Yips

[Grant Barrett]

I've got a little earlier first site for "yips" at DTWW; antedating
that, too, is highly probable.

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/yips/

1937 Bill Braucher @ New York Hammond Times (Ind.) (July 3) “Tales in
Tidbits” p. 9: Carl Hubbell says he got the “yips” so bad during his
recent slump that he was walking into closed doors.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org


On Sep 15, 2005, at 00:59, Mullins, Bill wrote:
> 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."
>