Word: peckinpaugh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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First Game. Mastiff-faced Joe Harris (Washington), no blood relative of Manager Stanley ("Bucky") Harris, but sharing his ideas, caused the first outbreak of hysteria by slamming a home run into the arms of the band behind a temporary fence in right field. Aged Roger Peckinpaugh (discarded by the Yankees as too gouty) came up to bat in the fifth inning, hit one of Pitcher Meadows' (Pittsburgh) offerings, filled bases which already contained Harris and Bluege. Up came Rice. Oof! Strike one. . . . Sugg! Strike two. . . .Pitcher Meadows smiled, wound up to pitch strike three; Rice swung, fans shrieked seeing...
...Cast of Pitchers: Arthur Nehf of New York, J. T. Zachary of Washington. (Zachary is called "Zack the Giant Killer" by facetious friends. His full name is Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary). They duel. Immediately, enter Young and Kelly of New York. Each singles. Young scores. The duel continues. Enter Roger Peckinpaugh of Washington, who singles; Muddy Ruel, who sacrifices; McNeely, who walks. Enter Manager Bucky Harris. He stings a single over third, scoring Peckinbaugh and McNeely. The duel continues, fiercely. Toward the end of the action Peckinbaugh's leg caves in. He is carried off the field. Cheers offstage, including...
Second Game. Riotous crowds flooded into the park trying to capture and congratulate an elderly, slightly rheumatic man named Peckinpaugh. The shortstop of the Washingtons, this Peckinpaugh had suddenly terminated the game by propelling the ball far enough from home to allow two base-runners to scurry in and tie the series. Manager Bucky Harris and one Leon ("Goose") Goslin, other Senators, interpolated home runs earlier. Score: Washington 4, New York...