Does "hurler" predate 1906?

[Sam Clements]

21 August, 1906.  _Altoona(PA) Mirror_ 1/5
( A game between Williamport and Altoona--sc)

<<Poor Bell!  It's the old story about the pitcher going to the well once
too often.  But the big hurler was not in the least disturbed.>>

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Cohen" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>


> My thanx to Wayne McElreavy and Skip McAfee for their replies to my
> forwarded query from Sam Clements concerning the earliest dating of
> "hurler" (pitcher). I now share the two replies below. Dickson's
> baseball dictionary gives 1908, but Sam Clements found an example
> from 1906. Sam, if you could share your 1906 antedating with us, I'm
> sure this would be much appreciated.