If he buys a friend a rickey not for any special cause, He is captain of the lush-and-spendthrift squad; If, before he spends a million, he will think a bit and pause, There's a popular impression he's a wad.
"Tobogganing On Parnassus"
Franklin P. Adams
"Colonel" rickey, leading off for the Wind Jammers in the second, hoisted an infield fly, and expressed his annoyance in a choice Southern drawl as he went back to the bench.
"Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager"
Burt L. Standish
But the Swede attempted to steal on the first pitch to rickey, and Sommers threw him out.
"Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager"
Burt L. Standish