haymaker (boxing) antedated (?) to 1899

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/17/2014 03:49 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>As for the baseball team, HDAS shows "haymaker" as a mid-19th century term
>for a farmer or rustic.

And the other team was called the "Mowers".

Joel


>JL
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>On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 2:55 PM, <sclements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> > Subject:      Re: haymaker (boxing) antedated (?) to 1899
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> > Even if Stephen's find isn't a haymaker=3Dpunch, the "punch" use can be
> > fou=
> > nd using Genealogy Bank in 1900.
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> > 11 September 1900-- _The Denver Evening Post_ 7/1
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> > Only an accidental "haymaker" from McCoy's right could have won the fight
> > f=
> > or the kid.
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> > Sam Clements

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