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

[Ben Zimmer]

Earlier still, from 1887.

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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107192966/double-header/
Detroit Free Press, Sep. 7, 1887, p. 2, col. 1 (heading)
A DOUBLE-HEADER. The Detroits and Chicagos to Play Two Games To-day.
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On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 6:25 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> I see now that in 2014 I posted the following earlier antedating:
>
> double header (OED, c., 1896)
>
> 1888 _Boston Daily Globe_ 31 May 5 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
> (heading) Boston Has a Double Header. Indians Prove Easy Victims.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Antedating of "Double-Header"
>
> 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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