Last in the American League (1904); Bullpen (1913)

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TOUGH GET GOING

   I searched for "the going gets tough" and "the tough get going" and 1961 was the earliest.  I knew I was missing something, and I was going to try a simpler query later.  I then searched for "going gets tough" and "tough get going"--leaving out the "the"--and got the three earlier hits.
   It certainly looks like it wasn't coined by Joe Kennedy...In that post, "being" should have read "behind."

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I'M FROM MISSOURI

   I didn't find it in the COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE or the ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS of 1897.  You go blind looking at that small print.


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LAST IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE

   27 June 1904, WASHINGTON POST, pg. 8:
   Charley Dryden says: "Washington--First in war, first in peace, last in the American League, rah, rah, rah."

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BULLPEN

   Paul Dickson's BASEBALL DICTIONARY has 1915?

   17 August 1913, WASHINGTON POST, pg. S2:
   He corrects the faults of the youthful trajectory hurlers and takes them to the "bullpen" in the afternoon and keeps them warmed up.

   12 April 1914, WASHINGTON POST, pg. 10:
   At this juncture Manager Callahan crooked his index finger and "Butcher" Benz ambled in from the "bull pen."