Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2b.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!houxm!hou2b!halle From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Calvin G. Message-ID: <590@hou2b.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 08:50:06 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2b.590 Posted: Mon Aug 12 08:50:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 06:07:08 EDT References: <3543@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 5 "Washington: first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League" was around long before Cal Griffith. The expression cropped up in the late twenties or early thirties, if not earlier. (Look at old standings to see why.) As proof of this claim, recall that Jackie Cooper used the phrase in one of the early Our Gang comedies.