Yet Further Antedating of "Screwball"

[Fred Shapiro]

screwball (OED 1928)

1921 _Wash. Post_ 21 May 13 (ProQuest)  [Dixie] Davis had an innovation in
the pitching line in the shape of a screw ball that enabled him to stand
McBride's hirelings on their heads.

Fred Shapiro


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