[Ads-l] Antedating of "Knuckle Ball"

[Bill Mullins]

> knuckle ball (OED 1927)

> 1907 _Marion_ (Ohio) _Daily Mirror_ 11 May 15/2 (Newspapers.com)

> The knuckle ball had the Giants completely baffled.

> Fred Shapiro

Slightly earlier:

1907  Racine WI Journal Times​ Apr 30 7/1 [newspapers.com]

Moren, a young pitcher with Philadelphia, has invented a drop curve called the knuckle ball and makes it work very prettily.



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