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starting in 1924. Playing its home games at Island Field, the team won the league championship in the 1927, 1928, and 1931 seasons.
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famously played a game at Island Park in 1928 when the
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686:. Capital Area Transit. Archived from
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1179:6th Street Historic District
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204:Confederate
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1101:Fox Ridge
878:City flag
820:Hospitals
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309:FNB Field
301:Metallica
262:scrimmage
254:Babe Ruth
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757:City of
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231:baseball
188:Iroquois
186:and the
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