[Ads-l] Modern Proverb: A good loser is no good (Robert Zuppke Nov 6, 1924) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

More:
1855 _Hartford Daily Courant_ (Dec. 27)  2: "Show me a Loco, gentlemen,"
said he, "and I'll show you a liar!"

1859 Ibid. (Oct. 31) 2: An exchange says it was a remark of Dr. Waddell,
"show me a boy with a horse, dog and gun, and I'll show you a boy who will
never come to anything."
 JL

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 5:39 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here is a good precursor match for "Show me a good loser and I'll show
> you a loser" that is a bit earlier.
>
> Date: April 2, 1963
> Newspaper: San Francisco Chronicle
> Newspaper Location: San Francisco, California
> Article: Smile When You Call Him Sport
> Author: Bob Stevens
> Quote Page 44, Column 8
> Database: GenealogyBank
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a consistent loser.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 5:07 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser" has matches in 1963
> > as indicated in my previous message. When I explored the saying I did
> > find a close precursor in 1960.
> >
> > The quotation below is from coach Carl Rees of the University of
> Pittsburgh.
> >
> > Date: April 17, 1960
> > Newspaper: The Pittsburgh Press
> > Newspaper Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> > Article: Och Tires of Losing, Shot Records Suffer
> > Author: Roy McHugh
> > Section 3, Quote Page 3, Column 5
> > Database: Newspapers.com
> >
> > https://www.newspapers.com/image/141354180/?terms=loser
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a guy who is going to lose
> > most of the time," he volunteered.
> > [End excerpt]
> >
> > Garson
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 4:50 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
> > <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > > Of interest:
> > > >
> > > > 1969 _Springfield_ [Mass.] _Union_ (May 7) 12: Clue to Student
> Anger: 'A
> > > > Good Loser is a Loser' ... The [student] sign [at Princeton] said,
> 'Show me
> > > > a Good Loser and I'll Show You a Loser.'
> > > > . . .
> > >
> > > Thanks for your response, JL. Barry Popik has an entry on this general
> > > topic. There are many variant expressions. I linked to Barry's piece
> > > in my original ADS post and at the end of the QI article. (My QI
> > > article was focused on the early Zuppke quotation.)
> > >
> > >
> https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/show_me_a_good_loser_and_ill_show_you_a_loser
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt from Barry's article]
> > > 21 June 1963, Life magazine, pg. 87, col. 2:
> > > “Hell,” he (Frankie Albert, an All-American quarterback—ed.) says, “in
> > > football we were out to kill the opponent. Show me a good loser and
> > > I’ll show you a loser.”
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > Garson
>
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