As the Baseball season came to a close and fans and families alike await for the War in Europe to come to an end, the winds of change had blown through the Allegheny. Chester Colfax, who had been the Owner and Founder of the Pittsburgh Oilers since the Inception of the LBL in 1894 who…
Month: August 2025
The Battle of Aix-Celle
August 5, 1918 – Near Aix-Celle, France The fog rolled low and heavy over the fields, thick as sour milk and just as hard to breathe. Vizefeldwebel Alois Boeselager moved in a crouch, the leather strap of his gas mask case creaking quietly with each step. The men behind him followed in staggered pairs, hunched…
Letter from Charleroi
July 15, 1918 — Philadelphia, PA Peter Boeselager returned home and just felt tired. After his family’s faithful passage across the Atlantic Ocean, which cost the lives of his uncle Walther and his mother, he had to keep the brewery running. Gerrit De Groot wouldn’t return to the United States soon, and his father wasn’t…
Staying in Port Sunlight
May 13, 1918 — Port Sunlight, United Kingdom Soft light filtered through the lace curtains of the small, well-kept room. Outside, the model village of Port Sunlight hummed with the quiet routine of peacetime, seemingly distant from the war that had reshaped the world. Karl Boeselager poured a second cup of tea and set it…