Cal-Mex (1964); Say it ain't so (1930)

[Sam Clements]

Try using "say it ain't true."

>From SABR/Proquest:  27 June 1921  Washington Post pg. 2

>>Kids Are Getting Callous./Curious that when Mr. Ruth emerged from the cell
where he had been confined for speeding there was no little child to cry out
to him, "Say it ain't true, Babe!"<<

and, from 4 June 1922, LA Times pg. I12?

>>UNPOPULAR PLAYERS/The "whitewashed Sox" of Chicago want to play in
Pasadena but are unlikely to have the opportunity.  A card from the manager
of the team, asking for dates for this season or next for the "Ex-Major
League Baseball Stars" has been received by local baseball authorities but
is not being considered very seriously.  The team contains "Lefty" Williams,
"Swede" Risberg, Eddie Cicotte, "Say it Ain't True Joe" Jackson, "Happy"
Felsch, and "Buck" Weaver.<<

Sam Clements
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> "SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE"
>
> Ancestry.com has announced several Chicago newspapers in its new databases
> section. I didn't see "sport peppers" anywhere. The papers aren't of the
1910s
> "jazz" period. It's just a few scattered years.
>
> "Say it ain't so, Joe" is an alleged Chicago phrase from the "Black Sox"
> scandal of 1920. I re-checked it against the Chicago Tribune, Sporting
News, and
> Newspaperarchive, but didn't find anything near 1920.
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS) ("say it ain't/isn't so" and "joe
jackson")
> Majors Plan to Throw Parks Open Free To "Kids" Who Have Time But No Money;
> Movement to Admit Youths Gratis on Week Days Grows.
> The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Mar 27, 1930. p. 15 (1
> page):
> It was a small boy who appealed to Joe Jackson with the "Say it ain't so,
> Joe," which went round the world when the White Sox star admitted that
everything
> was not all that it should have been in 1919.
>
> LEGAL BETTING IDEA DRAWS WICKS' GIBE; Saying O'Dwyer Would Turn Sports
Over
> to 'Tinhorns,' He Adds 'Say It Isn't So, Bill' Cites Spain,Italy, Cuba
Recalls
> Black Sox Scandal
> By LEO EGAN Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1857-Current
> file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 16, 1950. p. 40 (1 page)