You can't win 'em all (1886, 1919, 1922)
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Sun Oct 19 01:11:53 UTC 2003
Unless you're the cursed Yankees. I had posted 1926.
(PROQUEST--WASHINGTON POST)
NATIONALS SURPRISE TRIBE WITH NINTH-INNING VICTORY
By J.V. FITZ GERALD.. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Aug 16, 1919. p. 10 (1 page)
Cleveland. Aug. 15.--Cleveland can't win 'em all in the ninth.
(J. V. Fitz Gerald is the brother of John J. Fitz Gerald, of "Big Apple" fame--ed.)
Nats Oppose Mackmen Today
By FRANK H. YOUNG.. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jun 23, 1926. p. 13 (1 page):
"WELL, we can't win 'em all," said Manager Bucky Haris yesterday after his team had lost its twelfth game in the last seventeen starts, thus showing that our boy leader still has a keen sense of humor.
(PROQUEST--LOS ANGELES TIMES)
PEN POINTS
The Staff. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Nov 1, 1922. p. II4 (1 page):
Speaking of the local football games, we can't win 'em all.
PEN POINTS
The Staff. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Apr 5, 1923. p. II4 (1 page) :
However, the season of the Pacific Coast League is young. We can't win 'em all.
(PROQUEST--NEW YORK TIMES)
DETROIT BADLY HANDLED
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 9, 1886. p. 2 (1 page):
CHICAGO, July 8.--The Detroit Baseball Club may win two games out of its three with Chicago, but it can't win them all, for Chicago took one to-day.
TIGERS BEAT YANKS AS 42,712 LOOK ON
Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 4, 1924. p. 8 (1 page):
DETROIT, Aug. 3.--The Yankees can't win them all, but they certainly can draw more people to a fenced-in area than any other traveling attraction listed under the head of amusement.
YANKEES STOPPED BY ATHLETICS, 8-3
By JAMES R. HARRISON.Special to The New York Times.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 4, 1926. p. 33 (1 page):
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 3.--You can't win them all, and the Yankees are no exception to this old time rule.
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