Community Development Fund have all supported DCHS. New curatorial software will digitize our collections for better access by staff and public; bookkeeping software is improving fiscal reporting. Curatorial, archival, administrative and programmatic functions have strengthened as a result.

Personnel Changes to organizational documents approved by membership at the 2000 Annual Meeting give personnel responsibilities to the Executive Committee (president, two vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer) which has begun updating the persormel manual to reflect current needs. The loss of Bernice Thomas as Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director pressed a review of titles and job descriptions. We created the position of Research Coordinator. Stephanie Mauri, former acting director of D.C. Landmarks Association, and long

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a DCHS volunteer, assists the director, but also, through familiarity with collections, is able to assist researchers, as well.

The work of the new Publications Coordinator, handled as a contract by Vassar's Nan Fogel during summer months, is foreseen as a future staff position for which support must be found. Pressure to expand educational materials into new formats will require staff time and technical support. Erica Blumenfeld's contract for curatorial and museum education duties has been increased with the support of grants. Pamela Herrick works under contract to assist the Silver Ribbon Tour.

Mary Ann Thompsett, our dependable, generous bookkeeper for years asked to be replaced. Financial Home Services/ Larry Miller's proposal was selected. He begins January lst, 2002.

Through all these changes, we are fortunate to have a dedicated

director who is generous with her time and patient with all the demands put to her.

Marketing/Advocacy/Outreach Development leads to consideration of public image and effective service; better identification of those who use our services and cultivation of new audiences/ new publics to provide a clearer understanding of the importance of history-keeping and how it can be done effectively. Encouraged by board member Professor Richard Reitano, DCHS staff and board works with Lowell Butler of the Dutchess Community College Graphic Arts Department, to explore graphics capabilities as marketing tools. DCC students get practical experience working with a client while providing DCHS with logo ideas and graphic arts services in fliers and exhibitions. We work with other area colleges. Vassar offers us valued student fieldwork research internships. Bard Archaeologist Christopher Lindner works with the Black History Committee and the Town of Hyde Park on the Guinea site in Hackett Hill town park.

Discussions with the City and NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation regarding a new interpretation of Glebe and Clinton Houses linked to the story of New York in the American Revolution and the Ratification of the Constitution, is boosted by the interest of Marist history classes. Col. Jim

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Johnson's (Heritage Corridor Historian) students visit the sites, assisting by their questions in framing reinterpretation of these important sites.

Otherrelatedactivityhasincluded:workingwithcatharine Street Center on the Young Docents Glebe House program; serving on Judge Rosenblatt's Courthouse 2002 Centennial Planning Committee; making our sites available for Documentary Heritage Program and LHC work; working with Adriance Library on ways to make our co-mingled collections more accessible; attending Greenway and Common Council meetings; writing letters of support for preservation issues in Poughkeepsie and Pleasant Valley, e.g, the Butternut Tree and former Masonic Hall.

Membership/Program/Publications/Collections-Exhibitions Thanks to ideas from Membership Committee members Rosemarie Calista, Barbara Van Itallie and Nancy Alden, numbers grew this year, attributable to planning, programs and publicity. Direct billing and review of membership lists saved postage and brought in dues more promptly. Ongoing programs included the traveling trunks to schools and organizations, Glebe House school group tours and the annual Christmas Open House at Glebe House, which overflowed with Cub Scouts. New at the site was a reception honoring those who originally saved the house, chaired by Rocco Staino, with Junior League volunteer help. The Young Docents Program, there training youth from Catharine Street after-school program, is supervised by Erica Blumenfeld. The Black History Committee, which oversees the Guinea Archaeology Project, also engaged Museologist Julia Hotten to present its armual lecture. Their planned fall trip to NYC Harlem Heights Revolutionary War Battle site was canceled after the sad events of September llth.

Under Peg Zamierowski's leadership the Publications Committee is plarming and collecting articles for yearbooks 2-3 years in the future. Nan Fogel serves both as Year Book editor and prepares DCHS quarterly newsletters. The committee is

working with Net Pub to help staff leam Desk Top Publishing software in efforts to cut costs. The 1999-2000 Women's History Year Book is in production and 2001 issue is being edited.

Led by Marguerite Berger, the Exhibitions/Collections Committee, with the curator's guidance, is addressing environmental conditions and overcrowding in storage areas; pressing a review of current collecting guidelines and exhibition policy in the preparation of a revised plan for better care of DCHS holdings to serve a broad county constituency. The bulk of the curator's efforts now must be devoted to the process of accessioning gifts and improving environmental conditions for the collection. However, with help from Rosemarie Calista, who has arranged for exhibit space in Poughkeepsie City Hall for small changing exhibits about city history, Erica is also preparing materials for exhibit. Director Hayden and I are working with Judge Rosenblatt, the Bar Association and Mid-Hudson Children's Museum on a permanent exhibit to inaugurate the present Courthouse's Centennial in 2002.

Public Relations

Our Director Eileen Hayden, familiar to all who knock at the door, call on the telephone or scan local papers, is DCHS's press agent as well as the occasional public speaker, radio and TV personality representing DCHS. We could not be better served. Thanks also to board member Mary Ann Lohrey, a professional in public relations, our news made major magazines and newspapers and we captured a```Best of the Hudson Valley" with the archaeology project. That dig also boasted one of the best press conferences seen in recent years with a full chorus of singers, a TV camera crew and an audience of over 70. Such effort pays off.

It has been a good year to be president. It bodes well for the future. Thank you all for your help.

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Introduction Dutchess County, particularly Poughkeepsie, is nationally known for at least three sporting events. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association Race, also known as the Poughkeepsie Regatta, was held on the Hudson River from 1895 to 1947. The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club hosted the Junior Davis Cup Tennis Tournament from 1960 to 2000, and the Turkey Trot races, originating in Poughkeepsie in 1908, continued until 1968, and then moved to the town of La Grange.

One reason for the variety of sports in Dutchess County is our geography. The river offers possibilities for sailing, crew races, ice boating, and waterskiing. Our major streams as well as the river are avenues for canoes and kayaks. The abundance of our land has been a catalyst for fine golf courses, and the nearby Catskill Mountains provide hiking trails and opportunities for skiing. Interest in sports is fostered by local college teams and by our proximity to New York's big league stadiums and events in sports arenas. Most of the following articles were written by people who have participated in their chosen sport.

Joe Poillucci recalls the old days of baseball and its long history in Dutchess County, going back to 1859, while Waiter Patrice tells us about playing baseball in the 20s and 30s, as he did, and the importance of the game to the community. Pete Colaizzo chose running as the subject of his article, giving us histories of the Turkey Trot, The Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, and the Dutchess County Classic road race.

In the 19th century Poughkeepsie was a city with two manufacturers of bicycles and ten or more businesses or agents who sold them. Greg Hancock writes of the evolving design of the bicycle and a few illustrious riders and clubs during its heyday, 1882-1905, and today. In an age when strong exercise was considered unnecessary and even harmful for women, Matthew Vassar took steps to insure the health of the young ladies at his college through a variety of exercise programs.

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VassarhistorianElizabethDanielsgivesanoveIviewofathletics at the college from its beginnings to the present day.

Although soccer has long been a popular sport in Europe and South America, it didn't take off in this country until the 1960s. Two of the men we have to thank for the development of the game in Dutchess County for all age groups are Bill Holland and John Jorgensen, who make their appearances in articles about it.

Golf is one of the most popular sports in Dutchess. Rudy Zocchi gives a chronology of golf clubs and courses from 1884 to the present in his article, and a sketch of one of the County's most illustrious players.

The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club has been an institution for 112 years and is one of the oldest tennis clubs in the country. For 40 years the Club hosted the Junior Davis Cup Sectional Team Championship, a major tournament established by the United States Lawn Tennis Association, which attracted up and coming male players under 21 years of age. Natalie Davis tells its story.

Ice yachting clubs dotted the Hudson River from NewburghtoAlbanyinthe19thandearly20thcentury.Thesport was popular with the wealthy Hudson RIver families. and in 1866 there were over 100 ice yachts on the river. Some of the namesoftheboats-Tcz.cJc,J¢ckFrosf,PJz¢77fo777-conjureimagesof

sails racing by at tremendous speeds in a white landscape. The sport is alive and well as Brian Reid, of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, tells us in his article.

John Flanagan writes about the Dutchess County Sports Museum, a collection of sports memorabilia that is frequently exhibited but is in need of a permanent home. Also included are a daughter's tribute to a legendary coach and a memoir of the Poughkeepsie Regatta by Frank Mylod, reprinted from the 1967 DCHS Year Book.

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We hope you will enjoy this sampling of the county's rich and ongoing sports heritage.

Nan Fogel Editor

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Baseball in Dutchess County, When It Was A Game By ]Osaph v. potliucci Jose.pf a Po_{I_lucct worked f or I.B.M. Corporation f or 40 years bef ore

rfli_ring. He was a member Of the Dutchess County Legislature f rom 1970 to 1986, serving as Majority Leader and Chairman, and Eorrmfis5ionerofElectionsfroml986tol988.Aformermemberofthe BoardofTrusteesofDutchesscommundycottege,heisamemberand past officer Of several clubs and organizations in the county.

M7'.Poz7Z#ccz.zurofeffeeZ7ook,BaseballinDutchessCounty,Whenlt

val3_aLGprn:e,publishedin2000.HewritesoftheearlydaysofbasebalI

i_n Dutchess County, Of men who worked during the day and rushed

Tom? tg_ char!gf intg their uniforms and harry to the ball park to play baseballatnight,OfteansthatraveledupanddowntheHudsonRIro6r by steanboat to play baseball, and Of promoters who lost money but continued on because they loved the game.

The story of baseball is an interesting one. The game as we know it developed from earlier stick and ball games that were played in Europe for centuries. Brought to the New World primarily by English colonists, games such as rounders, one-cat, stool ball, town ball and cricket were played in colonial New York and other hamlets. American baseball probably evolved from the games of cricket and rounders.

Some claim Abner Doubleday, of Cooperstown, NY, invented the game of baseball in 1839. A New York City bank teller and firefighter named Alexander Cartwright is generally known as ``the father of baseball." He organized the Knickerbockers Baseball Club of New York in 1845, the first club formed exclusively for playing baseball. He also developed a set of rules, which with additions and changes in 1848 and 1854, formed the basic rules still used today.

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The game spread quickly to other clubs in and around New York. Within a decade it was being played throughout the northeast and Midwest. Baseball soon traveled north to the Hudson Valley. Many people, especially newcomers, think the Hudson Valley Renegades introduced professional baseball to our area, but Poughkeepsie was a leader in promoting the game during its early years. The Poughkeepsie Baseball Club was organized in 1859, one year prior to the start of the Civil War.

Pougivkeepsie ELgh School baseball tean,1908.

Baseball has a rich history in Dutchess County; here are some facts: • Vassar College had a girls' baseball team as early as 1866.

• Poughkeepsie had the first professional baseball team in the county in 1886.

• In 1896 a game played between the ``Gold Bugs" and the ``Silverites" had two players in the lineups with the name

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Adriance: William and Eugene; the proceeds from that game were used to purchase the first volumes of books for the new Adriance Library.

Wi.than ``Btlly" Daley, the

first Dutchess County baseball player to make the major leagues. He was part Of the Boston-American Association,1889-1891.

• The Poughkeepsie Twilight League was started in 1906.

• In the early 1900s Wappingers Falls had an all-brothers baseball team that played teams from Brooklyn to Albany.

• On Labor Day weekend in 1920, a local man pitched three

games and won all of them.

• One game in the Interstate League lasted 18 innings; both

pitchers went all the way.

• One local ballplayer who pitched in the Major Leagues for three years later played locally until he was fifty years old and in his last game went 3 for 4.

• Dutchess County has two former baseball players enshrined in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame: ``Big Dan" Brouthers from Wappingers Falls and Eddie Collins from Millerton.

• Practically every town and hamlet in the county had a baseball team. They played on fields whose names have been lost or forgotten: Ambler Park, Arlington Grounds, Booth's Lot, 15

Buckingham Woods, Chanler Park, Dutcher Field, Hustler Park, League Park, Seitz Oval, Crumwold Field, Springwood Park.

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Whippet-Knighis team' Pougivkeepsie

Twtlighi League chanapions in 1927.

In the past fans came to the ball parks and cheered wildly for their favorite players and teams. They saw their heroes play on real grass and pitchers finish complete games. They were a community, a neighborhood. Our ``national pastime" is no longer the game it was in those days. Our way of life has changed and with it the game of baseball has been impacted in many ways: artificial grass, covered stadiums, multi-million dollar salaries to players batting .250 and pitchers with losing records; player and umpire strikes, designated hitters, middle relievers, closers and playoffs before the World Series. We still call it baseball but it's not the same as they played in the past when it was a game.

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Acon%:r¥:tTobne#Tt8hBvi::tbe#atrice Nan Fogel

AninterestinhistoryledWalterPatricetoresearchhisfamdyhistory and serve on the Du±chess County Historical Society Black History Corrrmittee. He is a froe athiete as well, playing baseball over two decades with several teams, and being inducted into the ]ohason C. SndthuniversdyHallofFaneforhisabilityatfootball.In2001hewas a rectpied Of the Dutchess Aavard. This article is the result Of an interview with him.

In the years before the 2nd World War, during the 20s and 30s, the Depression years, when unemployment and poverty were never far off, people still had good times in Poughkeepsie.

According to Waiter Patrice, who played on several teams over the two decades, baseball was king. All week people looked forward to Wednesday evenings at Riverview Field. On those nights they could find a seat on the embankment at the east end of the field or watch the game from their cars, parked under tall elms on the north side. Everyone was there - families, neighbors, co-workers, friends. The whole community turned out. On the night of a big game there might be 1,000 fans at the field. This was their entertainment, the ``only game in town" on summer nights. At the games they could forget their cares, picnic with family and cheer their favorite teams `til dark. To listen to Waiter Patrice is to see the world through the eyes of a young ball player more than half a century ago, to hear the crowds cheer at RiveIview Field (later named Stitzel Field) on hot summer evenings, and to ride up or down the Hudson Valley on Sunday afternoons to play ball on country fields ``where you never knew when you might run into a gopher hole.,,

The Twilight League, named for the time of games, from 6 p.in. to dusk, Riverview on Wednesday ``There were played tons ofatteams from Field all over the county nights. in the

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Twilight League," Patrice said. He named Bobby Beal's ``Sportsmen" and Freddie Dahn's ``All Stars" as outstanding

teams, as well as the ``Mohawks," an all-black team with some of the best players around at the time. Teams formed naturally within ethnic communities and neighborhoods. The Polish Club and the Italian Center both sponsored teams. The first all-black team, the Blue Caps, began in Pine Plains in 1923 with a nucleus of players who were brothers and cousins. In the 1920s they merged to become the Mohawks and played in the Twilight League. Patrice played center field and pitched with the Mohawks for several years.

Teams looked for one or two new players each season.

Recruiting was informal, often by word of mouth. Players knew who was good at what position from observing each other at games. Anyone interested in joining a team would be invited to a practice session where he could be seen hitting and fielding balls. Scouts did formal recruiting. Fritz Jordan, the athletic director for Arlington schools, scouted for the Giants. A player mightbelongtooneteamandbeaskedtoplayforanother,andif he was free he could do that. Many black players were recruited by white teams. ``If you were available and good enough, you'd be invited to play," Patrice said. No admission was charged at the games but during the 7th inning stretch, someone walked through the crowd with a bag calling, ``Help the players, please, help the players." People put in what they could but it never included any paper money, and sometimes pennies were wrapped in foil to look like dimes.

After RiveIview Field was redesigned and new lights installed, the Poughkeepsie Chiefs, a Class 8 minor league team, was the first to occupy the new field and play all of its home games there. In addition to local teams, Poughkeepsie was on the circuit for many well-known teams from out of town. The Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays, both teams in the Negro League, played at Riverview Field, as did the New York Black Yankees and the Cuban Stars. Patrice recalled an all-white team from Wisconsin named ``The House of David,"

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whose players all wore beards. ``They were real good ball players and they came every year." The Indianapolis Clowns were an all-black team of showmen who played in Poughkeepsie. Patrice called them talented players as well as entertainers. When baseball was integrated some of the Clowns went on to play in the major and minor leagues.

On a national level baseball was segregated in the major leagues. Long playing seasons in the South meant most of the big league players were Southerners, and they refused to play if black players were brought in. It wasn't until Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers after World War 11 that the game was integrated. That had the effect of weakening the Negro Leagues as their talent went to the major and minor leagues.

All the small towns around Poughkeepsie had ball teams as well. Games were usually held on Sundays after 1 p.in. because of the Blue Laws. Patrice recalled Hyde Park's Robin Hoods, the

The 1929 Mohawks baseball tean. Top row, from left: Ende Reed, R!oss Reed, Joe Van Duzen, Perry West, Eddie Hill, Ra:y Bradford, W. Elting, Ernie Duncan Warner. Bottom row: Mach Johnson, Phil Wood, Bus Lewis, Morg Reed, Harold Flan, Bill Elting. Bat boy..

Duke West.

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TheMiinrookGiants,1941.Toprow,fromleft..MouroeBermett,Tootpatrice,AIPotter, Chi.ck Cornelins, Sorry Bradford, Clif West, Ctif West, Jr., Preston Bermett, Jin Gordon.

Bottom row, from left: John Qualls, Ross Reed, Andie Bermett, Chef Nicholas, Morg Reed,

|ulins Wood, Bch Magtil, Ernie Duncan (manager). Bat boys: Leroy Reed, Ernie Duncan, |r.

Millbrook Millionaires and two all-black teams, one from Beacon, and the one Patrice played with after he left the Mohawks, the Millbrook Giants. The Giants played as far away as Cairo and other towns in the Catskills. ``Everybody went to the games then," Patrice said, ``they were social events. People brought food, saw their old friends and made new ones, cheered for their home teams and had a good time. It was a community sport." One team might invite another to play a game and guarantee them $50. The pitcher would get $15 and the catcher $10;therestwouldbesplitamongtheplayers,Patriceexplained. ``We'd stop for a beer and get home late. At ten cents a glass,

that's a lot of beer." Even then, he adds, they had designated drivers.

Looking back to the time between the 1920s and 40s when he was growing up and playing ball, Patrice thought Percy West and Eddie Hill were the two best black ball players of that generation. Other outstanding black players he mentioned were Clarence West, Ernie, Wally and Morgan Reed, Ray and Sonny 20

Bradford, Jim Cordon, Audie Bennett, Johnny Quarles and Julius Wood. Among the white players he most admired were Bob and Bill Beal, Billy Ostrom and Dick Whitesell.

The demise of baseball as Patrice knew it came after the war.

Someoftheoldethnicneighborhoodschanged.Mencamehome from the war and with money they had saved bought houses farther out in the city and in the suburbs. In part, local baseball was a victim of television, as people found a new form of entertainment and stayed home in the evening to watch their favorite programs. The Twilight League disbanded in 2001.

Patrice regrets the lack of opportunities now for young men to play baseball beyond Little League and high school. One of the advantagesofplayinghefeltwasingettingtoknoweveryonein his age group in the city. He still meets men on the street that he played ball with sixty and seventy years ago.

Now Patrice is a member of the Old Timers' Baseball Association which meets once a month. Each year the Club takes 25 children from one of the local social service agencies to a baseballgame,therebyassuringanewgenerationofplayersand fans of the game that has meant so much to them.

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Running in Dutchess County

By Pete Colalzzo

Pete Colaizzo has worked in the sports department at the Pougivkeepsie

Journal since January of 1985. He is currently editor Of the Players recreational sports section, which appears each Tharsday. Iie writes a wecklyrunningcolumneutitled``OntheRun,"whichhasappearedon Tlursdays in the Pougivkeepsie Journal since April 1992. He is a 1986 cum laude gradunte Of Marist College in Pouglckeapsie with a Bachelor

OfArtsdegreeincommunicationArts.Additionally,heisenteringhis 12th year as the head men's cross country, track and field coach at Marist College. A runner since his junior year in high school, Colalzzo has completed 34 marathon or ultra-marathon races in his running career.

ThehistoryofrurmingandroadracesinDutchesscountyis a rich and storied tradition that dates back to the early 20th Century. Much of the early history of running in the county is centered on Thanksgiving Day. ``Turkey Trot" races are now the norm nationwide on Thanksgiving Day mornings but Poughkeepsie was home to a Turkey Trot before almost every city in the United States.

The first Turkey Trot race in Poughkeepsie was held in 1908. The Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, the largest Dutchess County-based group of road runners, still organizes a modern-day Turkey Trot each Thanksgiving from Arlington High School in the LaGrange hamlet of Freedom Plains. It was the early Turkey Trot races that drew regional, and eventually national, attention to Poughkeepsie each cold November Thursday when the annual holiday tradition was renewed. As Donald MCKiernan, who organized the Thanksgiving Day races during its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s said: ``For one day every year, Poughkeepsie was the road race capital of the world.,,

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This history of running in Dutchess County is broken into three parts: 1.) a history of the Turkey Trot races, which paved the way for the future of running in the county; 2.) a history of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, which has more than 300 members and puts on 13 running events annually throughout Dutchess County; 3.) a history of the Dutchess County Classic, the Mid-Hudson Road Rurmers Club's signature event every year which draws nearly one thousand runners each September to the Town of Wappinger Recreation Area for the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile), half marathon (13.1-mile) and marathon (26.2-mile) races.

Part 1: History of the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot Road Races

The first Turkey Trot was held on November 26, 1908 in downtown Poughkeepsie. According to Marty Post, statistician and historian for R#7t77cr's Wo7'Jd magazine, this makes the

Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County Turkey Trot road races the third oldest in the country. According to Post, the oldest Thanksgiving Day footrace is the J.Y. Cameron 5-miler in Buffalo. The second oldest is a 5-mile race in Metairie, Louisiana.

Poughkeepsie is tied with Turkey Trot races in Berwick, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio, as the third oldest in the United States.

Here ±s flow the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, aL predecessor of the Pong7zkeez7sz.e Jo#r77¢Z, reported on what is believed to be the

earliest organized running event in Dutchess County: ``Promptly at 9:05 o'clock Thursday moming, the first

annual cross country run for men and boys of the Y.M.C.A. was started, with Washington Street blocked with friends and those interested in the competitors. The men lined up across Washington Street facing Mill Street, while the boys lined up across Washington Street facing Main. At the report of the starter's pistol they were off on their long and

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muddy trip, road conditions `being very hard and trying for the men that ran."

According to the newspaper account, the winner of that first race was Harry Bernstrom, who ran ``at least 7 miles" in 41 minutes, 35 seconds. And so began a rich history of Thanksgiving holiday races in Dutchess County, one that is still renewedeachyearatArlingtonHighSchool.Throughtheyears, the Turkey Trot has served as national and regional championship races at various distances - all the way up to 50 miles. The race has also attracted some of the most famous residents in Dutchess County history. In 1929, the honorary race official was then-New York State Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of Hyde Park. In 1950, the race starter was former Major League Baseball player and manager Wes Westrum of Poughkeepsie.

The early years of the race saw many variations to the format. In 1910, the Turkey Trot was a handicap race of more than 4 miles. George Howroyd was the wirmer that year, when the Bridge City Athletic Club sponsored the race. Howroyd, who was the ``scratch" man, not only beat his competitors but also bested them despite their head start. According to newspaper accounts, his winning time was 24:48 and for his efforts he was awarded a solid gold club pin.

The 1915 edition of the Turkey Trot caused quite a tizzy in Dutchess County. In this year, the YMCA event left the city of Poughkeepsie and became a walking event that went from Poughkeepsie to Hyde Park. The winner that year was Jim Rogers of the Arlington section of Poughkeepsie. Rogers covered the 6.4 miles in 1:00:56, finishing ahead of 35 other men in the field. Here is how the Poughkeepsie Eagle News described the scene:

``Not in years has a sporting event in the city attracted

the crowds which turned out Thanksgiving afternoon.

The police say close to 7,000 men, women and

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children crowded the streets and formed a double line three deep from Washington and Main Streets to Marshall Street, when the crack of the pistol sent the 36 starters off. There were men with automobiles, men with motorcycles, hundreds of bicyclists and walkers, who followed the walkers to the finish line.

The Hyde Park road was black with automobiles running two and three abreast. The bicycles swarmed between the machines and close to each entry were his seconds who yelled encouragement and did the best they could to keep the crowds away from their men.,, During the 1920s and 1930s, the Turkey Trot races began attracting talented collegiate runners. h particular, runners who attended St. Stephen's, the predecessor of the modem-day Bard College in Amandale-on-Hudson, dominated races during this era. It was also during this time that the Turkey Trot races began a series of children's races, a fixture that would remain with the race to this day. From 1927 through 1930, the race continued to be run on the streets of both Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park.

In the 1930s, however, the race returned to the city under the auspices of the YMCA. Tom MCDonald, a 1939 graduate of Poughkeepsie High School, ran in the Turkey Trot children's races from 1934 through 1936 and recalled those events in an article that appeared in the Poc497zkecz7sz.e /o#r77¢Z in 1994. ``It was

great," MCDonald said. ``I'd do the 1-mile run downtown and there were always big crowds. When they moved the Y off of Market Street, that changed everything. But it was a wonderful race.,,

During the next three decades, the Turkey Trot grew from a local oddity that sometimes jammed the streets with curious onlookers into a major athletic event, drawing the nation's top runners. The race consisted of a 5-mile run for adults and a 2.5-mile race for juniors. In 1947, a 10-Inile event was added. The 10-miler in 1949 was a photo finish, rare in races of that distance.

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WilliamSteineroftheBronxedgedArnoldBriggsofSyracuseby four yards for the title.

The Pongfekecz7sz.e Nczo Yorker reported on the race: ``Only

four went to the starting line for the 10-mile event but the lack of entries was overcome by the sensational struggle between Briggs and Steiner. Briggs arrived in Poughkeepsie in the wee small hours of the morning after a long automobile drive from Syracuse .... The crowd let loose with cheers of encouragement as the two battled brilliantly down the final yards of the long course.,,

During the 1950s, the feature races remained the 5- and 10-mile events. George Turner and Vince MCKenna, both of whom would later win state championships as Arlington High School runners, were among the many stars that toed the starting lines in Poughkeepsie. Turner won the junior 2.5-mile race in 1951, and was dubbed a ``scintillating scamperer" by the Pong7zkeepsz.c Nezu yo7`ke7`. MCKerma, a high schooler, ran in the

1955seniorrace.Amiscalculationonhispartcosthimthetitle.A runner named Robert Milner in that race edged him.

MCKenna recalled that 1955 race in a 1994 PongJzkeepsz.e Jo#r77¢J article: ``1 blew it. It was a five-lap race. I thought the

fourth lap was the last lap, so I sprinted like a rabbit from the Luckey Platt building to the finish line at the Y. I got to the firLish line and they blew the gun off (signifying one lap to go) and I thought, `Uh-oh.' Naturally, he (Milner) caught me."

In 1954, and 1955, the 10-mile race title went to Rodolfo ``Rudy" Mendez of Brooklyn. Mendez was one of the top New

York City-area runners in the burgeoning cross country and road racing scene down there. He later would represent Puerto Rico in the Olympic Games as a marathon runner.

It was during the turbulent decade of the 1960s when the Poughkeepsie Turkey Trot races reached their peak of excitement and notoriety. With the YMCA's Donald MCKieman

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leading the effort, the Poughkeepsie Turkey Trot became home to Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championship races.

The first such event was in 1964, when the race was the AAU 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) national championship. Ed Winrow was the wirmer that year in 1:05:13. The 1965 and 1966 races were

also national championship events for the 20K. It was the 1967 and 1968 races where MCKiernan really outdid himself. In those years, the Poughkeepsie Turkey Trot was home to the AAU national championship for 50 miles.

That's right, 50 miles! Footraces of that distance -now known as

ultra-marathons -were virtually unheard of at the time. Despite this, the best long distance runners in the United States traveled to Poughkeepsie to test their mettle on the course MCKieman mapped out through Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park.

In 1967, Tom Osier won the 50-mile race in 5:52:33, a time that missed the world record for the distance by a mere 5.4 seconds. Ted Corbitt won the 1968 50-mile race at the age of 48.

Corbitt is considered the father of modern ultra-distance running in this country. He was a founding member of the Road Runners Club of America and was inducted into the Distance Running Hall of Fame in upstate Utica in 1998. Also in 1968, Millrose Athletic Association runner Gary Muhrcke of New York City won the 20-kilometer event. Two years later, Muhrcke would go on to win the first-ever New York City Marathon.

During the late 1960s, with MCKiernan at the helm, the Turkey Trot races became an all-day carnival of events. There was the AAU national 50-mile championship, the AAU Eastern Regional 20-kilometer championship, the traditional 5-mile race around Poughkeepsie, and there were children's races, run down Market Street in downtown Poughkeepsie with crowds lining both sides of the street. Local residents fondly recall these days, when one day each year the streets of this town were overtaken by runners and the fans.

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CathyPoluzzi,alifelongPoughkeepsieresident,wasoneof the girls who participated in the children's races in the 1960s. At a time when female participation in athletics was in the dark ages, MCKiernan made an effort to include the girls in the Turkey Trot. ``He was the one who began it and encouraged us girls," she said. ``We practiced all the time, all year around. He wasverydedicated,alwaysateverypractice."Ofthedowntown races, Poluzzi said: ``It was very exciting, really a lot of hubbub.

It was a really exciting and exhausting day, and there were always big crowds."

PoughkeepsieresidentJimPerrymadeitapointeveryyear to go out and cheer the runners down Market Street. ``There were always all these guys coming out to run," Perry recalled in a 1994 article in the Pong7zkeapsz.e /o#r77¢Z. ``They would run right

down Market Street downtown. They closed it off. It was a big deal, that's for sure."

And Turner, the former state champion from Arlington, also had fond memories of the downtown races. ``They were great," he said. ``There were always an awful lot of people on Market Street."

After the 1968 race, the Turkey Trot left downtown PoughkeepsieandheadedeasttoLaGrange.Itnolongerhadthe national appeal it had when it ran downtown. But the race did cater to the increasingly growing population of road racers. In 1969, Tom Butland, Sr., and his newly formed running group called the LaGrange 100-Mile Club hosted the 5.3-mile race, which was won by Bob Dederer. Boys and girls races were also held.

When LaGrange 100-Mile Club member Joe Maggi took over the race in the early 1970s, he added a 15-mile race that eventually evolved into the current 25-kilometer (15.5-mile) loop. In 1972, that 25-kilometer race became the Metropolitan AAU championship at that distance. Glen Appell won that first 25kln race in 1:21:32, a race record that would stand for 15 years.

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During the 1970s, the rest of the United States was undergoing what would be dubbed as the ``Running Boom" as jogging and rurming became immensely popular. During that time, the leading proponents of the Ruining Boom were authors Dr. GeorgeSheehanandJimFixx.BothSheehanandFixxmadetheir way to Dutchess County to run the Turkey Trot in the 1970s.

Maggi, who along with other members of the LaGrange 100-Mile Club would eventually form the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, directed the Turkey Trot road races until his retirement to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the mid-1990s. Vince Veltre, a former track standout at Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, took over the race directorship and is the current director of the Turkey Trot.

ThemodemTurkeyTrotconsistsofthefollowingraces:The traditional 25-kilometer loop that Maggi mapped out more than 30 years ago; a 5-mile race; a 2-mile race. and a one-mile fun run.

All of the races begin and end at Arlington High School. The 25-kilometer loop traverses some of the hilliest terrain in central Dutchess County, traveling through the towns of LaGrange and PleasantValley.The5-mileraceisahilly,out-and-backcoursein LaGrange, while the shorter distance races are run on relatively flat roads.

Part 2: History of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club It started as a small group of dedicated road runners more than 30 years ago. Back then, they called themselves the LaGrange 100-Mile Club. Eventually, this club grew, filling a gap in the athletic community for road races and became the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, with its first official meeting in February of 1979. Joe Maggi, a member of the LaGrange 100-Mile Club and the first president of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, recalled how the club evolved and was formed. ``We used to have a club, the LaGrange 100 Mile Club, that

consisted of all the distance runners in Dutchess County," Maggi said in a 1990 Pongfekeepsz.e /o#7'77¢Z article. ``There were

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five of us. And we would have our `club meetings' in my car on the way to races. That kind of fell apart. We really needed a club to centralize the sport and promote races. This was right about the time of the running boom. The time was right to form a club that was more than an organization for races, but also offered information and services for races, too."

And so, the Mid-Hudson Road Ru]mers Club was born.

During its nearly 25 years of existence, the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club has maintained a strong core of runners, volunteers and race directors. With a membership of more than 300 runners, the club remains vibrant and puts on running events as short as 50 yards for toddlers all the way up to a marathon and an ultra-marathon race of 50 kilometers each January. The club meets each month on the first Thursday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in the Village of Wappingers Falls.

In the 1970s, women's participation in running races was a small fraction of the overall numbers in these events. In fact, it wasn't until 1984 that the traditional 26.2-mile marathon distance became an Olympic event for women. In that race, American Joan Benoit won the inaugural women's Olympic marathon at the Los Angeles Games. The Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, though, has always had a strong presence of women's runners. While Maggi and fellow LaGrange 100-Mile Club member Bob Rother were considered among the founders of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, a group of local women fondly called themselves the ``Founding Mothers" of the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club.

The four women who were among the pioneers of women's rurminglocallyincludedLindaStow,MaryPhillips,KathyDean and Cathy Upson. Margarete Deckert and her husband Fred Deckert were also among the first members of the Mid-Hudson club. During the late 1970s and 1980s, Margarete Deckert was ranked nationally in her various age groups in distance races.

The Deckerts moved to Tallahassee, Florida, more than a decade ago,buttheirtiestothelocalrurLningcommunityremainstrong.

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Fred Deckert remembered the formative years of the club in a 1990 Pongfekeepsz.e Jo#7`77¢Z article. ``There were no other groups

close by," he said. ``We felt like there was a hole to fill."

Of the original ``Founding Mothers," Stow and Phillips are still active in day-to-day club activities. Both remain avid runners and both direct current road races that the club hosts.

Stow remembered how she and her fellow novice women runners were instrumental in getting the ball rolling in their rurming careers, which have now spanned four decades. The Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club was an integral part in that earlydevelopment,Stowsaid.``W.ehadalljuststartedrunning," she said, ``and we had questions. At that point, we hadn't even thought about racing. " These days, racing is the comerstone of the club's activities.

Participation in races now for children, men and women is commonplace. What has become a challenge for the club over the years - as the numbers of participants has ballooned -is the management of race logistics. Former Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club president and Dutchess County Classic race director IIvin Miller of LaGrange realizes the importance of the people doing all the work behind the scene. ``The race directors," he said, ``are the root of this club."

Miller,aformerIBMemployee,wasalsoinstrumentalinthe publicity of club races by coming up with a computer program to score races. As the numbers in club races continued to swell during the 1980s and 1990s -the Dutchess County Classic field reached more than 1,000 runners during this era - Miller's technological breakthroughs made the once daunting task of managing a busy finish line as easy as pushing a button on a computer keyboard. His expertise in this area also enabled complete results of all runners in all races to be published in a timelymannereachThursdayinthePongJzkecpsz.cJo#7'77¢1Players

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The Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club offers road, track and trail races in Dutchess County during all four seasons of the year.Followingisacompleterundownoftheclub'sevents,with the event history and description.

Recover From The Holidays 50-kilometer run: This unique eventbeganinl996asthebrainchildofformerDutchesscounty Classic race director Charlie Sprauer. What makes this race specialisthatthereisnoentryfeeforrurmers.Itisalsotheclub's longest race on the calendar - 50 kilometers equals a little more than 31 miles. The course consists of repeated, out-and-back 5-kilometer loops at Norrie State Park in Staatsburg. The loop is completed 10 times and consists of two steep, uphill climbs in eachloop.Runnersareencouragedtocompleteasmanyloopsas they can, with official finishers reported for those who complete all 10 loops. The race is held armually in early January.

Winter Run (Super Bowl Sunday race): This 5-mile race in the Town of LaGrange was started by Joe Maggi in the mid-1970s. It became a fixed presence on the race calendar each year on Super Bowl Sunday, and is altemately known as the Winter Run and the Super Bowl Sunday run. The course is flat and is frequently used as training by Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club members. The race starts and finishes at LaGrange Town Hall on Stringham Road.

Ed Erichson Memorial Race: This race honors the memory of one of the club's founding members who died in an automobile crash nearly 20 years ago. The 5- and 10-mile races start and finish at LaGrange Town Hall. Proceeds of the race go toward a scholarship fund in Erichson's name. The original ErichsonrunwasheldfromDutchesscommunitycollegeinthe Town of Poughkeepsie and consisted of 15-kilometer and 5-kilometer races.

Run for Disability Awareness: This race was founded in 2001 and immediately drew a big field of rurmers and walkers for its inaugural effort. The course runs along Skidmore Road in

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the Town of LaGrange and starts and finishes at Freedom Park in LaGrange. Proceeds from the race benefit six not-for-profit organizations in the region.

MCDonald/Crusie Memorial Races: The Joseph MCDonald andBillCrusieMemorialRacescelebratedtheir25thrurmingin June of 2002. Race director Pete Sanfilippo, a lifelong

Wappingers Falls resident, has organized the run from its inception. The races honor MCDonald and Crusie, both lifelong Wappingers Falls residents who died in action in the Vietnam War. The races start and finish at Mesier Park in the heart of the villageofWappingersFalls.Thecoursesrunthroughthevillage, townofWappingerandpartsofthetownofPoughkeepsie. The Mid-Hudson Road Rurmers Club's annual picnic follows the race and a festive, patriotic atmosphere always pervades this event. `

Summer Twilight Track series: The series was founded by Joe Maggi and is now in its 32nd year. The four-week event is held each Friday evening in July at the Arlington High School track. Meet directors RIch and Marisa Hanson, both champion runners in high school, college, and on the roads, got their start in the sport at this series. Races are held for children and adults, but it is the children's events that usually take center stage.

Children from toddler age up to the teenage years participate in various track events, introducing them to the sport of rurming.

All children receive finisher's ribbons regardless of their finishingplace.Foradults,theseriesenablesformerhighschoo1 and college track athletes a chance to return to their former Sport.

Sports Museum of Dutchess County Hall of Fame Races: A new event on the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club's calendar, this race was held for the first time in August of 2002.

MCDonald/Crusie and Holiday Run race director Pete SanfilippocreatedthisraceasawaytoraisefundsfortheSports Museum's Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 2001. This unique event requires runners to complete two races in the same ®

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moming - a 4-kilometer run and a 1,500-meter run. Runners' combined times in both races are tabulated to determine overall and age group wirmers.

Dutchess County Classic: The premier club race consists of a 5-kilometer run, a half marathon and a full marathon. The September 2002 edition is the 24th running. More detail about the history of this race is discussed in Part 3 of this article.

Schlathaus Park 5K: Founding club member Linda Stow directs this low-key race in early October during the peak of pumpkin picking time. All children in the kid's races receive a pumpkin from Meadowbrook Farm in Wappinger, where the race is held. The 5K race usually has a small and friendly atmosphere, with pumpkins and apple cider after the race for adults and children.

Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Run: This race is run as a coordinated effort between the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club and the Newburgh YMCA Rimners. The point-to-point course begins in the city of Newburgh, crosses the bridge and finishesatwaterfrontparkinthecityofBeacon.Itisafastcourse featuring a downhill final mile. This race traditionally draws a large field of runners looking for personal-record times for the 5-mile distance.

Billy Goat Run: This trail race is held each October at James Baird State Park in LaGrange. Race directors Wayne MCDaniel and Nick Lamando, two of the more accomplished local marathon runners in the Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club, are also avid trail runners and wanted to host a trail race on the rugged, off-road courses at Baird. MCDaniel and Lamando mark the course very well so runners will not get lost in the woods.

The race offers a welcome respite from the usual pounding of road races.

Turkey Trot: As detailed in Part 1 of this article, the current Turkey Trot consists of a 25-kilometer run, 5-mile run, 2-mile

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run and 1-mile run. It is held each year on Thanksgiving moming from Arlington High School in Freedom Plains.

KnightsofColumbusHolidayRun:Enteringits24thyearin 2002, the Pete Sanfilippo-directed event is among the most popular regional races each December. The 5-mile course starts and finishes at the Knights of Columbus Hall in the village of Wappingers Falls. There is also a 1-Inile fiin. run. The post-race festivities are tinged with a festive, holiday atmosphere.

Runners and their families linger at the Knights of Columbus Hall long after the event is over to share camaraderie and holiday cheer.

Part 3: History of the Dutchess County Classic road race The Dutchess County Classic road race is held each September from the Town of Wappinger Recreation Area. The race entered its 24th year in 2002 and has undergone several changes and improvements during that time.

The origins of the race can be traced to an event simply called the Dutchess County Marathon. That race, the standard 26.2-mile marathon distance, was held on September 23, 1979 and consisted of multiple loops starting and finishing at Freedom Park in LaGrange. There were 62 runners in that inaugural race. The winners were Paul Fetscher of New York City in 2:38:42 and Margarete Deckert, then of LaGrangeville, in 3:22:04. The race remained in LaGrange for its first four years beforeracedirectorPeteSanfilippodecidedonaradicalchange.

h 1983, as Dutchess County was in the process of its Tricentennial celebration, Sanfilippo came up with the idea of the making the marathon a true, county-wide event. IIis ambitious new course layout included a start and finish in the City of Poughkeepsie on the Main Mall. Much of the race was run on Route 9 between Fishkill and Poughkeepsie on the ``01d Kings Highway," which was created in 1703. The course also went through the Red Oaks Mill section of the town of

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Poughkeepsie. Although Sanfilippo vigorously promoted the race, only 120 runners entered that year.

Sanfilippo did not sulk after this disappointing effort, though. For the 1984 race, he and race officials moved the course toitscurrentlayout,withthestartandfinishatVanWyckJunior High School in the East Fishkill hamlet of Fishkill Plains.

Sanfilippo also added a half marathon to the event, dubbing it ``TheBetterHalfMarathon."Thisprovedtobeawisedecisionas

more than 300 runners completed the half marathon and set the tone for the Dutchess County Classic to attract more runners to the roads of the county each September. The new course and the addition of the race seemed to be exactly what the event needed to infuse the event with new life. Here is what Pongfekeepsz.e Jo#r77¢Z sports columnist Paul Hurley wrote about the new course layout after the 1984 race:

``The Dutchess County Marathon was run over a new

course this year, and perhaps the marathon has found a home .... The area of the course is interesting, showing off some of Dutchess County's prettiest countryside without going too far afield. Its central location makes it convenient. There seems to be few

other places in the county with the same combination of safety, convenience and charm. Keeping the course in the same place will help give the event a tradition and standardize records and results. The Mid-Hudson Road Rurmers Club should plan on holding it there every year."

Although the start/finish area moved from Van Wyck to the Wappinger Recreation Area in 1986, the half marathon/marathon course layout has remained the same since Sanfilippo moved the race in 1984. The course runs through the towns of Wappinger, East Fishkill and LaGrange. The course is 13.1 miles, with half marathon runners completing one loop and marathon runners completing two loops. The course profile features several hills, but no climbs that are overly strenuous.

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The course is generally considered a ``rolling" and ``fair" course with an amenable mix of hills and flat portions.

Also during the 1986 event, a 5-kilometer race was added to the mix. With the addition of the 5K, the race field swelled to beyond 500 and grew with each successive year. Under the direction of Charlie Sprauer of Pleasant Valley, the race entry field saw its numbers creep over the 1,000-runner mark.

Sprauer's expertise in traffic control and his meticulous attention to every race detail made the Dutchess County Classic a ``runner-friendly" race, and the word spread to New York City, where cars filled with city runners made their way north to enjoy the pastoral scenery in Dutchess County.

Duringthepastfiveyears,theDutchesscountyclassicrace field has leveled off in the 700-800-runner range. With the increased development in the southern Dutchess County towns through which the race runs, safety of the entrants has become a concern as the once bucolic race scenery has slowly disappeared with new real estate and commercial development along the course. As a result of this, increased traffic flow along the course has caused the Mid-Hudson Road Rulmers Club to consider other possible venues for the race.

Subtle changes by race officials - including an early starting time, closing 6f Robinson Lane during race day, and heightened traffic control on the busier roads - have made the Dutchess County Classic adapt and thrive as its surroundings continue to change.

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The Bicycle In and Around Poughkeepsie Greg Hancock

GregHancockgrewapinpougivkeapsieandspentmanydaysridingin thearea,especiallywi±htheMjd-HudsonBicycteclub.Anavidcyctist, he has worked as a mechanic for antique bicycle cottectors and bicycle shops for over 10 years. By restoring and riding many types Of vintage and antique bicycles he has galmed a sense of bicycle history. Hancock currently resides in Albany, working as the principal cabinetmcker/conservatorfor]ohaHancock&Son,prinardyinrooived with furniture restoration and replication Of period nil,twork. His talent as a mechanic is used to sapport various local racers, especially the professional Mid-Atlantic Velo team.

Bicycles in Poughkeepsie, as elsewhere in America, developed in'many forms. The early ``velocipede," with wooden wheels and spokes, iron frame and tires, was quick to draw interest and quick to lose it. December of 1868 began the peak of its popularity and May of 1869 ended it. In New York City, 1868, a velocipede might cost as much as $125, a year's salary for a skilled worker. By May of 1869 the price was $12 for the same product. The market for these novelty bicycles was small, given their price and practicality. Each velocipede was built individually by a blacksmith or carriage maker. The desire for a fast, maneuverable bicycle brought about the ``Ordinary" or ``Highwheel" with its large front wheel, curving frame and

small rear wheel. More modem materials and methods, i.e., steel and mass production in bicycle factories meant cost reductions.

The practicality of riding such a cycle was increased tremendously as riding distances of over 100 miles were frequently recorded. There was the danger of falling off the bicycle in an uncontrolled fashion. The risk of serious injury was considerable, what with the quality and condition of dirt roads leading from one community to another and obstacles such as livestock. This style of bicycle became very popular in 1878. The danger of crashing opened the door for inventors to design safety versions of the Ordinary, putting the large wheel in the

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rearandsmallwheelinfront,therebyreducingtheriskoffalling forward. As the quality of steel increased, the ability to make lightweight, strong chains brought about the further developmentofthemodem``Safety"bicyclewithtwoequal-size wheels.

The continued refinement of metals suited to the requirements of cycling and better manufacturing processes continued to reduce the cost of a bicycle. It was common to see used bicycles in stores as well as advertised in newspapers. A new bicycle in 1895 could be purchased for $50 - $100, with weights of 14% pounds to 26 pounds, respectively, and many more people could afford a bicycle. The newer design was able toaccommodatemoreeasilythepattemsthatallowedwomento ride in dresses, greatly expanding the market on another front.

Previously, the only women who rode bicycles were ridiculed for their clothing, as they had to wear unfashionable tights and ride a bicycle designed for men. Ladies' bicycles and their accompanying clothing were heartily embraced in Poughkeepsie, a city used to educated, independent women, thanks to Matthew Vassar and his college.

A few Poughkeepsie business concerns not only sold and repaired bicycles and velocipedes, but also designed and built them. The earliest was William Van Anden, who produced the ``Dexter" in 1869.

``William Van Anden, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was granted Patent 88,238 on 23 March 1869, covering an improvement in velocipedes. This improvement, well ahead of its time, consisted of a ratchet device or

free-wheeling unit in the hub of the front wheel that enables the rider's feet to remain motionless while the velocipede continues to move by momentum, as will a bicycle equipped with a coaster brake. Use of the device is optional, however, for the movement of a small plunger in the hub joins the pedal cranks fast to the axle, as in the conventional velocipede.

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This velocipede, built by Van Anden, contains the above feature. A notice in the Brookzy77 D¢z.Zy

£¢gze of 20 February 1869 describes the velocipede

and mentions that it had been on exhibition the previous week at Bumam's Velocipede School.

The frame and fork are of iron, and are supported by wooden wheels with staggered spokes and the usual iron tires. Diameter of the front wheel is 361/4 inches and of the rear wheel, 321/4 inches. Attached to the 41/2-inch cranks are spool-shaped cast iron pedals of particular design. The weight is 55 pounds.

The handlebars twist to actuate a linkage connected to a friction brake operating against the rear tire.

A pierced cast iron saddle is mounted on leather straps attached to curved iron supports in the center of the frame.

Finished in red with cream striping, this velocipede was restored in 1973 by Dale C. Price of Cambridge, Maryland, who duplicated the original finish. The several cast bronze fittings are highly polished."

The one example of the Van Anden Dexter velocipede described above was held by the Smithsonian Institution and is now in the collection of the Bicycle Museum of America. The patent covered two items: the ratchet device in the hub and the pedal cranks. Other design features, like the rear brake and suspended and sprung saddle, were ideas in the public domain as earlier velocipede patents include identical features. The velocipedes were not the most comfortable or practical type of bicycle but they did open the door for many new ideas on building faster, lighter forms of bicycles. As the technology for the fabrication progressed so did the design of the bicycle.

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The next to manufacture bicycles in Poughkeepsie was Herman von der Linden, 48 and 52 Market Street in 1896. He sold bicycles in his store and was the first to sell Columbia bicycles from the Pope Manufacturing Company. In an 1894 S#77d¢y Co#7'z.er advertisement, von der Linden claimed to have

sold Columbia bicycles for 15 years, Hartford for 8 years, and Marvel (his own manufacture) for two years. The Marvel was pictured in some ads, and is of the modern ``safety" style with pneumatic tires. It is this pneumatic tire, of the Dunlop patent, that sparked the intense popularity of the bicycle both in Poughkeepsie and nationally. The availability of strong steel tubing and plate steel allowed for the rapid production of a machine that men and women alike could ride.

In 1895 the bicycle business of John VanBenschoten turned to manufacture its own ``Van 8 Special." VanBenschoten was one of the most notable figures in Poughkeepsie bicycling. His interest in the development of the safety bicycle took him to the manufacturers of the Lyndhurst bicycle to request custom modifications for sales to his customers. This modification was

to offer high, medium and low frames, which may not sound significant now but was an early example of mass-producing bicycles to fit anyone. The VanBenschoten showroom and manufactory were located at 15-21 and 14-16 Catherine Street, locations where he also sold electrical supplies and his brother, Elias, had a hardware store and was one of the first auto dealers in the country in 1900.

``Van 8," as he was often referred to in the papers, was also

an extremely accomplished rider and racer. His prowess at the sport would include his world record 1/4 mile of 29-2/5 seconds, set August 15, 1894 at the Poughkeepsie Driving Park; first place Poughkeepsie to Wappingers Falls and back on May 30, 1889; Dutchess County two-mile Champion, September 27, 1889; the 1890 Ordinary Champion (fastest time on a high wheel or ordinary bicycle); and a recorded 2,000 miles in 1897 with the Poughkeepsie Bicycle Club. As he was a great racer and public figure in the area, he sold bicycles, especially Lyndhurst, to

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many of his fellow riders and racers. In many ads he recounted the names of people to whom he'd sold bicycles and this served two functions. It allowed the names of prestigious bankers. lawyers, and policemen to be associated with his business and gave factual credibility to the figures and statements he boasted.

There was a great rivalry between von der Linden and Van Benschoten; their ads seemed to constantly try to ``one up" the other, both in size of advertisement and quality of business. In June 1894, ``Van 8" spoke of 244-pound Police Chief W.A.

Mccabe wirming at the Poughkeepsie Bicycle Tournament on a 22-pound Lyndhurst. That same year he sold sixty Lyndhurst bicycles and exchanged seven for new models. By May 1895 seventy new Lyndhurst bicycles were sold to customers in Poughkeepsie. The Wirmikee Riding Hall was available to customers for riding in the evening and was the area's largest riding hall. It was more like a large wooden-floored gymnasium thanabankedwoodentrackorVelodrome,anditgavefirst-time riders a place to practice away from the general public. This helpedtoputmanymoreadultsonbicycles,asthepresswasfull ofcomicanecdotesonhowfoolishsomelookedintheirattempts at learning to ride.

The boom time, from 1882 to 1896, was the height of the bicycle craze in America. It was a time when Poughkeepsie was expanding at a rapid rate and seemed to promote cycling more than many areas if viewed in a per capita sense. Ten or more businesses or agents selling bicycles, as well as two

manufacturers in the same town at the same time, is an exception to the norm. As Poughkeepsie developed in the 1880s it added 300/o more new streets, paving many with macadam, and contracted for miles of electric lights to replace gas streetlights. The quality of roads in the city was far superior to any metropolitan area of the time. While many organizations lobbied to state goverrments for good roads, Poughkeepsie had them. By the 1890s the practice of ``flooding" the streets every

morning to clean them was abolished by the new macadam pavement. This cleaning method was used primarily on cobble or brick streets and was not good for riding due to its being

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extremely slippery and, for cycles without fenders, quite a messy affair.

Before 1896 there were four clubs: the Poughkeepsie Bicycle

Club, the Ariel Wheel Club, the Century Wheel Club, and the Davey Crockett Bicycle Club. The largest and the one that lasted longest was the Poughkeepsie Bicycle Club (P.B.C.) with John VanBenschoten as its captain. h 1889 President W.H. Bullard served with Charles F. Cossum as New York's Fifth District Representatives to the League of American Wheelmen. Cossum was also the first vice President of the League in 1896-97. The P.B.C. had many League members and was an active, League-sanctioned club, meaning that the by-laws of the club met the League's approval and members of the club rode with respect and courtesy. This included not ``scorching," or riding so fast as to be out of control past horses or ladies; to always be ``presentable" when riding on or off the bicycle; to show that the activity of cycling was worthy of respect. This did not mean to say club members didn't ride fast as the race records of the annual P.B.C. Tournament at the Poughkeepsie Driving Park attest to that. These tournaments were sanctioned by the League as well, which meant the races and timekeeping were of high standard and honest. The watchful eye of the L.A.W. was there to keep professional riders from entering amateur competition, much like the Olympic Committee.

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The P.B.C. operated from its clubhouse on Mansion Square (the Davies or 8. Platt Carpenter house). It had 40 members in 1889 and was the largest club between New York and Albany.

Gracious social affairs were held at the house to welcome out-of-town racers during tournaments, complete with a banquet and brass band. This was a very active club with many rides planned for distances of 25 to 100 miles. There was a good association with other clubs in New York, as the tournaments drew the fastest riders from Brooklyn, New York City, Utica and other cities. The Driving Park, which was usually used for horse racing, catered to cyclists. The outside of the track was groomed for cyclists and open for riding every evening. In 1895, the peak year for this event, there was $800 worth of prizes. (An average

horse race at the same venue brought three times that amount in one race.) An approximate 2500 spectators showed up for this Labor Day race. Some notable times are the Mile Dutchess County Championship, 2:33; Quarter Mile Dash, 31 seconds; two-mile team Race, 5:25. These men were riding just below 30mph on a quarter mile cinder track, a fairly impressive feat for the time. For nearly a quarter-century the cycling and club eventsinPoughkeepsiewerehighlypopularandreceivedmuch press attention and great spectator attraction. The members of P.B.C. were of varied profession and by 1895 the club was not exclusively for the rich. Ten years later the Poughkeepsie Bicycle would dissolve as the others had by 1896.

Another function of the club, especially in conjunction with the League of American Wheelmen, was to lobby state and city governments for laws concerning cyclists. In the early introductionofbicyclesinAmerica,therewasnolegaldefinition of what a bicycle was or how it fit in with other vehicles. Since roads were built and maintained by individual municipalities in the state, each municipality controlled the rules that governed the use of its roads. In some areas a cyclist meeting a horse-drawn cart had to dismount and not come within 20 feet of horse or cart. Municipalities also differed in regulations about overtaking another vehicle. One law, which considered the cyclist a pedestrian, would have the overtaking cyclist pass on

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theright,whilethosewhichconsideredthecyclistavehicle,pass on the left. There was the all-important issue of the quality, condition and type of road to be used. Local clubs, in conjunction with the National League of American Wheelmen, successfully proposed that the state issue bonds to individual municipalities for the purpose of road construction and maintenance. The reason for state involvement was to facilitate commerce; if the roads were in good condition and paved to prevent ruts and wash-outs, farmers and merchants would be able to get their goods to market with less waste and delay, ultimatelybringingmoretaxablerevenuetothestate.NewYork was one of the first states to adopt this type of legislation in the late 1890s. Another small but important victory was a law that required railroads to carry cycles if accompanied by a rider. This meant cyclists were able to choose the best roads to ride on and to have a larger area from which to assemble group rides. Some Poughkeepsie Bicycle Club rides used another form of transport in conjunction with a ride, the Many Pozt7ezz. There were many

clubs on the Hudson River, from Albany to New York City, and theyjoinedeachotheronthewaytoafinaldestinationofBattery Park.ThereturntripuptheHudsonwasmadebynightsteamer; the P.B.C. more often used the M¢ny Pozuezz.

The next club to provide an extensive activity schedule and be involved in legislation was the Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club (M.H.B.C.) Formed in 1966 as a casual group to ride in the area,

Shay Morey from the Ski and Sport Shop told inquiring customers of bi-monthly Sunday rides. h 1967 the club had fifteen charter members with Don Sloan as chairman. They organized a program committee to schedule rides. The following year the club had officers: Frank Hildenbrand, President, Henry Zeuren, Vice President and Nancy Coddington, Secretary-Treasurer. A newsletter was published in 1970, which became the Pcd¢Zc7''s P#Zse. The first century ride of 100 miles in 1970 marked 100 years of riding and was very

successful, save for one inconvenience. The 17 riders had to hitch rides across the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge as cyclists were not allowed to cross. In 1972 club members began riding annually in

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large organized rides named GEAR that usually included rides of various length and difficulty, from 10 to 126 miles. Riders weresupportedwithfood,water,markedroutesandsometimes a ``sag wagon" to pick up exhausted riders unable to finish their rides due to exhaustion or mechanical failure. In 1974 the club hosted its first GEAR event at Marist College, directed by John Kirn. The club and the event were covered extensively in the press. The 1981 event held in New Paltz, organized by Pain and Fred Freed, drew 1700 cyclists.

Political activism in the club started in 1972 with Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Edward C. Schueler declaring May to be Bicycle Safety Month. He invited people to join him on a May 7th ride. Dr. Daniel Hannigan, a Dutchess County legislator and advocate of bicycle paths, joined the club. In May of 1973 the club helped to dedicate a % mile bicycle path on Wilbur Boulevard in Poughkeepsie. With the extensive press for GEAR in 1974, both the Mayor of Poughkeepsie and the Dutchess County Executive proclaimed the event ``GEAR Weekend."

The Poughkeepsie Town Board voted ``no" on a state-proposed bikeway along Route 9 from IBM Road to Poughkeepsie. This lost approval for the bikeway and upset the County Legislative Chairman, Dr. Daniel Hannigan. In protest, he regularly rode in the right lane of traffic, dramatizing both a need for the bikeway and press coverage on the subject. Led by Harmigan, the county legislature narrowly approved maintaining the Town of Poughkeepsie portion of the bikeway, but deliberation continued over liability issues. Ultimately, the state was involved in an agreement among all parties and final approvalwaspassed.Theendresultwasaraisedpaththatisnot as usable as a separate lane in the road but given the many difficulties in its creation the bike path's existence is a great success.

Other successful bikeways include the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge bikeway, opened by Orange and Dutchess County Executives Louis Heimbach and Lucille Pattison in May 1981. The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge was opened to cyclists with permits in 1990.

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From the early roots of cycling to the present day, Poughkeepsie has been a favorable place for the bicycle, its riding population, clubs and merchants. An amazing invention, the bicycle started as a toy for the rich. Developed for many specificneeds,ithasbeenacatalystforsocialchange,thefuelfor great sport and a means for connecting all who ride.

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A Hundred-Yard Dash Through Vassar's Athletics Traditions

By Elizabeth A. Daniels Elizabeth A. Danlels ('41) is Professor Emerita Of English at Vassar College and is currently the cottege historian. She is the author Of

severalbooks,mostrecedlywithMaryannBruno,Ofvassa;rcohege, in the Cottege History Series Of Arcadia Publishing, Inc.

The original prospectus of Vassar College in 1865 reflected the desire of Matthew Vassar to give a prominent place to physical education in the daily life of the College. When Vassar Collegewasfounded,highereducationwasbysomeconsidered to be deleterious to women's health, especially with reference to their role as bearers and nurturers of children. This most

outrageous theory held that since there was only a certain amount of energy available in the human system, the diversion of that energy to the brain in women jeopardized the supply in the reproductive system. Fortunately, Matthew Vassar, a forward-looking man, rejected this kind of contemporary gender prejudice and was determined to offset it at his college.

Between 1861 and 1865, Matthew Vassar and both Milo P. Jewett and John Raymond (the first and second presidents)

wrestled with the problem of how best to foster a high level of health and physical activity in the students. In line with his objectives, Vassar pursued ``the new gymnastics" developed by Dr. Dio Lewis, the proprietor of ``a family school for young ladies" in Lexington, Massachusetts, as well as the Boston Normal School for Physical Education. Vassar came to the conclusion that Lewis' program should be the basis of the physical education training at the College, and the trustees adopted it.

During its initial year, the College was obliged to use the twelve-foot-wide corridors of Main for indoor exercise as the Calisthenium and Riding Academy (Avery), the first 48

gymnasium in a women's college in the United States, was not completed until November, 1866. When the gym opened, twenty-minute structured exercise classes were held during the firstfourdaysoftheweek.UsingSwedishequipmentconsisting of ropes, pulleys, machines, and dumbbells, the ``new light gymnastics" were taught according to the prevailing Dio Lewis method.

Elizabeth Powell, an early physical education teacher at Vassar trained by Lewis, said that at first the work of the gymnasium was undone by the style of dress and tight corseting prevailing in raid-century. In due course, the freer clothing of successiveathleticcostumesbegantorelaxthedresscode.Helen Warner (class of 1868) wrote home on October 17, 1865, that she

and her friends wore their gym suits while climbing fences, as they went hunting for chestnuts in neighboring woods.

From 1865 to 1873, the Calisthenium served its original double function of teaching light gymnastics as well as horsemanship. By 1873, however, the horses were eating up the

budget and riding was eliminated. The riding ring and other parts of the Calisthenium, except the gym, were remodeled.

Meanwhile, the students were engaged in both formal and informal sports activities. Matthew Vassar himself designed the Athletic Circle to be the locale of outdoor recreation. Trees were planted around its barren circumference to protect the participants from inquiring eyes; riding trails and walks ringed it. Baseball was in vogue during the Civil War among the soldiers, and the Vassar students organized two baseball clubs right away: the Abenakis and the Laurels; by 1873, the names of the clubs had changed to the Sure Pops, the Daily Clippers, the Resolutes, and the Royals. After a few years, the sport dwindled as it was thought by some that it might be too rough.

Both student newspapers, the Tr4z7zscrz.pf and the Vczss¢7'z.¢774z,

reported in 1867 that boat club members competed in flat-bottomed boats called Dido, Wynona, Feather, Juanita,

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Verdant, Maid of the Mist, Undine, Lady of the Lake, Water Witch, and Aureole. One of the journalists judged boating, however, to be an ''idyllic fancy rather than a sport." Tennis arrived on campus in 1879 (the first game in America was introduced only in 1874), and during 1886 Adeline MCKinley (class of 1888) organized a tennis tournament in the Circle, giving gold medals to the winners. She also formed a greens committee to get the playing fields in orderly shape. Yet, in 1894 when Bryn Mawr challenged Vassar to a termis tournament, the faculty thought such an event ``unwise" and turned it down.

Thelocalesofphysicaleducationandsportsexpandedfrom building to building and increasingly to outdoor playing fields, as the College population grew between 1866 and 1900 to 1,000 students. Florence Cushing (class of 1874), who would become a trustee in 1887, stated at a meeting of Boston alumnae in 1883 that Vassar was losing its edge in physical education and might soon be surpassed by its peers. This was a challenge to the alumnae, who in 1884 decided to give Vassar a better and larger gym. By 1889, the money had been raised.

The appropriate site was selected - near enough to the powerplantsothatitcouldbeheated,farenoughremovedfrom the observatory so that the view from the dome would not be impaired, close enough to Main so that students could go to and fro quickly, but far enough away so that they would remember to put on overclothing to walk there and not risk getting chilled.

In 1890, the Alumnae Gym (Fly) was completed. The new gym hada47'by27'marbleswimmingtankgivenbythe``goodtimes trustee" Frederick Ferris Thompson. For swimming, students wore long black stockings and heavy cotton suits, which they driedovertherailingsbetweensessions.TheAlumnaeGymalso had large exercise spaces and courts, as well as 40 dressing rooms, 25 ``needle baths" (showers), and 3 water closets.

The students, supported by the physical education faculty, took the initiative to build the sports program. They invested theirownmoneyinequipmentandcostumesforsports.By1895,

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they had formed several new clubs and teams, such as golf and tennis, and were eager to organize themselves into an athletic organization.

Harriet Ballintine, head of the physical education department in 1891, encouraged the students to form their association and on November 9,1895 aided them in the first field day in America. Shielded by trees, with no men present except classics Professor J. Leverett Moore, referee, the students competed in a 100- and 200-yard dash, the running broad jump, and the rurming jump. Basketball, a game newly created in 1891 at the Springfield Training College in Massachusetts, was played between classes in the Circle in the afternoon. On November 11,1895 the Pongfekecpsz.e E¢gzc reported: ``Miss Baker

of '97 won the running broad jump. She fell and sprained her thumb. Quickly cared for by Dr. Thelberg, who stood by with bandages and arnica, she had the only accident of the day ....

One girl entered in the broad jump personally cut down her water supply to a half-pint per diem."

Vassar College 1902 basketball team.

Special Collections, Vassar College Libraries

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Field Day, from the 1912 Yearbook.

Sp ecial Collections, Vassar College Libraries

Students wrote to their brothers on athletic teams at the men's colleges for other suggestions for training. None of the jumpers had ever received even the most elementary instructions in how to jump. Photographs of the event show the uniform of the day, bloomers and shirts.

During this unprecedented period of athletic explosion, a well-known English athlete, Constance Applebee, introduced field hockey in her purposeful week's visit to the campus. Her leadership was subsequently continued by Elizabeth Richey, a Hall of Fame hockey player, who in the mid-twentieth century led the team in the Seven Sister competitions. Other team sports, such as lacrosse and fencing, also prospered. Competition, however, was limited to intramural events between classes, clubs and houses.

Henry Noble Maccracken's arrival on campus in 1915 strengthened the athletic ambiance even more, for he was a concerned athlete, organizer of a team of Indian Club competitors at New York University as an undergraduate and a 52

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gifted tennis player. He reinforced the idea that physical education with its benefits should be incorporated directly into the lives of all students by integrating it as a separate discipline into the liberal arts curriculum in 1923. He also initiated the swimming test as a formal degree requirement in 1918.

By 1933, Professor Harriet Ballintine had retired and Alice Belding became chairperson of the department; she and Maccracken proposed a new gym. Kenyon Hall was opened in 1933, providing a range of individualized opportunities, as well as commodious space for 1,200 students. During Maccracken's administration, outdoor facilities were also enlarged, with the addition and replacement of clay tennis courts, two new playing fields, and a nine-hole golf course on the newly purchased Wing farm.

After Maccracken's retirement in 1946, Sarah Gibson Blanding, who started her professional life as a physical education teacher, together with Alfreda Mosscrop, professor of physical education, continued the athletic policies laid down by Maccracken.Vassarwasinaretrenchmentphase,however,and athletics were lower among student priorities.

During the presidency of Alan Simpson (1964-77), Vassar College enlarged the facilities to meet the needs of men and women as it adopted coeducation in 1968. Kenyon was modified

and space and equipment were added, but it was still bulging at the seams. In 1974 the college developed a two-acre plot adjacent to the Town Houses and Vassar Lake as the principal outdoor field space. Walker Field House, Vassar's fourth gym, was completed in 1982, and more recently the new nearby Athletic Center has enabled the college to offer a wide and diversified fitness program to the whole college community, as well as adding enlarged facilities for undergraduate recreation and games.

Currently the college has 23 varsity programs, and men and women students compete in National College Athletic

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Association tournaments and various other college tournaments and leagues.

Without question, the athletics program has remained an integral part of Vassar's educational mission. Throughout the College's distinguished history, college leaders have worked to create an environment that encourages regular physical fitness as part of the daily routine of the campus community.

This article is a modified reprint Of an article in PrirrLZL:ry Sources, A

Newsletter for Alumnae/i, Parents, and Friends, A#f#77z7£,1995.

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Soccer in Dutchess County

By Nan Fogel

Nan Fogel frequently wri,tes articles for the DCHS Year Bocks. She is on the publications committee and writes the Society's newsletter.

Wtltian E. Holland, a former Dutchess Commundy Cotlege coach, now retired and living in Florida, provided the information for this article.

A Pongfekeez7sz.e Joz47'7z¢Z article on October 1, 1981 reported

the following: ``Hundreds of youngsters from ages 6 to 19 are playing soccer and some clubs are being petitioned to lower the age to four." They called this phenomenon the county's soccer boom, and credited Bill Holland for its success.

Holland came to Dutchess Community College in 1963 as a coach and formed a soccer team there two years later. Both Marist and Bard Coueges were also fielding teams at the time.

DCC won its first conference championship in 1969 and that same year Holland began a summer soccer league of 60 to 70 boys. He knew some children aren't suited for Little League baseball, and Holland felt every child should have an opportunity to play and enjoy a sport. In 1970 he started the first youth soccer program in Dutchess County, begirming with four midget division teams (age 8 to 11) and four senior division teams (age 16 to 19), a total of 110 boys. Although it was called the Town of Poughkeepsie Soccer League, it was open to all county residents. Within three years new age divisions were added and registration jumped to 450. In the begirming it was strictly an intramural league with no travel teams or high competition. Soon other towns followed. LaGrange, East Fishkill, Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Beekman, Pawling and the City of Poughkeepsie all had soccer clubs in the 1970's and many of the towns developed large playing areas. Holland also started the Taconic Conference Summer League in 1977 for college-age soccer players home for the summer.

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Shortly after the towns formed their own leagues they created travel teams of selected players who competed with teams outside their townships. Eventually this led to the organizing of a countywide league. The soccer program expanded to become the East Hudson Youth Program, which includes Westchester County. Many towns continue to run both intramural as well as travel teams.

Soccer has a long tradition in some parts of the world. There is a greater emphasis now on international competition. The growth of the sport in Dutchess County, as well as in other parts of the country, has been nothing short of amazing. This may be due to an increased interest in sports in general, but also to the many opportunities local soccer programs offered for all to play.

Holland thinks the early exposure of county youth to the game increased their skill level and is the reason for the huge success of some local school programs and to Arlington High School becoming New York State Champions in 1999. The John Jay High School team was undefeated in 25 games and won the state championship in 2000 and finished second in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll. Over the years the county has produced many All-American college players and several have gone on to professional and international levels. Dutchess County is now considered one of

the hotbeds of talent and many of our local players have received college scholarships.

Dario Brose, Gary Montalto and Chris Szanto were the last inductees to the Dutchess County Soccer Hall of Fame in 1994.

This group has been inactive in recent years but Holland hopes it will be revived because he feels there have been many deserving players since then who should be recognized.

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S°Ccfi:nG::iicahne±SasccL:£nty: By |oha |orgensen John I. ]orgensen, a native Of Derrmark, has been an active member Of the Germania Blue and W-hate Soccer Club since 1961. He has

participated in the Club as both a player and a coach, and has served on the Club's Board Of Directors. He also coached for the Town Of Pouglckeapsie Soccer Club, Vassar Cottege, Pouglckeepsie and R:hinebeck mgh Schools and the Hudson Valley Region Eiapire State Men's Soccer Team. He is active in the USSF coaching program and takes part in camps and ali:ndcs. This article was written in 2001.

A goal! The crowd shouts approval and shows its appreciation. The same scene is duplicated the world over for this is soccer, a sport played and watched by more people than any other game on earth.

The Germania Blue and White Soccer Club was organized in 1958 for the purpose of playing and to develop a soccer club for young men in the area. Some thought it would last a year or

Germania Soccer Club's first tean,1993. They were 2nd Division Chanpions Of the Cosmopolitan League.

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two at the most. Now in its 43rd year with over sixty members, it is still kicking. The Germania Club joined the Central New York Soccer League with teams from the Albany capital district and cities within an 80 mile radius. During the ten years the Club was part of the League they took second place twice and in 1967 won the Schaefer Cup in the League's Summer Tournament.

The Germania Society dedicated its own soccer field at the recreation area on DeGarmo Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie in 1967. That same year the Club was accepted into the German-American Soccer League of the New York City Metropolitan Area, a group of thirty-four clubs divided into three divisions. h addition, the League required member clubs to field a Reserve Team and it was with those players that the Club first found success, winning the 3rd division championship in 1974. Again in 1976 the Club became 3rd Division Champions and moved up the 2nd division. Two years later they were in the |St division.

The 53-year old German-American League changed its name in 1976 to become the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. At that time members were asked to drop ethnic references in their club names. Thus, the Germania Blue and White became the Poughkeepsie Blue and White Soccer Club. The League has since withdrawn that ruling and the Club is now known by both names, Germania and Poughkeepsie. The Germania- Club was admired for its hospitality and sportsmanship. In 1973,1975 and 1978, they received the least penalty points in their division. In 1979 they had the least penalty points in the entire league, thereby winning the Robert Tonn Fairness Cup Award.

After two years of playing in the first division, the retirement of some older players and a shortage of younger players and coaching staff resulted in a withdrawal from the League that stretched over ten years. During the 1980s the Club fielded a senior team in the Mid-Hudson Soccer League, a group of approximately ten teams in this area that competed during the summer months. The Poughkeepsie Club re-entered the

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Cosmopolitan League's 3rd division in 1990 and within three years were again competing in the first division. In 1998 they moved to the second division where they currently participate.

Soccer season runs from September to December and from March to late May. During the winter months practice and tournaments take place at various indoor facilities. The Club has had three successful trips to Europe and has hosted a number of visiting clubs from Europe. In 1976 a group of former Blue and White Club players, 35 years and older, formed the Germania Old Timers. The team played mainly scrimmage games and took several trips: to Boston, Montreal, St. Thomas and the Bahamas. One of the highlights was playing a game against the New York Cosmos. In the mid 1980s the Old Timers became the "Over 30" team and joined the Hudson Valley Adult Soccer League, winning the championship in 1988, 1996 and 1999. An ``Over 40" group made up of Old Timers and ``Masters" formed

Old Tiners Of the Hudson Valley, the over-30 league.

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in the mid-1990s. They practice weekly, play scrimmage games, and occasionally participate in tournaments.

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Golf in Dutchess County: 1884 to 2000 Researched by Rudy Zocchi, written by John Flanagan

Rudy Zocchi is an avid golfer and golf historian. He was inducted into the Dutchess County Goif Hall Of Fame for his documentation and research Of goif in the Coun±y. He transcribed the history vohames Of theHudsonRiverGoifAssoctationandcondnuestoapdateitsrecords.

AsaboardmemberofthewalterTravissociety,hehelpedtoupdatethe life and work Of goifer and goif course architect, Waiter Travis. |oha Flanagan is a journalist with a special interest in sports. He has also written about the Sports Museum Of Dutchess County in this issue.

From a small club built by a wealthy family and friends to a multi-million dollar links-type course opened in the Town of Union Vale in 2000, golf has played a major role in Dutchess County in the last century-plus. That role is destined to expand as a Jack Nicklaus-designed course and resort are in the works for the Town of Ameria and several courses have done major improvements to their facilities in recent years or have plans to do so.

Since 1884, when the Livingston family started the Edgewood Club in Tivoli, golf in Dutchess County has grown to encompass 13 public, five private and three semi-private courses. Eight others have disappeared from the scene over the years. With the popularity of the sport at an all-time high and with preservatiohists fighting to save open space, it seems inevitable that more courses will be on the drawing boards.

Public courses in Dutchess County and the years they opened include Beekman Country Club, Hopewell Junction (1964); College Hill Golf Course, Poughkeepsie (1933); Dinsmore Memorial Golf Course, Staatsburg (1894); Dogwood Knolls Golf Course, Hopewell Junction, (1930s); Dutcher Golf Course, Pawling (1888); Fishkill Golf Course, Fishkill (1990);

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Casperkill Country Club, Poughkeepsie, (1944); James Baird State Park, Freedom Plains (1948); Mccann Memorial Golf Course, Poughkeepsie, (1972); Island Green Country Club, Amenia (1992); Thomas Carvel Country Club, Pine Plains, (1962); Vassar Golf Course, Poughkeepsie, (1930); and Whispering Pines Golf Club, Poughkeepsie (1937).

Private courses are the Dutchess Golf and Country Club; Poughkeepsie (1897); Millbrook Golf and Tennis Club, Millbrook (1900); Quaker Hill Country Club, Pawling (1941); Southern Dutchess Country Club, Beacon (1902); and Edgewood Club, Tivoli (1884).

Semi-private courses are Red Hook Golf Course (1931); Harlem Valley Golf Course, Wingdale (1934); and The Links at Union Vale, North Clove (2000).

Courses no longer operating include Craig House Golf Course, Beacon (1915); Homestead Golf Course; Cardinal Farley Golf Course, Rhinecliff; Millbrook Inn Links, Millbrook (1894); Halcyon Hall Golf Links, Millbrook (1897); Whitehouse Knolls Golf Links, Poughkeepsie (1897); Lakeside Semi Country Golf Links(1937);andpawlingschoolGolfcourse,Pawling,(1920s).

There follows a look at the Clubs' histories.

Hdgewood (1884)

Dutchess County's oldest club, Edgewood was founded by the Livingston family and their friends as a social club, featuring tennis as well as golf. It was a formal Club where the nature of dressandeventheservingofteawereobservedandcritiquedby the members. Existing references to golf are few. One suggests the golf course was situated in a remote field and that holes disappeared as the land was sold. It was still in existence when a bookabouttheLivingstonfamilywaswritteninthemid-1980s.

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Dutclier Golf Course (1888)

The United States Golf Association has named this nine-hole course the oldest public golf course in the United States. According to a 1901 article, ``Pawling is to have golf links in order to accommodate the summer residents who like and demand the game. Mr. John 8. Dutcher has decided to make a course on 35 acres of his fine land. It will measure 2,535 yards and will be a nine-hole course. The ground is in excellent condition and will be first class the first season. It is Mr. Dutcher's choice meadow land."

Millbrook Inn Links (1894)

In 1890 the Millbrook Inn Company bought an old coffee mill factory and, after remodeling the buildings and making some additions, it opened to the public as the Millbrook Inn. Built along a railroad that ran north to the Berkshire Mountains and close to rail lines in Dover Plains and Poughkeepsie, it was meant to attract wealthy New York City clients to the country.

The nine-hole golf course covered 70 acres of rolling country with a picturesque view of the Catskill Mountains.

Halcyon Hall Golf Links, Millbrook (1897)

Halcyon Hall was a large hotel built in South Millbrook.

LiketheMillbrooklnn,theownershopedtoattractaffluentNew Yorkers. Its golf course was the one founded as the Millbrook Inn course. In addition to golf, Halcyon had trap shooting, billiards and pool, and polo games. In just a few years Halcyon Hallbecameagirls'schoolheadedbyMayFriendBennettandin later years became Bennett College.

Dinsmore Golf Course

The Dinsmore course was built in 1894 on property belonging to William 8. Dinsmore and Ogden Mills, both wealthy men. Invitations were issued to play on the nine-hole layout. Most of the credit for laying out the early course was given to architect Robert P. Huntington, the father of Mrs. Lytle Hull of Staatsburg. William 8. Dinsmore was her grandfather.

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formed the Staatsburg Golf Club, open to members and guests.

The project was not successful and the Hulls gave the course to N.Y. State's Taconic State Park Commission in 1951, with the understandingitwouldbekeptasapubliccourseandcalledthe Dinsmore Golf Course. The State added nine more holes.

Dutchess Golf and Country club (1897)

Dutchess Golf & Country Club, considered by many golfers the premier club in the county, got off to a quiet start in 1897 when promoters of a new golf club leased property off South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The first year the Club saw 50 members with a first initiation fee of $15 and annual dues of $10. The first nine holes were laid out by Mungo Park and the clubhouse fashioned from an old farmhouse. The first tournament was held on May 31, 1897. The course was redesigned in October 1921 by Horatio Nelson and expanded to 18holes.DutchessGolf&CountryClubhasoftenbeenthesiteof qualifying for the New York State Golf Association Men's Amateur Championship and several times has hosted the state tournament. The Club has had many outstanding players as members, including Raymond Billows, the only seven-time men's state champion and a three-time rurmer-up in the United States Golf Association men's championship.

Whitehouse linolls Golf Links (1897)

A nine-hole course, Whitehouse Knolls was built off South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie in 1897. It was designed by Willie Dunn. Little history of the course is known.

Millbrook Golf and Tennis club (1900)

The nine-hole Millbrook Golf Club was incorporated in 1900 by a group of wealthy local residents on 60 acres of leased land, most of it the old Millbrook Inn-Halcyon Hall golf course.

In 1902 the group bought the land, added more, and in 1903 a clubhousewasbuiltonthehighestpointwithscerricviewsofthe Catskills. Several holes were played over railroad tracks, sometimes delaying golfers as freight and passenger trains passed through. Tennis courts were added.

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The clubhouse burned in 1931 and was rebuilt. The club addedaswimmingpoolin1932,andin1935changeditsnameto the Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club. Today's course is still nine holes but a second set of tees with varying distances has been added for the second nine.

Southern Dutchess Country club (1902)

The nine-hole Southern Dutchess Club opened in April 1902 on the homestead of Capt. Arthur Dewindt. An old building was transformed into the clubhouse and included a bowling alley.

Craig House Golf Links (1915)

In 1915 Dr. J. Jonathan Slocum brought property south of Beacon and opened Craig House Hospital, named after a hospitalinEdinburgh,Scotland.Anine-holecoursebuiltforuse bypatientsandemployeeswasstillinuseuntilatleastthe1940s.

Pawling Golf club (1920s)

A group of Pawling residents formed a club in 1920 and purchased the 178-acre John Amold Farm a mile south of the village. A nine-hole course was planned but no history is available.

Vassar College Golf Course (1930)

During the early part of the 20th century Vassar's young women played golf as guests at Dutchess Golf & Country Club.

In 1923, it was proposed to build a course on the 117-acre Sunset Hill (Wing Farm) adjoining the Town of Poughkeepsie campus.

The farm had recently been purchased by the college. Vassar's course existed only on paper until construction finaHy began in 1929. The nine-hole course formally opened in October 1930 with a tournament.

Hopewell Golf Links, now Dogwood Knolls (1930s)

Thisnine-holelayoutnearHopewellJunctionopenedinthe 1930s.

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Hudson River State Hospital, now Whispering Pines (1937)

The nine-hole course on the state mental hospital grounds in the Town of Poughkeepsie opened in 1937 and was intended for use by patients and hospital employees. The course was operated that way until the 1970s-80s when, due to maintenance costs, the state allowed the Whispering Pines Golf Club to run the facility and offer memberships. With the state planning to sell the hospital and grounds the course's future is uncertain.

Quaker Hill Country club (1941)

Famed radio commentator and world traveler Lowell Thomas decided to build a nine-hole course on his estate on Quaker Hill, Pawling, in 1940. He hired architect Robert Trent Jones, who later designed some of the most famous courses in the world. Quaker Hill opened in June 1941 with an exhibition match featuring golf greats Jimmy Demaret and Patty Berg playing against Gene Sarazen and Helen Dettweiler. Demaret and Berg won by eight strokes. h June 1941, Quaker Hill Country Club was created when Thomas, who had been developing Quaker Hill properties, conveyed the 60.20-acre golf course property to the Club.

Red Hook Golf Club (1931)

Club formation began in 1926 when a group was formed and led by Thomas Jennings, owner of the Red Hook Hotel. The club put down a $500 deposit on the Shook Farm and construction began in 1930. Mungo Park designed the nine-hole course and it opened in May 1931. A second nine holes was added in 1996.

College Hill Golf Course (1933)

Poughkeepsie'sfirstmunicipalgolfcourseinitiallywasjust a few flags placed and holes dug on the rocky slopes of little King Street Park in the city's 7th Ward. In 1930, Superintendent of Parks Frank Berry armounced plans for a golf course on the property and in 1931 a group called the Polygon Club helped with the concept. Rough grading continued through 1932 under

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the direction of designer Horatio Nelson and the course opened September 9, 1933.

The College Hill course was later named the Alexander Caven Memorial Golf Course on College Hill in memory of the man who was mayor when the course was built. Today it is still better known as the College Hill Golf Course. Its operation was taken over by the Mccann Foundation, which made extensive improvements. It is regarded as one of the finest nine-hole courses in the Hudson Valley.

Harlem Valley Golf Course (1934)

The nine-hole course was built in 1934 on the grounds of Harlem Valley State Hospital in Wingdale for use by patients and employees. The course is only 2,764 yards but runs up and down steep hills and is regarded as one of the toughest tests in the area. A club has leased the course from the state and is currently operating it. The future is uncertain as the hospital property is on the market due to mental hospitals being closed by the state.

James Baird State Park Course (1948)

The state announced plans for a major park in the Town of LaGrange in 1939. It was to be built on 571 acres donated to the state by James Baird, a construction engineer known for building the Lincoln Memorial and Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library in Washington. An 18-hole golf course was to be included. Architect Robert Trent Jones was hired in 1941 to design it as the most modem public course in the state. World War 11 delayed construction and the course wasn't ready for playuntil1948.OnJune13thofthatyear,1egendaryprofessional Gene Sarazen and outstanding amateur Raymond Billows of Poughkeepsie took part in an opening-day exhibition match over the 6,615-yard layout.

Casperkill Country club (1944)

Casperkill, as it is known today, started out as a nine-hole course built in 1944 for IBM employees and their families. It was

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constructed on 123 acres off South Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie, just south of the main IBM plant, and was a country club with swimming pool, ball fields and other recreational activities. Robert Trent Jones was the course designer. A second nine holes opened in 1947. The layout has been redesigned several times since then.

With IBM downsizing worldwide in the 1990s, the country club was sold and is today operated by a private company. The golf course is regarded as one of the best in the Hudson Valley and is the scene of many tournaments.

Thomas Carvel Country club (1962)

Built on rolling, wooded hills in northern Dutchess County along the Taconic Parkway, the course was the brainstorm of ice cream mogul Thomas Carvel, an avid golfer and golf supporter.

The course was built in 1962 on an 850-acre property as an 18-hole championship layout of more than 7,000 yards. The design of the heavily manicured course was nationally recognized architect William Mitchell. In 1993, Golf Course Enterprise, Inc. took over operation of the course, which is the site of many outings and tournaments. In the 1970s, Carvel hosted and sponsored the Girl Talk Classic, the only Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament ever staged in the mid-Hudson area. It was won by Hall of Fame member Joarme Corner.

Beekman Country Club (1964)

BuiltalongtheTaconicStateParkwayinEastFishkill,thispublic facilityhas3nine-holecourses;thefirstoneopenedinthel960s.

Mccann Memorial Golf Course (1972)

Owned and operated by the City of Poughkeepsie, the 18-hole Mccann course was built in 1972 with money left for publicrecreationbyJamesJ.Mccann,aPoughkeepsiemerchant who left a multi-million dollar estate to the city. It is considered one of the best municipal courses in the country.

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Island Green Country Club (1992)

Island Green, formerly known as Segalla Country Club, was built by Amenia businessman John Segalla on scenic farmland in the Harlem Valley. The 6,617-yard course and restaurant opened in 1992. Several years later, Segalla sold the layout and it was renamed Island Green.

The Links at Union Vale (2000)

Take an avid group of golfers and raise $5 million to buy some rolling Dutchess farmland and you can create a Celtic links-stylecourse.That'swhatthelrishGolfAssociationdidand the result was a gorgeous course designed by Stephen Kay Golf CourseArchitectsofwestchestercounty.Thecourse,withwide fairways, pot-type sand traps and few trees, opened in 2000. It is open to the public during the week but weekends are reserved for members only.

Holes in One The first hole-in-one recorded in Dutchess County is believed to have been made in November 1897 at Dutchess CountyGolfLinks(nowDutchessGolf&CountryClub)byJohn Forman, the club's professional. Forman aced the 195-yard eighth hole using one of the old Gutta Percha balls. Many witnessed the event.

Thefirsthole-in-onebyablackgolferisbelievedtobeonein May 1937 by IIving ``Blootch" Willis, an employee of the Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club and a former caddie there. Willis used a seven-iron to ace the 137-yard seventh hole.

Raymond Billows, "The Cinderella Kid" Mention golf in Dutchess County and one name always comes up: Ray Billows. An amateur all his life, Billows forged a career of unequaled accomplishments.

Starting in the 1930s, Billows went on to win seven New YorkStateGolfAssociationchampionships.Hewasathree-time finalist in the United States Golf Association championship and

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was a member of several U.S. Walker Cup teams. He played in the Masters several times in Augusta, Georgia and made a hole-in-one in the Masters. During one Masters practice round he won $1 from the great Bobby Jones and kept the check in a frame for the rest of his life.

Ray Billows made his first major impression in 1935 at the age of 21. He had won several titles in Wisconsin before transferring to Poughkeepsie as an employee of Western Printing & Lithographing Company. He drove an old Model-T Ford to the swanky Winged Foot Club in Mamaroneck for the New York State Amateur Tournament. He had no money, so he slept under a willow tree on the course. A virtual unknown, he downed one opponent after another and in the finals defeated Jack Creavy 1-up in 37 holes. Billows' feat electrified state golf followers and he was tagged with the nickname ``The Cinderella Kid.„

Billows won dozens of statewide and national championships as well as ones in the Metropolitan New York area and in Dutchess County. He was known as much for his sportsmanship, friendliness and willingness to share his knowledge as for his prowess at golf. He died in 2000 but he and his feats will long be remembered by golf purists.

College Hill exhibition match, June 21,1937. From lef i, Ray Billows, Tom

Mccartky , Ralph Destef uno, Jimmy Peelor.

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poTuhgeh±ue:;°srieDE:ism:su€|:ub Natalie H. Davis Natalie H. Davis is a long tine member Of the Pouglckeepsie Termis Clubandanavidteanisplayer.ShewasoneOfthefirstmembersofthe ClubtoplaycompetitivelyontheVolvolocaltermistean,whichisnow sponsored by the United States Termis Associationfl=astern Spaperp Region. She served on the Board Of Directors Of the Pougivkeepsi€

Tennis Club from 1988 to 1994, acting as President during 1992 through January 1994. During her tenure as president, the _Histor_icpe Corlanittee was formed. Its purpose is to collect the artifects Of the Tennis Club and to preserve them for the future. Author's note: Much

OfthematerialforthisarticlewastakenfromBulLdir\:8aLTrErdifeonAC:hrorrohogy,byJudgeJohnR.Hetlman,andoneH:\mdred¥eiLrs Of FTistory,1890-T990, written by Baltus 8. Van Kleeck (the fast 50 years) and Marjorie Kol,oshi (the second 50 years).

In April 1890 a group of friends and neighbors who liked to play tennis and socialize organized the Poughkeepsie Tennis Club. Now over 112 years old, it is the 22nd oldest tennis club in the United States. It is a family-oriented, private club with an active junior program.

Officers of the Poughkeepsie Tennis Club were approached in 1960 about hosting the Junior Davis Cup tournament at the club. At that time the matches were envisioned as an international event that would include Canada and Mexico. ``Tennis clubs from Maine to Georgia vied for the finals," a July 7, 1960 Po#gJzkecpsz.c Nczu Yorker article stated, ``but the

Poughkeepsie Tennis Club won out." The first year, 1960, competitionwasbetweenCanadaandtheEasternSectionofthe U.S. Tennis Association. American and Canadian flags hung

over the club's north porch, and both national anthems were played before the first white tennis ball was hit on August 27, 1960. The matches were well received. T72e Pongfekeepsz.e Jo%r7c4zZ

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weekendwhenthePoughkeepsieTennisClubplayedhosttothe Junior Davis Cup tournament between the United States and Canada. Matches were excellent, the enthusiasm high and Eastern Lawn tennis officials were lavish in their praise of the efforts put forth by the club to make sure that all went right. It is hoped that the club will take up on an offer from ELTA officials to bring the matches back some time. For far too long, the sport hascriedoutforpromotion."TheUhitedStateswonsevenofthe nine singles matches and all of the doubles matches that year.

The following year, 1961, Canada was unable to host the series. With the help of the Captains of the Termis Association, it became a national U.S. tournament. hvitations were extended to all 16 tennis associations in the U.S. In 1962, a consolation tournament was introduced to allow first round losers to play additional rounds.

The USLTA at its armual meeting in March 1966 established a major tournament for players 21 years of age and under to be sanctioned on a national basis. Many cities sought to host this event but, with no difficulty, the Poughkeepsie Tennis Club secured the sanction for this tournament, along with assurances of approval for the next five years. It was listed in the USTA Yearbook as the Junior Davis Cup Sectional Team Championship with special tournament regulations. So the tradition begun in 1960 continued.

The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club was fortunate during those early years to have top umpires officiate. Jack Stahr, considered the dean of officials, led an outstanding group to Poughkeepsie each year and set high standards of officiating and court marmers. The audience was fortunate too in being able to see matches with some of the best players of the time, many of whom went on to have outstanding careers in tennis. Stan Smith, Bob Lutz, Brian Cheney, Tom Leonard, Tom Gorman, Mike Estep (who later became Martina Navratilova's coach), Sherwood Stewart, Rosco Tanner, Harold Solomon, Brian Gottfried, Dick Stockton, Tim Mayotte, a young and eager

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Jimmy Connors and many others, played in the Junior Davis Cup Championship tournaments.

Much of the success of the Junior Davis Cup was attributed to the atmosphere, hospitality and enthusiasm of many people.

From the beginning, club members hosted players and officials and provided transportation. They were guests of the club at an informal party on Friday evenings and a dinner dance on Saturdayevenings..Themagnitudeofclubmemberinvolvement in hosting the tournament every year for forty years can be seen in a listing of the event's committees: advertising, advisory, ball kids, housing, information, budget and finance, consolation, correspondence, dance, hospitality, grounds, prizes, programs, publicrelations,publicity,referee,tickets,trophiesandumpires.

The club and its members bore the entire expense of every tournament, usually at a deficit, until 1977. By that time it was apparent the event could not survive when financed mainly by club members, and for the first time the event had a sponsor.

From that point on, the club gratefully accepted the help of sponsors, large and small, to offset rising costs.

The first ball girls, led by Susan Byrnes and Jane Potter, assisted in 1970. Club members designed and sewed barmers for each section and hung them from the clubhouse ceiling each August. During the `70s a barmer was raised across Main and then Market Street. Jack Potter's drawing of ``The Great Serve" (seeillustration)wasusedasaposterformorethantwentyyears in Hudson Valley stores, banks and tennis clubs, and for several years on the cover of the Jr. Davis Cup program.

In 1984 the Eastern Tennis Association honored the Poughkeepsie Termis Club with a Distinguished Service Award for its outstanding contribution to tennis. Three long-time members, Peter Van Kleek, Herb Roig and John Heilman, were presented with plaques recognizing their participation in the Junior Davis Cup tournament from its begirmings.

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The tournament was a three-day event until 1988 when it was expanded to four days. The club had a policy of free admission to local juniors on Fridays during the tournament, and in 1968 began a free tennis clinic for boys and girls on Friday momings.FinalsweretapedforcableTV,startingin1982,andin 1992alocaltelevisionstationbegancoverageofthetournament.

From its inception the Junior Davis Cup was plagued by rain. Since the club has clay courts and only two indoor courts,

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organizers had to scramble to use other facilities in the Poughkeepsie area and they always responded to our needs.

The tournament was truly a co]rmuinity effort.

After forty years of bringing great termis and hospitality to thePoughkeepsiearea,theTermisClubcouldnolongerhostthis event. Other tournaments became available to the best young players and the club could not compete because of conflicts in scheduling. The Junior Davis Cup Sectional Team Championshiptournamentwasgreatwhileitlastedbut,1ikethe Poughkeepsie Regatta, it is now part of our history.

Interest in tennis has increased both nationally and locally over the past forty years. There are many more facilities in our area: public courts, high school and college teams, and several private tennis facilities. The Junior Davis Cup Tournaments surely played a part in stimulating this interest in Dutchess County.

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Two Centuries of Ice Yachting on the Hudson

By Brian Reid

Brian Reid is secretary Of the Hudson River Ice Yachi Club and a club member for the past 11 years. He owns several ice boats includr|g Wizzard, bui:lt in Newburgh in 1908, Cyclone, built in 1900 for Herman Livingston Rogers Of Hyde Parlc, and Flicker, built in Kingston in 1935. He is an elementary school teacher at Pouglckeepsie Day school.

For almost two hundred years, boats have been sailing the frozen Hudson River for sport and pleasure. Many of the wealthy Hudson River families, including the Roosevelts, Rogers, and Grinnells, sailed and raced large, elegant and very fast wooden ice yachts. The competition was keen, yet friendly.

The sport continues to this day with a club of dedicated sailors who have lovingly restored, maintained and continued to sail the antique ice yachts of yesteryear. The sport of ice yachting in this country developed in Poughkeepsie, and the level of racing, design and craftsmanship led to Poughkeepsie being, for a time, the undisputed center of ice boating in the world. The sport eventually spread to many other northern parts of the United States, and active clubs still exist today from the Great Lakes region to Maine. Locally, the Hudson RIver Ice Yacht Club bringsoutitsfleetwhenevertheweathergetscoldenoughtoget a solid 5 inches of ice on local waterways.

Poughkeepsie residents were reported to have been winter sailing on the Hudson River as early as 1812. Early sailors experimentedwithabox-shapedwoodenhullwithfourrunners and a spritsail. Over several decades this design developed into a sturdy boat with heavy wooden runnerplanks, a backbone, wooden siderails and three cast iron runners (skates). It was around the time of the Civil War, when many Hudson River families realized great wealth that ice boating really took off.

ThePoughkeepsielceYachtClubwasquiteactiveby1860.Fr¢77k Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper reported that th:ere were over 100

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yachts on the river as of 1866. Ice yacht clubs dotted the shores of

the Hudson from Newburgh to Albany. It was acknowledged that the handsomest and fastest boats were built and sailed in Poughkeepsie. (A comprehensive history of the Poughkeepsie club was compiled by Harry Briggs for the 1950 Dutchess County Historical Society Year Book.) Local papers like the Pongfekeez7sz.c E¢gze regularly covered the activities of the ice

yachtsmen. One article from February of 1866 reported on a sailing adventure from Poughkeepsie to Albany in which three Poughkeepsie yachts sailed the frozen Hudson RIver to Albany and back over the course of three days! Headlines screamed the latest racing and sailing news, conveying what must have been thrilling aftemoons on the river. The February 3, 1879 Pongfekeapsz.e £¢gze contained one such barmer headline to a long article covering a race: ``Thiilling Ice Yacht Race!

A Big Victory for Poughkeepsie!

Buckhout's new boat beating the crack yachts of the New

Hamburg Club - Terrific Speed - Ten Miles in Ten Minutes Striking an ice hummock two feet deep and clearing it with a bound -A contest that will long be remembered."

Keen competition among sailors from Poughkeepsie and many other clubs up and down the river led to continued refinements and grander yachts. The early designs of the 1860s led to the construction of bigger and faster yachts. The grandest yacht was constructed for John A. Roosevelt. Jcz.cJc, built by the renowned boat builder Jacob Buckhout of Poughkeepsie, measured 68'10" in length and carried 1070 square foot of sail. It

was the view at that time that the bigger the boat the faster the sailing. Racing was fierce and the sailors of the day regularly held competitions for silver cups, silver tillers, fur coats, silk pennants and, occasionally, money.

Jacob Buckhout, along with his son George, built many of the fastest yachts of the day, from 1860 right through into the 1920sintheirshopontheriverunderthePoughkeepsieRailroad

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Bridge. Both were accomplished sailors as well. They designed and built elegant craft for many of the moneyed residents of Poughkeepsieandthesurroundingtowns.Jacobbuiltyachtsfor JohnA.Roosevelt,andGeorgebuiltFranklinDelanoRoosevelt's boat H4zzuk, which can be seen at the FDR museum today.

Jacob also had a hand in building what was called ``The FinestlceYachtintheWorld"accordingtotheheadlineinaMay 1876 article in the Poc4gfekeepsz.c £¢gzc. W7zz#was commissioned

by Irving Grinnell of New Hamburg, and built of the finest materials available for display at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876. As reported ``. . .the frame was built by Jacob Buckhout of Poughkeepsie of clear white pine, the side pieces cased on the outside with black walnut relieved by gold bead. The deck is floored with very narrow alternate strips of spruce and red cedar. The bulkhead is of black wainut made with a beautiful and graceful sweep. The mast bench is of two arched pieces of ash, and a walnut truss runs the whole length of the top of the keelson, and runner plank is of white pine cut on a slight arch and fitted with oak chocks to receive skates .... Her name is ``W7zz:#" written upon the stern in fancy nickel plated letters,

while her figure head is a very handsome flying dragon with open wings, a long tail, a stretched-out neck, and covered with heavy scales, slightly gilded .... the whole of it superbly carved out of solid black walnut."

It was at the Centennial that many Americans first saw an iceboat. It has been written that some individuals took the idea and began building boats in many other parts of the country after that event. The Buckhouts reputation continued to grow and they built fine yachts for sailors in Long Island, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. W7zz# was discovered in the barns at the old Grirmell estate in New Hamburg and was restored by the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club. It is still sailed today by members of the club.

Continued tinkering to design speedier craft eventually led to smaller, faster and more stable boats. A landmark (icemark?)

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racetookplaceinFebruaryof1881whenCaptainHiramRelyea, of Athens, came down to Poughkeepsie and swept the competition in his new boat. His yacht, RoZ7e7`£ Scoff, which he

designed and built with Jacob Buckhout the previous summer, handily defeated the much larger Poughkeepsie yachts. His boatwashalfthesizeofZcz.cze,withabout499squarefootofsail.

Relyea and Buckhout had reduced the weight of the yacht by eliminating the heavy siderails, replacing them with wire side stays. He shortened the boom and reduced the size of the mainsail. Likewise the jib sail was reduced. Most importantly, they shifted the mast so that it was stepped several feet forward of the runner plank. This gave the boat better balance and it was less likely to spin out, as the larger boats with masts stepped directly over the runner plank, were likely to do. Almost immediately, the sailors of the local ice yacht clubs were rebuilding their boats on the "Scoff" design. Fortun.ately, one gorgeousexample-W7zz#-oftheearlierstylestillsailstoday.

IrvingGrinnellofNewHamburgwasanavidicesailorwho owned and sailed many yachts. It was Grirmell who initiated the grandest competition of all. A 30-foot silk permant, known

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as the ``Ice Challenge Pennant of America," became the sought after prize by ice yachtsmen for many years. The height of ice yachting from 1881 to 1910 or so was marked by challenges and racing for this much sought after symbol of supremacy on the ice. It was first raced for in 1881 and won by PJz¢77fo777 of the New

Hamburg Ice Yacht Club. News of this permant made its way to New Jersey and soon a serious rivalry between Hudson River clubs and sailors from the North Shrewsbury Ice Yacht and Boat Club, in Red Bank, was on. Time and again, the Shrewsbury club sent its big boats, Sc#d & Dre¢d77¢ngJzf, to try to snatch the

pennant. Time and again it was the Hudson River clubs that held the honor of fastest yachts in the world. Two boats from the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club (HRIYC), which was formed in 1885, won the permant most often. Jcz.cZc, redesigned on the ``Sco££" model and owned by John A. Roosevelt, won the title 4

times. J¢ck F7'osf, owned and sailed by Hyde Park's Archibald Rogers, claimed the pemant 5 times. Both boats and the permant survive today.

The original Ice Challenge Pennant of America was placed in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt library in Hyde Park. It is currently awaiting funding for a much needed restoration. Jcz.cze is on display at the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston. Members of the HRIYC lovingly restored /¢ck F7'osf in 1973 and they maintain and sail it to this day. The 50 foot long, 750 square foot of sail Jack Frosf last sailed on the Hudson RIver in 1994, thrilling onlookers and sailors alike.

The golden age of ice yachting began to decline after the first decade of the twentieth century. Aging members, years of no ice, and efforts to keep the Hudson River open for navigation doomed the Hudson River club. By the 1920s racing was minimal and fewer boats were seen on the ice. The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, which boasted the largest roster of members at the turn of the century, was all but folded. Boats were sold off, stored away in barns and, according to one story, burned by troops stationed in Hyde Park during World War 11.

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MidwestLuespecially around Madison, Wisconsin. New front steering boats became the rage. Lighter, faster and less expensive to build, design classes like the DN, Skeeter, Yankee, Arrow and others became the boats of choice for winter sailors.

Fortunately a hardy group of enthusiasts, led by Ray Ruge, of Comwall, resurrected the old stern steerers here in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Ruge had helped re-form the Hudson RIver Ice Yacht club in 1964.

After a 40-year hiatus of activity of the HRIYC, Ruge and others began hauling out the old boats and restoring ones that had fallen into disrepair. Ruge led the rebuilding of the old Rogers' boat Jack Frosf in 1973.

HRIYC club members are hoping to soon sail J4zck F7'osf for

another long sought-after prize. Gardner Van Nostrand of the Orange Lake Ice Yacht Club presented the ``Challenge Ice Yacht Cup of America," also known as the ``Van Nostrand Cup," in a deed of gift in 1889. The 12" high silver pitcher, designed by Tiffany's, was raced for in 1891 and won by Sc#d, of the Shrewsbury club. The trophy was long forgotten and never raced for again. It was Ruge, the iceboating authority and enthusiast, who tracked down the valuable cup in a safe deposit box in New Jersey. Enthusiasm built as news of the Van Nostrand Cup spread. Finally, in 1978, the Hudson River Club sent several boats down to Red Bank N.J. to sail on the Shrewsbury River. This time the Hudson River yachts did not prevail and the cup stayed with the Shrewsbury club. No other racing for the cup has occurred since then. Years of missed attempts and poor ice have stymied efforts to race for the cup.

Renewed interest and camaraderie between the two old rival clubs brings optimism that the 113-year-old cup will be raced for again. The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club will formally challenge the Shrewsbury club to race for the Van Nostrand Cup. Hopes for some good river or lake ice and a desire to make this happen are high. The sight of the biggest stern steerers of the two clubs sailing together would be a sight to see.

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While the focus of many clubs today is on racing, the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club is more intent on restoration and preservation of the old yachts, as well as sailing for pleasure.

There are close to 30 of the antique stern steerers still'` sailing today, Two of John Roosevelt's boats Vz.xe77 and K7'z.ss can be seen on local ice. Archie Rogers' J¢ck Frosf and A7'z.cJ have made

appearances as well. Wfez#and Vcr¢, boats from the 1870's sail regularly. Scoz4f, based at Orange Lake outside of Newburgh, is thelastboatfromtheregiontoholdthelceChallengePennantof America. It will likely sail for the Van Nostrand Cup as well.

Boats sail on the Hudson River when conditions allow. The winter of 1994 found over a dozen old yachts sailing on and off for 2 months. February of 2000 brought two great weekends of sailing on the Hudson River at Athens. Seven yachts (see photo, next page) lined up for friendly club races. More often we give rides to fascinated onlookers. The thrill of racing along over the frozen surface of the Hudson, inches off the ice, is an unforgettable experience. Area residents are drawn to the ice to see the antique vessels, and the scene of children, sleds, skaters

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and iceboats brings back the simpler times of yesteryear for an afternoon.

Club members look for ice where it is safe and accessible.

Tivoli South Bay in Barrytown; Orange Lake outside of Newburgh and Bantam Lake in Connecticut are the best sites to put out the old boats if the river is not ready.

For information on where the boats may be sailing see www.ulster.net/ ~mriceboat/welcome.html or call the author at 845-229-8683.

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Ice yachis Of the Hudson RI:ver Ice Yacht Club line up to race for the cl,ub perinant at Athens on the Hudson, January, 2001. Vintage yachis shown, left to right: M:any EHen, KI:.Tss,

Whiff, Sweet Marie, Vixen, Hound, Cyclone.

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Sports Museum of Dutchess County

By John Flanagan

Joha Flanagan is a lifelong residerit Of Dutchess County and is a graduate Of Millbrock High School and Dutchess Commundy Catlege.

From 1964 to 1976 he was Sports Editor at the Poughl<!eepsie TourrIAl. Since then he has been the paper's Copy Editor.

The Sports Museum of Dutchess County was founded in 1972,largely through the efforts of the late Charles R. Howroyd, a Hall of Fame member of the Dutchess County Men's Bowling Association and a well-known radio personality.

Howroyd brought together the top sports figures in the county - coaches, athletic directors, outstanding athletes, officers of groups, plus local and county government officials and the museum was on its way. Thirty years later, we're still here.

The board of directors, which can be a maximum of 22 members, generally meets monthly, more often if there is pressing business. All directors have been active in sports for at least 25 years and are well known in their communities. Among the groups represented on our board over the years are the Federation of Dutchess County Fish and Game Clubs, the Dutchess County men's and women's bowling associations, the Old Timers Baseball Association, men's and women's` slow-pitch and fast-pitch softball leagues, Deer Search Inc., Dutchess Divers and representatives from golf, termis, bicycling, archery, other sports and the media.

Directors, for example, have been a retired Dutchess County Family Court judge and district attorney, media representatives, coaches, managers, players, housewives, officers of other sports groups and sports enthusiasts. We have a broad base.

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From the museum's beginning people embraced the idea and were eager to donate memorabilia. Among the thousands of items given, some of which date to the late 1800s, are pictures, scrapbooks, trophies, medals and certificates, an 1800s Hudson River ice boat, a pipe belonging to Babe Ruth and one belonging to Ty Cobb, an Adirondack canoe, and vintage equipment such as gloves, bats, balls, skates, etc.

Activities have included a popular display of sports memorabilia every year at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds during fair week, displays at the Poughkeepsie Galleria and various community days, a two-month-long exhibition at the Clinton Historical Society in Clinton Comers, sponsorship of mile and 5-kilometer road races, and financial assistance to sporting groups and events. Under our charter we must spend a certainportionofourincomeeveryyearandsowegivegrantsto various sports groups and activities.

For 30 consecutive years the museum has conducted a dirmer, usually in October, to induct outstanding individuals into its Hall of Fame for their contributions to sports. The museum also has a summ.er luncheon to meet the inductees and their families. The Hall of Fame does not honor a person's ability or accomplishments on the field, only voluntary service to sports, such as managers, coaches, officers, organizers, field crews and team sponsors. Museuln funding to date has come from memberships, donations, fund-raisers and small grants.

A major goal for more than 20 years has been a permanent home. The board has looked at many buildings around the county and for various reasons has rejected sites because they were not affordable or feasible. Our Building Committee currently has several sites under consideration and the board feels the museum is close to obtaining a home.

With a permanent site, more donations of memorabilia shouldflowandallcanbepreseIvedanddisplayedforDutchess County residents.

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Samuel J. Kalloch

By Joan Kalloch Freese

Joan Kalloch Freese is the nd.die Of three danghiers Of Elizabeth and Sam Kalloch. She graduated from SUNY Potsdan and taughi in an elementary school in Westchester Courdy. After raising her children she returned to work as a social worker with the Department of Social Services, Westchester County. Now retired, she l,ives in Dutchess

7:fafedz pe; SAMUEL I. KALLOcH Coach rot 40 `}.cars ?t P{iuf hkeepsie High School a:asgBAi.-L BASKErBALL TR:;`crc GOLF TEh`h'ls

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To anyone involved in Dutchess County sports, the name SamuelKallochwasahouseholdwordfornearlyhalfacentury.

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At a time when elders were respectfully called Mr. or Mrs., he was always just Sam. In this brief title there was a combination of affection and admiration as well as respect.

Sam was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, one of five children, on January 31, 1899. He attended local schools and graduated from Springfield College in 1921 with an AB degree in physical education. While in college he earned several varsity letters and played on the All-Collegian Baseball Team of New England, which he liked to recall beat the New York Yankees and ``the Babe." He also played on the Hartford Eastern Pro Team. Sports was his passion.

In 1922 Sam came to Poughkeepsie, a young man of 23, as the Director of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, a staffofone,tocoachbaseball,football,basketball,track,golfand tennis. He also ran the summer playgrounds program for more than forty years. As his staff grew he was able to do what he liked best - coach varsity football, baseball and basketball.

Sam was 30 years old when he married Elizabeth Firm of Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1929. Soon there was a family of three daughters, all of whom became elementary school teachers. Betty Marie, our older sister, taught in Wappingers Falls until her early death at the age of 33 as a result of having rheumatic fever as a child. Barbara and I taught in Westchester County. My father was extremely fortunate in choosing my mother as his wife. As a small child I remember him enthusiastically discussing the latest team or most recent victory, or defeat, with her. She was the most supportive person in his life.

During his coaching career, Sam had a 72°/o victory record, with 1188 wins and 462 loses. This included 120 wirming seasons and 65 championships, more than one each year, with a grand slam in all sports in 1955-56.

The PongJzkeez7sz.e /o#r77¢Z

notedinaJune30,1965articlethathehadoneofthebestrecords in the nation in scholastic sports. He was listed in Wfeo's W7zo z.77

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the East, Who's Who in American Education a][rd Who's Who in American Sports.

Sam took pride in all his teams and a personal interest in each individual player. Joe Wallwork, a former student athlete at Poughkeepsie High School said of Sam:

``In my junior year I made the varsity and had my first experience with Sam and his Monday ``skull sessions" during 8th period. The man knew how to critique the previous week's game and prepare for the next one in a marmer that kept all of us both humble and proud at the same time .... Even when I played at West Point I never knew another coach who understood people and could motivate them like Sam could. At the same time, he reminded us that all sport is only a game to be enjoyed."

Another former student, Don Tangle, recalled that he and a few team members broke curfew one right before a game. They spottedSam'scarcomingdownthestreetandhid,suretheyhad not been seen. The next moming as they boarded the bus they heard Sam say, ``You, you and you - off the bus. You're not playing today because you broke curfew." It shocked the team to lose three major players needed to.win the game. Don remembered the lesson he learned from this experience - that although winning a game is important, obedience to rules is needed throughout your life.

Sam believed development of the mind was as important as development of the body and he stressed scholarship and further education. He often contacted scouts from various colleges to come and observe potential scholarship candidates.

Domenico Pacio spoke of the place Sam held in his life: ``Without Sam's influence I probably never would have played football or gone to college and enjoyed the life I have today.

Around my sophomore year Sam began to turn my interests toward college and trying to earn a football scholarship, which I

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did .... Sam Kalloch was more than just a coach. He was an

exemplary person with the highest standards for life that he passed on to many students. He holds a special place in my life even today."

Sam continued his own education over the years, doing graduate work at Columbia, Northeastern, Holy Cross, Colgate and the University of Connecticut. He wrote articles for Sporfs Magazine, Kndghis Of Columbus Magazine, Ca:tholic Digest , and +ha New York State Education Dapartment Bulletin.

My father was active in more organizations than I can list, many of them education and sports related groups, such as the Hudson Valley Basketball Officials (President), Poughkeepsie Golf Commission, YMCA Baseball Hall of Fame, and the National Education Association. From the time Sam arrived in Poughkeepsie he was involved in civic organizations. Among them were the Smith Housing Board, Knights of Columbus, the Rotary Club. During World War H he served as Secretary of the local Draft Board. After retiring in 1969, he remained active in many organizations and served as President of the Dutchess County Retired Teachers Association.

Sam was a natural storyteller and was in demand as a speaker. He had hundreds of stories about people and experiences and with his quick rfund and phenomenal memory he could call them up on a moment's notice. He was an avid reader, especially of history and biography, and although it sounds incongruous, he was somewhat accomf)1ished as a violinist. He loved music. He kept a daily joumal where he recorded each day's activities and weather. He kept records and mementos of everything, including pictures of every team and all the high school yearbooks, as well as trophies, citations and awards. These materials were all donated to Poughkeepsie` High School after his death.

Over the course of his career, Sam received awards and citations from numerous groups, among them the Dutchess

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County Hall of Fame, New York State Coaches Association, American Football Coaches Association, Marist College and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The DUSO League (Dutchess/Ulster/Sullivan/Orange Counties) named him Coach of the Year in baseball, football and basketball. The most memorable honor he received came after he retired when the Poughkeepsie High School football field was named after him.

On the day the field was dedicated, October 25, 1980, the

community turned out to share the day with him and my mother.

Sam was philosophical about having daughters. He once told my mother, ``Maybe God knew what he was doing when he gave us three girls. What would we have done if we'd had boys and they hated sports?" Eventually he was a grandfather to four, two boys and two girls, a role he enjoyed to the fullest. He was oriented toward family and friends and it was amazing how many people he kept in touch with, either by mail or phone or personal contact. A steady stream ofpeople drove by the Ferris Lane house and stopped to visit with him. He stayed in touch with his sisters and brothers and was very proud of being a descendant of early settlers. Whenever possible he atterided family reunions in Maine.

My father was devastated by my mother's death in January of 1984. He died the following November at my home in Westchester County. Both are still missed. Sam was 85 years old

at his death. He had had a wonderful life doing what he loved and was so greatly qiialified to do. As his daughter I can truly say he was the most kind, loving and supportive Dad it was possible to have. The PongJzkeepsz.c /o#7'77¢Z called him ``a legend"

and I believe that is true. Sam played an enduring role in the history of sports in Dutchess County. It is impossible to calculate his influence on the hundreds of young people who came to him through baseball, football and basketball.

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The Regatta: As I Remember Frank V. Mylod The fro.1o_wing piecf about the Pougivkeepsie Regatta is excerpted from

a_n_a_rt_i_cl_e.writ_tenpy.Frankv.Mylodfustprintedinvolune52Ofthe DFFSYeaLrBock(1967),titled``AslRemender."FrankMylodwas a life-long resident Of Pougivkeepsie who served at various tines as the Pres.idept, Lvic_e Pr_esident and Secretary Of the Historical Society and, a_t_!he t_imFe Of writing his remembran6e;, a Trustee. Mylod wtis also Historian Of the Cdy Of Pouglckeepsie.

Introduction A long and colorful history of rowing on the Hudson River existed long before the first Intercollegiate Boat Race in 1895.

Rowingcrewsrepresentingcitiesontheriverwerecompetingat least as far back as 1839 when a crew of Poughkeepsie oarsmen

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beat Robert Bache's Brooklyn crew. In 1840 a $300 purse race was won by the ``Dutchess" crew representing Poughkeepsie.

The Regatta was held every year from 1895 to 1948, with lapses during the two world wars (1917-1919 and 1941-1946).

The first intercollegiate boat race in 1895 had three crews: Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania. Eventually a total of eleven colleges would compete in the races: California, Columbia, Comell, M.I.T., Navy, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rutgers, Syracuse, Washington, and Wisconsin. Weather, water conditions,windandtideallplayedimportantrolesinwhatwas sometimescalledthegreatestrowingclassicintheUnitedStates.

After the Second World War problems arose over funding to keep boathouses in good repair and other expenses involved in hosting crews. The last year the Regatta was held in Poughkeepsiewas1948.ThereafteritmovedtoLakeOnandaga, near Syracuse, New York. Currently the Intercollegiate Regatta is held on the Cooper River in Camden County, New Jersey, with as many as 50 colleges and universities from across the country participating in the annual event. ``Intercollegiate Boat Race Day used to be an exciting day.

Crowds of people came to Poughkeepsie by all means of conveyance, mostly by train, steamboat or private motor boats and yachts. Some came by wagon and a few by automobile, which had not as yet become a universal mode of travel.

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``The dock front was a scene of great activity. The police

department generally imported a few New York City detectives to help spot known pickpockets. The ferry was crowded on every trip to the west shore, delivering the vast number of people headed that way to board the observation train or to find some vantage point on the hillsides where a good open view of the river could be had. ``Various questionable small craft appeared at the docks

taking advantage of the opportunity to make a few dollars from passengers over-eager to cross the river and willing to pay a good price.

``Everywhere on both sides of the river were the usual

hawkers peddling college pennants, buttons, colored oars, official programs and soda pop. ``The program consisted of three races - The Freshman (eight-oared) 2 miles; the Junior Varsity (eight-oared) 3 miles; and the Varsity (eight-oared) 4 miles. The races were held about an hour apart commencing about four o'clock or so, the time being set for the best advantage of the tide.

``Theobservationtrainwasmadeupofapproximatelysixty

flat cars upon which seats were erected- really a rolling grandstand-with a canvas cover over the top. There was a locomotive on each end of the train and official and press cars in about the center.

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``Passengers were taken aboard near the Highland station.

The train went to the starting line shortly before each race and commenced following the race from the moment the starting gun was heard. The speed of the train was supposed to keep the center cars about even with the race but the engineers were sometimesbelievedtohavegiveneachotheranadvantagepoint attimes.Thetrainwasthebestplacefromwhichtoviewtherace and tickets to the cars were sometimes very difficult to obtain, even when the price was as high as $5.50. ``Perhaps the next best observation point was on the

railroad bridge, from which a good view of the race and all the riveractivitieswasavailable.Telegraphicreportsoftheprogress of each race were received on the bridge. After each mile the leadingcrewwasreportedandaerialbombswereexploded.The number of bombs indicated the crew occupying that lane number on the course. At the end of the race the wirmer was similarly armounced. For years `Mike Bogo,' whose real name was Emanuel Bocchino, was the signalman. The college colors of the crews in the order of their finish were lowered from the bridge so all could sae. All boats blew their whistles making a tremendous din in honor of the winning crew. ``The great number of boats of every size and description

with their gala display of strings of flags and pennants, made a memorable spectacle. There were special excursion boats by the DayLine,SandyHooklineandothercompaniesfromNewYork for the event. They were generally very crowded. Then there were private yachts of various sizes from Vincent Astor's No7`77£o#7'fe¢Z down to little run-abouts. Whenever the crew from

Armapolis competed, the Navy would send a small flotilla. ``A11 river traffic for the day was regulated by the Coast

Guard, which had strict control over the movement of boats especially just before race time. On one occasion, the Day Line captain was cited for changing position and required to answer the charge at an inquiry session. All large vessels were kept east of the course and only rowboats and canoes allowed along the

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westshore.Thiswastopreventblockingtheviewofthoseonthe west shore. ``The last race took place around six o'clock, at which time

theriverisgenerallycalm.Bedlambrokelooseontheriveratthe end of the race with everyone trying to start away. Whistles and blasts of all kinds were heard as everyone demonstrated his seamanship. Probably by nine o'clock or so the ferry and other craft had returned all the weary spectators to this shore. ``in preparation for the races, the college crews came two to

three weeks ahead of time to practice and get used to the river.

Roughboathouses,sufficientinlengthtoprotecttheeight-oared shells, were used and in later years the city furnished accommodations at Regatta Row. Other facilities were located at what is now the Hudson RIver State Hospital boathouse and dock. Columbia College owned a boathouse between the railroadandtheriverabouttwoandahalfmilesfromHighland.

It was substantially built and had sleeping and dining quarters as well as storage space. The other crews generally lived at local hotels or boarding houses and some even lived at Vassar College.

``There were usually three races governed by strict

regulations. The main event was the varsity eight-oared race.

Formanyyearsitwasafour-milerace.ThePoughkeepsiecourse on the `Lange Rock' was the best available four-mile straight stretchofwater.Itwassaidthatfourmileswastoogreatastrain on the oarsmen and the race was cut to three miles. ``The best time for the four-mile race was 18 minutes,12-3/5

seconds by the Cafifornia crew in 1939; the best for the three-mile race was 13 minutes, 33-3/5 seconds by the Navy crew in 1922. The first race in 1895 was won by Columbia in 21 minutes,25seconds;thesecondracein1896waswonbyCome11 in 19 minutes, 59 seconds.

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``Originally local merchants were supporters of the event.

Hotels did a good business as sport writers and reporters from New York papers generally came days ahead of time to report their studies of the crews. Some rowing enthusiasts also appeared ahead of time. Restaurants and other business places profited from the crowds who came to town on fooat race day.' ``With the advent of the automobile and radio coverage, it

became an event of a few hours only and local support dwindled. The observation train was dismantled during World War 11 due to a shortage of flat cars.

1937 progran for the Pouglckeapsie Regatta..

``In 1947 or 1948 the Intercollegiate Rowing Association

reduced the varsity event to three miles and after this the race was wooed away to Marietta, Ohio, for one or two years. It is now held in Syracuse. Most of the coaches did not mind the Hudson. In fact it was, and still is, an imposing challenge for any crew; but the extra-river facilities became inadequate and Poughkeepsie lost the race.

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``When the Intercollegiate Regatta Association moved

away, Arlington, Roosevelt and Poughkeepsie High Schools tookupthesportandexpandeditonasecondaryschoollevel.''

Y.etan.other_de?5riptienoftheRfg_attai5foundintheDutchesscounty American Guide Series, part Of the Federal Writers' Project.

``The three races, Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity are

scheduled at one-hour intervals in the afternoon of a mid-June day, the exact time determined by the tide. The setting is one of themostbeautifulthatcanbeimagined,andthesceneapageant of rhythm and color. The race course includes an imposing sectionoftherivervalley-thetwobridgesspanningthestream betweentherockybluffswithpatchesofwoodsonthewest,and the broken slope of the city waterfront on the east. On the west shore observation cars, crowded to capacity, follow the races from start to finish. Great crowds stand on the bluffs and bridges. All available motor space is packed with cars. Yachts, launches and row boats are anchored in the river, leaving only space for the race course. Boats fly flags and the gay college banners. At the signal, a bomb fired on the railroad bridge, a slow procession starts down the river. Appearing as try- specks in the distance the long, slender shells slip smoothly down the charmel under the two bridges toward the finish, accompanied by the cheers of the spectators and the blowing of sirens and whistles from the boats.

Three times the spectacle is repeated. Consuming in all about three hours. After the last race, bets are paid, the river traffic scatters, and the crowds on the shore begin a tediously slow but good-humored exodus: the crowd on foot mills around, cars move at a snail's pace; vendors of permants and souvenirs offer their wares at sacrifice prices. In a few hours the river scene is quiet; by morning the city has resumed its normal routine.,,

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Statement of Revenue and Expenses December 31, 2002

Revenues $ 428.88

Investment hcome Membership & Other

11,681.00

Support/Gifts/Grants/Donations Fund Raising/Silver Ribbon/Dutchess Award Historical Publications Genealogy/Sales & Service/Auction

59,605.16

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20,790.00 3,218.00

3jll.83 15joo.00 $113,877.11

Expenses se5,195.73

Payroll/Benefits

Insurance Utilities/Maintenance Office and Security Miscellaneous Expenses Historical publications Affiliations / Professional Consultants Genealogy/Sales and Service Museum and Library Fund Raising Capital Improvement Transfer Out Total Expenses

Net

5,087.38 7,217.21

5,966.30 411.64

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2,912.00

19, 842.43

4,467.95 1,412.00

12,749.75 2,650.62

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$112,113.01

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Dut2Cohoe3SSoEf::enrgE±±:::::Cs:Ls:a°fcf±ety Joyce C. Ghee, President

Hyde Park, NI James Spratt, Vice President Hyde Park, NY Barbara Van Itallie, Vice President Program, Town of Poughkeepsie

David Dengel, Secretary

Tour of Poughkeepsie MaryAnn Lohrey, Treasurer Town of Poughkeepsie

Trustees 2003

2005 Rosemarie A. Calista RIchard Reitano Joan Smith

Susan Adams Nancy Alden Joyce Ghee

Dorma Frfuear

Wemer Stegner Margaret Zamierowski

Fred Schaeffer 2004

2006

Marguerite Berger David Dengel MaryArm Lowrey Clairmont M. Spooner James Spratt

Connie Srfuth

Staff Eileen M. Hayden, Director Erica Blumenfeld, Curator Stephanie Mauri, Research Coordinator

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Municipal Historians of Dutchess County County Historian Vacant

City Historians Be¢co77 Joan van voorhis 1 Municipal Plaza, Beacon, NY 12508 Pouglckeepsie

M:yra MoraLles

Box 300, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602

Town Historians A77€c7tz.¢

Kenneth Hoadley

Mechanic Street, Box 126, Amehia, NY 12501 Bcck77€cz77

Dennis E. Skow

Town Hall, 4 Main St., Poughquag, NY 12570 a3.7tfo7t

Dr. William MCDermott

Town Hall, 1375 Centre Rd., Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Doz7er Donna Hearn Town Hall, 126 East Duncan Hill Rd., Dover Plains, NY 12533

East Fishhill EwereltLee Town Hall, 370 Route 376, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 Fz.sfekz7Z

Willa skirmer

Town Hall, 401 Route 52, Fishkill, NY 12524 H.sfek2.JZ (z#.ZZ¢ge)

Karen Hitt, 91 Main street, Fishkill, NY 12524

Hyde p¢rk Margaret Marquez Town Hall, 627 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, NY 12538 L¢Gr¢7tge Georgia Herring-Trott Town Hall, 120 Stringham Rd., LaGrangeville, NY 12540 Mz7¢7t Patrick Higgins Town Hall, Route 199, Red Hook, NY 12571 Mz.Zzbrook

David Greenwood

Town Hall, Merritt Ave., Millbrook, NY 12545 Mz.ZZc7'fo77 Diane Thompson, Acting Historian Village Hall, Box 528, Millerton, NY (518-789-4346)

Norffecczs£ Diane Thompson, Acting Historian Town Hall, Box 516, Northeast, NY 12546 (518-789-4346) P¢zt7Jz.7cg

Robert Reflly

Town Hall, 160 Charles Colman Blvd., Pawling, NY 12564 Pz.77e pJ¢z.7ts

Elizabeth potter

Acting Historian, Town Hall, Pine Plains, NY 12569

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Pleasant valley Cmve Doty Town Hall, Rte. 44, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 Poughkeepsie (town)

Jean M:urplhy

Town Hall, Overrocker Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Red Hook I. Winthrop Aldrich Town Hall, 1095 Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12571 Rh:inebeck (town)

Nancy Ketry

Town Hall, 80 East Market St., Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Rhinebeck (village) Nancy Ketry 76 East Market St., Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Sf¢7t/ord Dorothy Burdick Town Hall, Rfe. 82, Stanfordville, NY 12581 Tz.zJOJz.

Bernie Tieger

Town Hall, 96 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583 Lr77z.o7tz7¢Jc

Joam Miracco

249 Duncan Road, LaGrangeville, NY 12540

Town of wappingers BrendavonBerg Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Village of wappingers Falls BrendavonBer8 Village Hall, 2 South Ave., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Town of washington DaLvid Greemwood

510 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY

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Historical Societies of Dutchess County Amenia Historical Society

Historical Society of Quaker Hill

P.O. Box 22

and Pawling, hc.

Amenia, NY 12501

P.O. Box 99

Pawling, NY 12546 Beacon Historical Society P.O. Box 89

Pleasant Valley Historical Society

Beacon, NY 12508

P.O. Box 309

Pleasant Valley, NY 12569

Clinton Historical Society P.O. Box 122

Clinton Comers, NY 12514

Egbert Benson Historical Society of Red Hook P.O. Box 1813

Dover Historical Society N. Nellie Hill Road Dover Plains, NY 12522

Red Hook, NY 12571

Rhinebeck Historical Society P.O. Box 291

East Fishkill Historical Society

ELebeck, NY 12572

P.O. Box 245

Hopewell Junction, NY 12533

Roosevelt/ Vanderbilt Historical Association

Fishkill Historical Society

P.O. Box 235

P.O. Box 133

Hyde Park, NY 12538

Fishkill, NY 12524

Stanford Historical Society

Hyde Park Historical Society

P.O. Box 552

P.O. Box 182

Stanfordville, NY 12581

Hyde Park, NY 12538

Union Vale Historical Society LaGrange Historical Society

P.O. Box 100

P.O. Box 112

Verbank, NY 12585

LaGrangeville, NY 12540

Wappingers Historical Society

Little Nine Partners Historical

P.O. Box 974

Society

Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

P.O. Box 243

Pine Plains, NY 12567

Town of Washington Historical

Northeast Historical Society

Society 551 Route 343 Millbrook, NY 12545

Box 727

Millerton, NY 12546 102

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Index A Alexander Caven Memorial Golf Course 67 Alumnae Gym (Vassar) 50 Ambler Park, 16 American Football Coaches AssociatioL 91

Appell, Glen 28 Applebee, Constance 52 Ariel Vvheel Club 43 Arlington Grounds 16

jinold Oohn) Farm 65 Astor, Vincent 95 Athletic Center (Vassal) 53

B Baird State Park Course 67 Baird, James 67 Ballintine, Harriet 51, 53 Bard College 25 Baseball teams All Stars 18 Blue Caps 18 Gold Bugs 15 Hudson Valley Renegades 15 Millbrook Giants 20 Mfllbrook Millionaires 20 Mohawks 18 Robin Hoods 19 Silverites 15 Sportsmen 18

Billows, Raymond 64, 67, 69 - 70 Billy Goat Run 34 Blanding, Sarah Gibson 53 Blue Caps baseball team 18 Bocchino, Emanuel 95 Booth's Lot 16 Bradford, Ray and Sonny 21 Briggs, Amold 26 Briggs, Harry 78 Brose, Dario 56 Brouthers, "Big Dan" 16 Buckhout, George 79 Buckhout, Jacob 78 - 80

Buckingham woods 16 Buuard, W.H. 43 Butland, Tom 28 Bymes, Susan 73

C Calisthenium and Riding Academy ovassar) 48 - 49

Cartwright, Alexander 14 Carvel, Thomas 68 Casperkill Country Club 67 - 68

Centry Wheel Club 43 Chanler Park 16 Cheney, Brian 72 Coddington, Nancy 45 Couege IIi]l Golf Course 66 Coflius, Eddie 16

Comors, Jimmy 73

Beal, Bob and Bill 21 Beal, Bobby 17

Comer, Joarme 68

Beekman Country Club 68

Craig House Golf Links 65 Creavy, Jack 70

Bermett College 63 Bermett, Audie 21 Bermett, Mary Friend 63 Benoit, Joan 30 Berg, Party 66

Cossun, Charles 43

Cr-wold Field 16 Crusie, Bill 33 Cuban Stars baseball team 18 Cushing, Florence 50

Bemstrom, Harry 24 Berry, Frank 66

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Gordon, Jim 21 Gorman, Tom 72 Gottfried, Brian 73 Grirmell estate 79 Grirmell, Irving 79, 81

D Dahn, Freddie 18 Davey Crockett Bicycle Club 43 Dean, Kathy 30 Deckert, Fred 30 Deckert, Margarete 30, 35 Dederer, Bob 28 Demaret, Jimmy 66 Dettweiler, Helen 66

H Halcyon Hall Golf Links 63 Hall of Fame Races (Sports Museum)

Dewindt, Arthur 65 Dinsmore Golf Course 63 Dinsmore, William 8. 63 Dogwood REolls 65 Doubleday, Abner 14 Dreadnaught 81 Dtrm, Willie 64 DUSO League 91 Dutcher Field 16 Dutcher Golf Course 63 Dutcher, John 8. 63 Dutchess County Hall of Fame 90 Dutchess County Men's Bowling Association 85 Dutchess Golf and Country Club 64

E Ed Erichson Memorial Race 32 Edgewood Club (golf) 61 - 62 Erichson, Ed 32 Estep, Mike 72

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Harhigan, Dr. Daniel 46 Hanson, Rich and Marisa 33 Harlem Valley Golf Course 67 Heilman, John 73 Heimbach, Louis 47 Hildenbrand, Frank 45 Hill, Eddie 20 Holes in One 69 Holland, Bill 55 - 56 Holland, William 55 Homestead Grays baseball team 18 Hopewell Golf Links 65 House of David baseball team 19 Howroyd, Charles 85 Howroyd, George 24 Hudson 82 - 83 Hudson River 77 - 78, 81 - 82 Hudson River Ice Yacht Club 77, 79, 81 - 82

Hudson River Maritime Museum 81 Hudson River State Hospital 66 Hull, Mrs. Lyle 63 Huntington, Robert P. 63 Hurley, Paul 36 Hustler Park 16

F Fetscher, Paul 35 Firm, Elizabeth 88 Fixx, Jim 29 Forman, John 69 Freed, Pat and Fred 46

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G Germania Club (soccer) 57 - 58 Germania Old Timers (soccer) 59 Girl Talk Classic golf tournament 68 Gold Bugs @aseball team) 15

Ice boating sites Bantam Lake 84 Hudson River 84 Orange Lake 84 Tivoli South Bay 84 Ice Challenge Pennant of Alnerica

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MCDonald / Crusie Memorial Races

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MCKema, Vince 26 MCKieman, Donald 22, 26, 28 MCKinley, Adehie 50 Mendez, Rodolfo 26 Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club 45 - 46 Millbrook Golf and Tennis Club 64 Millbrook Inn Links 63 Millbrook Millionaires baseball team

Jack Frost (ice boat) 81 - 82 James Ba.ird State Park Course 67

Miller, hoin 31

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Intercollegiate Boat Race 92 - 93 Intercollegiate Regatta Association 98

Island Green Country Club 69

|ewett, rmo P. 48 Jones, Robert Trent 66 - 68 Jordan, Fritz 18

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NIer, Robert 26

Mills, Ogden 63 Mitchell, William 68 Montalto, Gary 56 Moore, Professor J. Leverett 51 K Morey, Shay 45 Kanoch, Samuel 87 - 90 Kansas City Monarchs baseball team Muhrcke, Gary 27 18

Kay, Stephen 69 Knights of Columbus HOHday Run 35

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N New Hamburg Ice Yacht Club 81 New York Black Yankees baseball team 18 New York State Coaches Association

The Links at Union Vale 69

Lanando, Nick 34 League Park 16 Leonard, Tom 72 Leslie, Frank 77

Livingston faly 61 - 62

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New York State Golf Association 69 New York State Golf Association

Men's Amateur Championship 64

Newburgh-Beacon Bridge bikeway 46

Lutz, Bob 72

M Maccracken, Henry Noble 52

Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Run 34 North Shrewsbury Ice Yacht and Boat club 81

Maggi, Joe 28 - 30, 32 - 33 Marist College 91

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Marvel bicycle 41 Masters (golf) 70 Mayotte, Tim 73 Mccarm, James J. 68 MCDaniel, Wayne 34 MCDonald, Joseph 33 MCDonald, Tom 25

Old Timers' Baseball Association 21 0strom, Billy 21

0sler, Tom 27

P Pacio, Domenico 89

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Park, Mungo 64, 66 Patrice, Waiter 17 -21 Pattison, Lucille 47 Pawhig Golf Club 65 Perry, Jim 28 Phantom 81 Phillips, Mary 30 Poillucci, Joseph 13 Poluzzi, Cathy 28 Post, Marty 23 Potter, Jack 73 Potter, Jane 73 Poughkeepsie High School baseball team 13 Poughkeepsie Baseball Club 15 Poughkeepsie Bicycle Club 43 - 45 Poughkeepsie Chiefs baseball team

Run for Disability Awareness 32

Rurfug 35 Mid-Hudson Road Runners 31 women 30 RLus Billy Goat Run 34 Dutchess County Classic 34 - 35 Ed Erichson Memorial Race 32 Hall of Fame Races (Sports Museum of Dutchess County) 33 -34

Knights of Columbus Holiday Run 35 MCDonald / Crusie Memorial Races 33

Mid-Hudson Road Rimners 29 Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Run 34 Recover from the Holdiays Run

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Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club 77 Poughkeepsie Tennis Club 71 - 73,

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Run for Disability Awareness 32 Schlachthaus Park 5K 34 Summer Twilight Track Series 33 Turkey Trot 22, 34 Winter Run 32

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Poughkeepsie Twilight League 16 Powell, Efizabeth 49

Q Quaker Hill Country Club 66 Quarles, Johrmy 21 .

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S Sam 90 - 91

Sanfilippo, Pete 33, 35 - 36 Sarazen, Gene 66 - 67 Schlathaus Park 5K Run 34 Schueler, Edward 46

Raymond, John 48 Red Hook Golf Club 66 Scott 80 - 81 Reed, Ernie, Wally, and Morgan 20 Scud 81 Relyea, Capt. Hiram 80 Segalla Country Club 69 Renegades (Hudson Valley) 15 Richey, EHzabeth 52 Riverview Field 18 Robinson, Jackie 19 Rogers, Archibald 81, 83 Rogers, Jim 24 Roig, Herb 73 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 24, 79 Roosevelt, John A. 78, 81, 83 Rother, Bob 30 Ruge, Ray 82

Segalla, John 69 Seitz Oval 16 Sheehan, George 29 Silverites 15

Simpson, Alan 53 Sloan, Don 45 Slocum, Capt. Jonathan C. 65 Snrith, Stan 72

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Vassar Conege athletics 48, 50, 52 -

Soccer 55 - 57, 59

Dutchess County Soccer Ham of Fame 56 early history 55 - 56 Germania Club 57 - 58 Germania Old Timers 59 Solomon, Harold 73 Southern Dutchess Country Club 65 Sports Museum of Dutchess County Hall of Fame Races 34 Sprauer, Charlie 37 Springwood Park. 16 Stahr, Jack 72 Steiner, William 26 Stephen Kay Golf Course Architects 69

Stetzel Field 18

Stewart, Sherwood 73 Stockton, Dick 73 Stow, Linda 30, 34 Sumlner Twhight Track Series 33 Szanto, Chris 56

53

Vassar College girls' baseball team 15

Vassar College Golf Course 65 Vassar, Matthew 48 - 49 velocipede 38 - 40 Veltre, Vince 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars 91

von der Linden, Herman 41

W Walker Field House (Vassar) 53 Wauwork, Joe 89 West, Clarence 20 West, Percy 20

Western Printing & Lithographing Company 70 Westrun, Wes 24 Whiff (ice boat) 79 - 80

Whispering Pines 66 l^7hitehouse Knolls Golf Links 64 Whitesell, Dick 21

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Willis, Irving "Blootch" 69

Tangle, Don 89 Tarmer, Rosco 73 Thomas CaIvel Country Club 68 Thomas, Lowell 66 .

Thompson, Frederick Ferris 50 Turkey Trot (nmhing) 22 - 23, 34 Turner, George 26, 28 Twilight League 17, 21

Winnikee Riding Hall 42 Winrow, Ed 27 Winter Run 32 Wood, ]ulius 21

Z Zeuren, Heny 45

U United States Golf Association 69 Upson, Cathy 30

V Van Anden, William 39 - 40 Van Kleek, Peter 73 Van Nostrand (Gardner) 82 Van Nostrand Cup 82 VanBenschoten, John 41 - 42

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