[Ads-l] Correction of OED Entry on "Center Field"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for the baseball term "center field" is purportedly from an Indiana newspaper in 1835.  This must be an error, since the game of baseball was not organized until 1845.

The first use given by Edward J. Nichols, Historical Dictionary of Baseball Terminology, is from the Rules of the Original Knickerbocker Club (1854).

Fred Shapiro

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