bagel (verb) and yips

[Mullins, Bill]

bagel (v) Not in OED.

>From Infotrac:

 "SLING, SLANG, SLUNG; The sporting world spouts a specialized vocabulary. (PLAY!) " THOMAS BECNEL Sarasota Herald Tribune, July 23, 2005 pE1;

"Bagel. In tennis, winning a set 6-0 is called giving your opponent a bagel, because a zero has a hole, too. "His game fell apart and he got bageled in the final set." "



"It's a Field Day for Tennis Fans" By ROBIN HERMAN; New York Times; Sep 2, 1975; pg. 40 col 4.
" "They call them the Bagel Twins," said Cousin Lynn, meaning Dibbs and Solomon, who is Jewish.  "Eddie [Dibbs --ed.] once yelled out "Bagel!" when Stan Smith beat him 6-0.  Now, whenever he beats anyone 6-0, he says he 'bageled' him."

yips (golf) OED has 1963

THOMSON'S RECORD 273 WINS LOS ANGELES OPEN
GRANTLAND RICE
Los Angeles Times; Jan 11, 1938; pg. A14 col 2.
"It was a magnificent example of nerve control where the yips and a turn of jittery nerves were suddenly turned into a cool head and a stout heart, two of the inescapable ingredients of the champion in moments of distress -- especially where the fates have been none too kind in recent years."