Word: jakes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Centuries passed. Not so many years ago the last of the Paka-Jakes returned to the Aymara people of Pacajes. He was fortyish and fat, but he had the authentic eagleface of his predecessors. He was illiterate, and he bore the earthy name of Damasco Maldonado. But he had the power to look into the future and the past and the thoughts of men; he cured sick llamas and women & children, got rid of bad ghosts and made things tough for his enemies. In the small Aymara pueblos of the Altiplano and among the Indies who worked the copper mines...
...true god needs apostles, and Paka-Jake picked up plenty. He especially favored females between 15 and 18, and selected the likeliest of them on his excursions through the province. Each chosen one had to present herself alone at "Kullusmalla," favorite miracle-place of the gods. There & then the earth trembled, fire flashed and from behind clouds of smoke Paka-Jake appeared, smiling...
Unlike younger clubs, the Kubs and Kids have little holdout trouble. The players rush to practice year after year. In this year's lineups there is only one former big leaguer: Kub Catcher Fred ("Jake") Ross, retired streetcar maintenance man from Rockville Center, N.Y., who once played with the New York Metropolitans (a forerunner of the Yankees). One of the league's leading sluggers, who plays second base for the Kubs, is 83-year-old Frank Peckinpaugh, father of the great baseballing Roger.* The Kids' most eminent character is 77-year-old Elmer Veitch, onetime North Dakota...
...will not complain. They can see oldtime titans destroy each other with bare knuckles in gaslit, neolithic exhibitions of carnage-under-contract. Gentleman Jim's footwork is a joy to behold (and is beheld from all camera angles). The pictured versions of his classic bouts with Joe Choynski, Jake Kilrain, et al. seem, to modern eyes, even to improve on the originals...
Most of the commuter plays were directed towards the center of the line, with tailback O'Brien as chief carrier, while Mack at end shone on the defense. For the Gold Coasters, fullback Cully Culliton led the offense with wingback Jake Crane, while Chub Peabody, namesake of last year's Harvard great, starred defensively at wingback...