WAMBSGANSS AND GRIMES
Artist
The Alternative Press
Artist
Robert Hershon
Date1987
MediumLetterpress on cardstock
DimensionsPaper Size: 6 1/2 × 4 in. (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Gary Eleinko, 2023
Object numberUAC7448.19
DescriptionLetterpress printed poem on cardstock by Robert Hershon, titled "WAMBSGANSS AND GRIMES". WAMBSGANSS AND GRIMES
burleigh grimes
last of the legal spitballers
and famously rotten-tempered
died yesterday
and bill wambsganss
who turned
an unassisted triple play
in the 1920 series
and who knows what else
he ever did
died today
between them they were
182 years old
and between them
they hadn't played ball
in about 100 years
but they were at the top
of the obit page
where justice prevails
and vice presidents of
insurance companies
finish last
Published by The Alternative Press, Issue Number 14-15 (Double Edition).
