Antedating of "Second Guesser"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> second guesser (OED 1937)
>
> 1913 _N.Y. Times_ 8 Oct. 5 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Tesreau
> came like a whirlwind, and he gave the second guessers the fine little alibi,
> for he had a world of speed, fair control, and everything a pitcher needs.

One day earlier than the cite Fred posted in '06:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601B&L=ADS-L&I=-3&P=25732

And a few months earlier than one I posted in '04:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0412C&L=ADS-L&P=R2&I=-3

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