Word: mcgann
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Twenty-five years ago-on July 19, 1902, to be exact-nine men representing New York City and being called the "Giants" were playing baseball against Philadelphia. Most of them had sonorous Irish names-Brodie, Bresnahan, McGinnity, McGann, McGraw. They lost the game, 5 to 3. But the crowd of some 10,000 was not entirely displeased. The new manager and shortstop* of the Giants, John Joseph McGraw, seemed to be a fighter and a leader who knew the difference between first base and home plate. New Yorkers predicted that he would get the Giants out of the "cellar" (last...
...most exciting race of the afternoon developed between Private Patrick McGann and Lieutenant Shum, both of Camp Devens, in the 1500-metre run. Running lock step most of the distance, the pair reached the back stretch together. McGann, who had the pole, gained a few yards on the last corner, but Shum managed to uncork a last-minute sprint that brought him almost even with the private. The judges, after a considerable amount of discussion, awarded the race to McGann...