"Jazz" in the LATimes, 1912 & 1917

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:51:49PM -0400, George Thompson wrote:

> However: A story from April 2, 1912 was headlined "Ben's
> Jazz Curve" and began "'I got a new curve this year' softly
> murmered Henderson yesterday, 'and I am goin' to pitch one
> or two of them tomorrow.  I call it the Jazz ball because it
> wobbles and you simply can't do anything with it."  This
> paragraph is not very legible, but the reading is correct,
> and the word in the headline is unmistakable.  The second
> and last paragraph is even less legible, but the reporter is
> skeptical, and hopes that "some unintelligent compositor"
> doesn't set "jag ball" by mistake, because if the ball
> wobbles, that must be why.

Oh, and excellent work!

JTS