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Dan BrettaMystery solved thanks to Frank's link to Ohio U - they were extremely fast in responding to my query. Apparently "Crum" Kahler was quite the big man on campus at Ohio University.
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"Mr. Bretta:
If you want to attach the photo in your next e-mail I can give it a
shot. I don't know how I'll do with the rest of them but Crum Kahler is
pretty easy to pick out. We also have a scrapbook dedicated to his career,
and one page of the 1910 university yearbook is also dedicated to him.
Did you know, by the way, that after his career as a ballplayer was
abbreviated by a debilitating condition, he went on to get a degree in
osteopathic medicine?
Bill Kimok
University Archivist
Ohio University"
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"Mr. Bretta:
George "Crum" Kahler is third from the right standing in the back row. He was quite a famous athlete not just for the college but for the town itself as a local boy who made good.
Here's part of what one undergraduate history student wrote about Kahler's local legend for his final paper:
"As Kahler grew up, word of his athletic ability grew into legend. The Athena, the Ohio University Yearbook, told such a story in an article about “Krum” after he left school. 'At the age of two months he could walk. At the age of two years he could throw a stone from his window hitting four out of six passers by. At the age of four he never missed.' While at Ohio University, “Krum” captained the football and baseball team. “Krum” originally played third base for the baseball team but switched to pitcher when Ohio University needed him to in a game in 1908. Kahler stuck with pitching and began to excel during his time at Ohio. He also played basketball."
It's a pretty interesting story.
Bill"
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01-08-2008, 07:47 AM
Does Anyone Have An Image of George Kahler? (Kaler in T207)
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