Pulling the String

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Sunday, April 24, 2005

Family Heritage

Did you know we had a real live baseball player in our family? Mom found this in an obituary about Grandpa's cousin Ferg Cranston:

In earlier years, Mr. Cranston established himself as a baseball player of considerable skill. In 1931 at age 18, he started his amateur career as a catcher on Minot teams. He was with the 1937 state champion Dakota transfer Club and the 1941 North Dakota titlist Aakrann Bottlers. The 1937 achievement earned him a certificate from the U.S. semi-pro commissioner.

His playing was interrupted by military service [82nd Airborne from '42-45], and after he returned to Minot he played with the Minot Mallards, Minot Merchants, and Minot Legionnaires.

You have to love the names of those teams. How would you like to play for the Mallards?

Rooster Says:
Nice work, Melodee! Hmm, I'm not sure which name I like best, but "Ferg" Cranston is pretty cool. Short, no doubt, for "Ferguson," seeing as we've got Fergusons and Sinclairs in the family tree. I always like to think I'm somehow related to theologian extraordinaire Sinclair Ferguson! So, Ferg played for the Mallards. How cool!

posted by Melodee | 10:53 PM

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