Waldo R (Pete) Flinn, Hampton NH was a Bowdoin College Baseball captain in 1922 and coach of Westbrook highs' Telegram league champions in '23 and '24. He was a native of Island Falls, born in 1900. He played four years for Island Falls High, considered Northern Maine Champion in '17 and '18 and captained the latter squad. He had the same four year varsity and senior captain experience at Bowdoin which swept the 1921 State Series to cap what was believed to be the strongest schedule in Polar Bear history. From the fall of 1922 through the spring of '25 Flinn was westbrook HS athletic coach. A share of the Telegram league title in '23 was followed by outright crowns the next two years.
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