[Ads-l] Antedating of "Double-Header"

[Ben Zimmer]

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has a cite for "double-header" from 1890.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ceeU7xSLw5kC&pg=PA267
The North American [Philadelphia], Sept. 16, 1890
Rain and wet grounds prevented yesterday's local games. ... The Athletic
and Baltimore Clubs will have a double-header, the first beginning at two
o'clock.


On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> double-header (OED, 3., 1896)
>
> 1893 _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_ 7 Aug. 8/2 (Newspapers.com)  The Browns and
> St. Louis played a double-header in the presence of the biggest croowd that
> ever gathered in the Cincinnati grounds.
>
>

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