moustache--(Why a moustache was likened to a baseball team)

[sagehen]

Gerald Cohen writes:
> On Dec. 13, 2004 Bill Mullins sent an ads-l message wondering how
>"miniature baseball nines" could mean "moustache" in a 1929 high-school
>yearbook. [See item below my signoff.]
>
>  It just occurred to me that the answer is obvious:
>        The writer twice refers to the moustache making "the hit" with the
>girls. Baseball teams make hits. Ergo,...
>
>     Q.E.D., case closed. It's Miller time.
 ~~~~~~~~
Considering the age of the "men" in question, it could just be a mean
allusion to the sparseness of the mustaches: nine whiskers on each side.
A. Murie

A&M Murie
N. Bangor NY
sagehen at westelcom.com