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Baltus Roll's name lives on

By Wayne Drehs
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

WESTFIELD, N.J. -- While the hot summer sun nukes the back of his neck and BB-sized drops of sweat streak down his forehead, David Shields strolls through the 265-year-old Presbyterian cemetery searching for a name. He knows his relatives are buried here -- he's found them before -- but on this hot day, with a visitor in town to impress, the 64-year-old from Long Island, N.Y., is struggling to find the right tombstone. "It usually jumps right out in front of you," Shields says, shaking his he ...

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