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Gabby Farkas Wooden Bat Tournament hits it out of the park

Thu, 08/30/2012 - 9:18am
By
Kayla Smith
kaylas@millertonnews.com
Members of the Gabby’s Gang team posed with members of the Amenia Fire Company softball team during the Gabby Farkas Memorial Wooden Bat Softball Tournament on Friday, Aug. 24. Photo by Aaron Howard Jr.

AMENIA — Softball teams from Amenia gathered at Beekman Field from Friday, Aug. 24, through Sunday, Aug. 26, for the first Gabby Farkas Memorial Wooden Bat Softball Tournament.

Farkas was a longstanding member of the Amenia Fire Company and an avid supporter and fan of baseball until his death in July 2011 at the age of 74.

Farkas was born in Hungary and came to the United States by himself in 1957. He was a lifetime active member of the Amenia Fire Company and a Yankees fan.

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