Originally listed as "Vic Yanze," I couldn't find anything except a
reference to playing basketball at Massachusetts State College. And then
nothing else. Nothing in Ancestry.com, either.... until today when I
revisited him and tried again. This time, I found a reference to "Vic
Yanz." No "E" at the end of his name, so that lead me onto a new
direction. I found an obituary for "Vic Yanz" in the Chicago Tribune,
which lead me back to Ancestry and his widow in the obit. I found that
"Yanz" was shortened from Yozonaitis (or Yanzanaitis). Feeling
confident, I got confirmation from a family member the this "Vic Yanz"
did indeed play basketball, with a Lithuanian team around Chicago in the
30's. We found our guy. Not sure if he ever really did play at UMass or
if it is just a mistake in the Sheboygan Press article.
https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/04/vic-yanze.html
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