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The Washington times., 1923-08-18

Of the Treasury, went to New York
to meet Mr.. Mellon.
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Miss Bertha Coontz, daughter Of
Admiral and Mrs. Robert F..
Coontz, daughter of Admiral and
Mrs. Robert E. Coontz, will leave
Washington on Monday to visit
DR.. and Mrs. P. p. Causey at Sud.
ley, Va. A little later Mrs. Coontz
and her son, Lieutenant Com:
mander Kenneth Coontz, will motor
to Sudley to be guests of DIR. and
Mrs. Causey. Admiral Coontz is
now on the West Coast.
entertain at dinner tonight at their
ton, for Nine. William Won Rath,
sister of the hostess, and Mrs.
Lydig Hoyt, who will be their
guests over Sunday. Mrs. Black
and Nine. Won Rath. who has re-
Gently arrived from Germany for q
visit to her family, are daughters
OF Col. and Mrs. Henry May, of
Washington. i.
+ sMr. and Mrs. Eben Sherman
DoolittIe,. of Providence, r. l., who
will pass the coming winter in Wash
ington, have leased the residence,
1907 Nineteenth street, formerly oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. De Witt G.
Poole.
Mr.. Poole, until recently. chief of
the Bureau of Eastern European Al
fairs of the State Department, has
been made consul general at Yoka-
hama and will leave for his new post,
accompanied by Mrs. Poole, early in
October. They are now at Williams
town, Mass, but will return to Wash
.ington the first Of September.
s.
Mrs. George F. Appleby has gone
to New York from Washington and
is at the Lorraine Hotel, to remain
over Sunday.
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Miss Elizabeth Taylor Gaines,
daughter of the late Col. and Mrs.
Granville Gaines, of Warrenton, Va,
will be married to George Dawson,
of Pottstown,. Pa, on September 1.
at 4:30 o'clock 1T the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. James
G. Biddle, in Warrenton. The rector
Of st. James Episcopal Church. the
Rev. Paul D. Bowden. will officiate.
while only the immediate families
and a few most intimate friends will
attend. David Mack Warren, of
Warrenton, will be best man for Mr..
Dawson.
Mr.. Dawson is one Of the mas.
ters at the Hill School in Potts
town, and after Northern wedding
trip he and his bride will make their
home there.
Rear Admiral II. Fl. Rousseau,
who is at Hampton Roads, Va,
will return to Washington the end
Of next week.
Mrs. Monica d. Wodell will leave
Washington on Monday for Cali.
fornia, where she proposes to make
her future home. She will visit her
elder son, Bruce Wodell, at Long
Beach. for the present. w. Todd
WodeH, younger son Of Mrs. Wodell
| will make the trip West by motor
rejoining his mother in California.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18

Of wine he Il committing an Of
Tense.
A restaurant may lawfully serve
q cooked sausage up to any time,
but to hand over an uncooked sau-
sage would be q breach OF regula-
ttons.
After $50 q shopkeeper can cell
all the soft drinks and ice cream he
likes so long as they are consumed
on the premises, but II he sells
them to be taken away he ID COM
hitting crime.
Members OF Parliament are agi-
tating to have these absurdities
swept away.
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Married in St. Thon,as'
With NupfioL Mass.

The marriage Of Miss Mary
Mercedes Phelan, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Aloysius Phelan, to
James John Hayden took place this
morning at 10 o'clock in st. Thomas
Apostle Catholic Church. Mr.. Hay
den is the son Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hayden, of Marshfield,
Wis.
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward A.
Pace, of the Catholic University,
celebrated the nuptial mass and per-
formed the ceremony. In the sane
tuary were the Rev. Thomas A.
Walsh, the Rev. John O'Grady, the
The Washington times., 1923-08-18

brides mother wore orchid georgette
brocaded with velvet, with q picture
hat of georgette trimmed with silver
lace and orchids. She carried bou-
Quet Of orchids.
A musical program was given by
Miss Aileen Fitzgerald, Miss IneZ
Mulligan and Raymond A. Phelan,
with Mrs. James Dickinson at the
organ. Among the out-of-town guests
at the wedding were the Misses IneZ
and Margaret Mulligan, Miss Ruth
M. Hayden and Mrs. Raymond A.
Phelan.
The brides travelling costume was
OF brown Canton crepe in a Batik
design, with accessories to match,
and with it she wore small hat OF
brown Lyons velvet and long top
coat of sand-colored twill and crepe.
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she might have taught her nus.
band to speak while she was
about 1t, to which she ceuntered
with her famous. laugh that cer-
tainly no one could complain of
his listening powers, anyhow.
Which is true, he's the best lis
tener Washington ever met.
Although Mrs. Harding COM
pleted her packing yesterday and
left the White House. it has been
announced that the President and
Mrs. Coolidge will not. take pos
session until next week. Mrs.
Harding will be at Friendship,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Nc
Leans place until she leaves for
Marion.
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President Becomes
Boy Scout
Head.
BY JEAN ELIOT.

FOLLOWING in the footsteps
of Presidents Roosevelt, Taft,
Wilson and Harding, President
Coolidge has become honorary
president of the Boy Scouts OF
America. This was made known
yesterday during the annual in
spection tour of the Greater New
York Boy Scout Camp at Bar Har-
Dor. And with this as precedent
one rather wonders If Mrs. Cool
tdge will become the honorary head
of the Girl Scouts, a position to
which Mrs. Harding brought such
enthusiastic and active interest.
. However, one of the notable
differences between the Coolidges
and the Hardings is that the
Coolidges are not 'joiners" and
the Hardings were. Mrs. Coolidge
says that. she belongs to no
organizations but the Red Cross
and never Joined a club in her
life-although she was by virtue
OF her position as the wife of
the Vice President head of the
organization known as the Ladies
Of the Senate, which is made up
Of the chatelaines of Senatorial
ouseholds-mother, daughter, sis
ter, whoever might be running
Senator's house for him.
In the days of the suffrage
fight she was not suffragist-
nor was she an anti. She was
too busy running her own house
hold to take any active part in
that movement. She votes now
~ ao,,rao TIE hoy dufv as a
citizen. But she feels that her
first duty is as wife and mother
and Mr.. Coolidge regards her as
quite perfect in these capacities.
Mrs. Coolidge, you remember,
was at one time an instructor OF
deaf and dumb, and is still great
ly interested in that work. Some
one hearing it commented that
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JEAN ELIOT'S GOSSIP OF SOCIETY

gN2
Miss
Catherine
w eller,
daughter of
Mr. ond Mrc
Joseph I.
Weller,
who has
returned to
Washington
after
spending
the greater
part Of the
summer at the
Thousand
Islands.
She was a
debutante
last winter.
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GOVERNOR TRIES TWICE
BUT CAN'T HIT A BALLoo

YAPHANK, N. z, Aug. 1S.--
Governor Denney, Of Delaware.
tried his hand at machine-gun fir-
ing at Camp Alexander Hamilton,
where he is q visitor. After watch.
ing the 19Sth Artillery Machine
Gun Battalion, Delaware National
Guard, fire at three balloons, the
governor made two attempts to hit
them, but failed.
United states Senator Ball, who
liz in the governors party, was
more successful, making a hit on
his second attempt. Adjutant Gen
eral Ellison, of Delaware, also Hired,
but made no hits.
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
KILLED IN ERECTING RADIO
AS POLE HITS LIVE WIRE

COATESyILLE, Pa, Aug. 49,
Howard Deery, lineman, was cleo
trocuted here while erecting an
aerial for radio outfit. He was
attempting to fasten the iron sup.
port upright of the aerial to the
roof, when the pole fell over and
touched a live electric feed wire.
The heavy current coursed
through the lineman's body and he
died before the electricity could be
shut off.
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To Attend League
Of Nations
Sessions.

Congressman Stephen G. Porter,
chairman of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, who is now In
Washington, will sail for Europe
next Wednesday from New York, In
company with the Rt. Rev. Charles
H. Brent, bishop Of New York.
Bishop Brent, Mr.. Porter, and Sur
geon General Rupert Blue. who is
now in Paris, viii represent the
United States in a diplomatic ca
pacity at the assembly of the
League of Nations, now in session
at GENEVA.
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ENGLAND Still
HASFARC|CAL
WAR LAWS
Regulations Which Served Pur.
pose in Need Prove Absurd
in Peace Time.
international News service.

LONDON, August 18.-War regu-
lations, now become farcical, still
largely exist in Britain.
After $50 in the evening It is
illegal to sell strawberries and
cream, but it is perfectly legal to
sell Strawberries and ice cream
It is unlawful to sell cigarettes
or tobacco after 8 p. M, but a
saloon keeper can legally sell either
If he serves a meal at the same
time. At the same time, If he
should sell a biscuit with a glass
The Washington times., 1923-08-18
American Diplomat
At Home on LeuUe.

Jesse s. Cottrell, American min
lister to Bolivia, and Mrs. Cottrel'
who have arrived in this country
on a two months leave Of absence,
are in Washington for a brief visit
as guests Of Cole Morgan. They
are leaving town tomorrow Tor
Knoxville, Tenn, to spend a pOr-
ton of their vacation.
II
Henry Getty Chiffon, charge
d'affaires of Great Britain, started
yesterday for 'Ashville. N. G.. to
visit Mrs. George Vanderbilt at
Biltmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Van A. Mac
kurray propose to spend the month
of September in Connecticut. Mrs.
Mac Murray is at present In Vir-
ginia, where her husband, who Is
Affairs OF the State Department,
joins her for week-ends.
Col. Hamilton Hawkins, COM
mandant at FIT. Myer, and Mrs.
Hawkins, who entertained at dinner
last night, had as guests Major and
Mrs. Charles L. Scott, Major and
Mrs. John Barry, and Capt. and
Mrs. William r. Scott. :
Mrs. Barry has just returned
after spending about three months
in Europe.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. III. M. Lord
have gone to Maine to remain until
the first week in September. Mrs.
Lord spent most Of the summer in
IN n.
inGton for brief visit.
Major Robert w. Crawford, u. s.
A., of Washington, is at the Hotel
Aston in New York for a few days.
Devee Ellen Kolar and Henry
Raymond Fisher will be married
quietly at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, August %, by the Rev.
John M. Mcnamara at the Rectory
81 st. Gabrieps Church on Varnum
street.
The bride will be given in mar.
rage by John F. Mccormack of
New York, her brother-in-law, and
her sister, Mrs. John F. Mccormack
will be matron of honor. The. bride
will wear a travelling suit of blue
twill with velvet hat to match.
After the ceremony d wedding
breakfast will be served at the home
| of the bride, 4123 Ninth street. i'm
mediately after which the couple
Twin leave ON an extended honey
moon, visiting Atlantic City and
spending some time in Portsmouth.
| Ohio, the former home Of the
| bridegroom.
| Out of town guests for the
wedding include Mr. and Mrs Henry
| Fisher of Portsmouth, Ohio, parents
Of the bridegroom. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Chiffon of Dayton, Ohio,
| bride.
Francis White, chief Of the
| Bureau Of Latin-American Affairs
Of the State Department, and Mrs.
White. who have been abroad for
some time, will return to Wash
ington September Z.
| 3
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wolf. and
Miss Isabel Wolf of Indianapolis are
gusts at the Lee House, having ar
rived by motor.
s.
Harrison Brand. jr., is spending
two weeks with Mrs. Brand and
their son, Harrison Brand, Sd
who are passing the summer 1T
Eaglesmere, Pa. Mrs. Brand Is the
daughter Of former Senator and
Mrs. Porter McCumber. The latter
is also spending the summer 1T
Eaglesmere.
| s.
Married in St. Thon1as'
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Secretary Mellon Due
In Warrington TOMORROW.

Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary Of
the Treasury, who landed in New
York yesterday after spending his
vacation in Europe, is expected in
Washington tonight orr tomorrow
and will be at his desk at the
Treasury on Moytaay 81
s, Parker glib. tTJndersecretaI.v
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
HyaMble Cops First Half
HOnOrS in Hercules Ledeue

Captain George whitehead's In
fallible team captured first halt
honors in the Hercules Bowling
League. which came TO a close last
week by the margin Of three full
games over Standard. its closest
contender. The Hercules hurlers
will start the ball a rolling in the
second half OF their schedule to-
night at McKee's Alleys.
Individual honors for the circuit
are held by a wide margin by Edgar
Good. one OF the leading bowlers in
the State, who maintained an aver
age Of a decimal short OF $50 pins
per game for the 80 games in which
he participated. "Cie" Mckay Is
second and George Whitehead third.
"Besker" Flanagan is almost tied
for fourth. while Jimmie Harkins
barely breezes in the upper ten.
One OF the surprises OF the league
is the unusual high average OF 1893
maintained by Mimic" Massey.
Good is also the holder OF high
single game with PAS. while high
three is in the grasp of Mckay
with 5S6. Team honors are re-
tanned by HI Vel with 9O5 for high
single and 24I5 for high three and
an average OF 729.5 pins per game.
The Hercules League figures for the
first half follow:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
.SALLIES SINK
CAMDEN QUINT
Local Cagers Pry OFF
League Lid With Easy
Win
GILLESPIE STAR IN
UNEVEN CONTEST

Salesianum ushered in the basket
ball season OF the Philadelphis
Catholic School League by trouno-
ing Camden Catholic High at Cam
den, n. j.. IN a one-aded manner
yesterday afternoon, 20 TO s. The
game marked Csmden's debut as a
member OF the league and was play
ed in the Camden Armory before a
large crowd.
Salesianum performed in the i'm
pressive style which marked their
first game OF the season last week
against the New Castle High when
they ran up record score. Mem
bers OF other teams OF the league
who witnessed the ssliies in action
expressed the thought that they
should make them hustle for the
honors
Csmden's inability 70 locate the
basket made the contest one-sided.
Lex Gillespie. OF the Wilmington
FIVE, proved the star Of the contest.
He accounted for twelve OF Saiesi-
twenty-six points. Giles
pies two field goals were registered
on long shots from difficult angles.
He registered eight one-pointers out
OF fifteen chances from the foul
mark. Score:
GaIoafa
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03

best bits OF ball toting in the games
history with Pslmer's sensational
dash ranking next in line.
Back in 1903 Charles Dillon OF the
Carlisle Indians also made a sprint
OF los yards in the game with Har-
ward. However. II was on a rather
technical play though without a
doubt II was the oldest piece OF work
ever pulled on a football field. The
Redskin star grabbed Crimson
kickoff and dashed down the side
lines. unmolested, 70 the goal line,
los yards away.
The ball had been secreted in
specially prepared nest" in the
back OF Dillon's jersey. and the run
ner was way past mid-feld ere the
ruse was detected. Incidentally the
trick won the game for Carlisle.
There have been many famous
runs up 10 and around 100 yards, but
those mentioned above stand out as
the feature sprints thus far.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
TO
PLAY WILLIAMS

WIIHIA1fSnowF0. Mass. Jan. a.
Pans nor tbs spring training tr1p and
schedule Of the williams baseball
team have recently been announced
by Manager Laws. The squad WIN
train during tho spring recess at the
University OF Delaware at Newark.
Del. the same place the men went
last spring. They will be entertained
as guests OF tho university and NIL
play three games with teams IN that
vicinity during the week they VIII
be IN the South.
The schedule for the training sea-
son calls for a game with the INF
versity OF Delaware at wilmington
on April ~. with the University. or
Pennsylvania az Philadelphia on
April II, and with Columbia at New
York City. on April IS. -t
In addition TO these games. 4
schedule Of 10 homo games and SIX
out-of-town games has been ratiAed'
by the athletic council.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Mount Vernon Cmches CITY
League First Half Honors

and clnoh the championship Of the
first half by defeating the Knights
Of Columbus. their closest contend
ers. at the Auditorium last night. 20
to 10.
The game had all the earmarks
Of the crucial combat as announced
In advance notices and drew the
largest crowd to see a cage contest
in Wilmington in years. It is esti-
mated that the attendance was we'll
over the thousand mark, the frenzied
fans crowding the spacious hall to
its complete capacity. with volum-
nous cheers and jeers from start to
finish.
There were many who thought the
increased floor space would be all
to the advantage OF the knights
but the boys from out on the banks
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
Long Runs Produce Big Thrill
Here Are Some of Footballs Best

When Chuck" Palmer, North
western halfback. picked up 4 Min
nesota tumble behind his own goal
and sprinted 102 yards for n touch
down in the recent game with Min
nesota, ne not only saved his team
from defeat but incidentally made
football history. The game ended
10 tie.
For Palmer's lash ranks as the
longest ever turned IN on a recov-
cred tumble in intercollegiate play.
II was also one OF the longest can
ters Of any kind yet made during a
college battle on the gridi-on.
In fact, only four times has Pal
mer's feat been surpassed in the his
tory OF the game. And one OF these
was hung up when the actual play
ing field was 10 ya'ds IN length and
the 10-yard end zones were not in
vogue.
To McCaa Of Lafayette goes tho
honor OF putting en- the longest
sprint. for in 1909 he romped 10
yards through the entire Swarthmore
eleven for a touchdown. Obviously
this gallop can never be beaten. Nc
Caa's run was all the more unique
in that It was made from scrimmage.
Gray OF Oberlin comes next, re-
turning a Cornell punt 100 yards for
a tally in 1908. In 1912 Erehart Of
Indiana got past the whole Iowa
aggregation for los yards and a
touchdown, while in 1904 Walter
EckersaIl. University OF Chicago star.
carried a Wisconsin Kickoff back
LOG yards for score. These are the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
Kid Gleason Would Make Star
ont of OutfeIder Bob MeuseI

II Bob Meusel is traded to the
Chicago White sox. he will be a 90
par cent. better player than he was
with the Yankees.
Bob Meusel should be one OF the
rreatest stars In the game whereas
he is Just in the ordinary class.
Meuselis greatest fault Is lack OF
ambition. Baseball Is anything but
n serious proposition with him. Bob
Neusel has much more ability than
his brother. Emil. OF the Giants, yet
he isn't nearly so valuable a player.
Higgins lacked the ability 20
make Neusel a fighter. Meusel needs
a manager who will constantly prod
him when he falls down. With Hug
gins his failures we're usually over
looked without So much as even
reprimand.
II Meusel goes 10 Chicago he will
ind KID Gleason a much different
Individual than Manager Higgins.
Gleason Is nvincing-Huggins Just
the opposite.
Woe 70 any ball player who fails
IN do what Gleason tells him TO do.
Gleason runs the Chicago club, and
the sooner a player finds out that
fact the better Il will be for him.
with New York. Meusel did just
about as he pleased. He might be
iold 70 sacrifice. but II he decided
that the hit-and-run play was more
proper. that Is what he would at
tempt.
Then again. Gleason has kindly !
way of appealing 10 a player that
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03
HIGH NATATORS
IN Big MEET.
Cherry and White Fish
Clash With Germantown
Tomorrow
LOCALS HAVE CHANCE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The Wilmington High School
swimming team expects 20 win its
second straight meet OF the season
when Il opposes Germantown High
at Philadelphia. tomorrow.
Cherry and White natstors have
every confidence that they will give
the Cliveden mermen their FIRST set
back OF the season.
Although Germantown = the IA
vorite 20 win. because the meet will
be held in the Green and Whites
pool. Coach Sparks feels sure that
the dope will be upset All OF his
boys are in good condition. with the
exception OF Pedrick.
On the outcome Of the meet virtu-
ally will depend a championship
Since Germantown defeated Girard
College. the Philadelphia champion,
with ease. Wilmington feels that It
will have a Just claim 10 that cham
p.onship n the Clivedens are defeat
ed. And this claim can also he
backed up more strongly by ths fact
that Girsrd defeated West Phnsdel-
phia High. champion OF the Phila-
delphia public schools.
In the recent meet with Coates
VILE. which was won by the locals.
Wilmington showed great form. The
class displayed in tho dashes and
the manner in which the divers per
formed was gratifying 20 local en-
thueiasts.
The relay team is going at top
notch form. and Germsntown's ma
chine Is going 10 find It hard TO gain
the victory. Bardo and Keen have
been going best so far. but the others
have been coming along nicely. also.
Although Keen is scheduled 70 op-
pose Ahsman. the Germantown ace,
in HIS relay. the Wilmington follow
ers are confident their fsvorite will
emerge on top. Berdo also IL ex-
pected 70 have a tough time against
schimsll.
Coach Sparks looks for Reds" /
Reybold, his latest "hnd." TO sur
prise the entries IN the 22O-yard |
lash. Reybold has a powerful stroke I.
and takes things easy In the water. /
He Is developing a new foot stroke. I
and when this Is mastered Il Il /
thought he will be one Of the fastest /
scholastic sprinters in the East.
II Pedrick. who has been III for .
he last three weeks Is IN good con- I
iition by tomorrow. he probably will /
be entered in at least three events. /
He Is an exceptionally good per- I
former. and Is one OF the high-scor- (
ars OF the squad.
-Four records have been smashed .
BY the Wilmington team so far. And
Coach Sparks feels that even more
marks will be. shattered before his
cam finishes the 1923 season.
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were the masters at nearly every
stage. Mount Vernon started of
in the lead and was never headed
although the numerals were knot
ted at 6. At half time the score
stood 10 10 Z.
The start OF the final period saw
the creek cagers increase their ad-
vantage and when they more than
doubled the count the result was no
longer in doubt.
Players on both teams clearly in
dicated the strain they were under
and were not up to their usual form.
Many shots were missed and the
team play was loose at times. The
fans were rewarded with several
thrilling plays when one or the 9TH
er got right. The air was super
charged with excitement at all
times.
with only three games remaining
and those with quintets of the lower
tier IN the standing Mount VERNON
can hardly be kept from the first
half honors. Biddle for the win
ners and Gillespie for the losers di-
vided individual honors last night
Ccore.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-03

Wait the pitcher out II wild. Make
him pitch"
That has long been a slogan in
baseball. Therein lies tho value Of
a good lead-of man.
In the history OF baseball, only
one MAYOR league player has ever
received six bases on balls in the
game.
Walter Wilmot. the great outfeld-
or Of the old Chicago Nationals,
achieved that distinction back in
1891. No other player IN either
major league has ever equalled Il.
Five bases on balls IN one game
stands as the American League rec
ord. It being jointly held by FIVE
players.
Roger Peckinpaugh of the Wash
ington cub then with the New York
Yankees. was the last player no
turn the trick. Il was back IN 1919
NJ Philadelphia. was umpiring
the plate.
For a batsman 20 work PITCHER
for five bases on balls Is out OF the
ordinary However. the manner in
which Pechnpaugh walked each
lime makes his feat stand out as
Just a little bit different
I regard Il by far as the greatest
I have ever seen.
Pecdnpaugh came to bat I'VE
times. snd on no occasion was he
called upon 70 sacrifice or hit. II I
remember correctly he was the first
man up in each inning.
Not once during that ball game
with the Athletics did Peckinpaugh
even so much as swing at a ball.