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Howard W. RosenbergIn my newest book, I cite the following from a Baltimore spring training game at Savannah, Ga.
Baltimore's John McGraw said something to Savannah’s Punch Devinney that caused Devinney to hit him. They exchanged light blows, ``but the players were separated before any harm had been done by either man,’’ the Savannah News said. The Savannah Press said McGraw is known as a ``scrapper’’ and that his ``linguistic eccentricity wasn’t noticeable’’ during the game. ``The fans expected something spicy from him, but, for unaccountable reasons, he didn’t ejaculate once during the game. This [self-restraint] must be exceedingly distressing to the brilliant third baseman.’’