[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)

[Ben Zimmer]

It's worth noting that the two 1903 citations are from articles about
Harvard Stadium, a full decade before the construction of the Yale Bowl.

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 10:58 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1903 Boston Globe 14 Nov 9/4
>
> Although the "bowl" of the stadium for the most part is now covered with
> temporary wooden seats, the company which has been constructing the stadium
> has placed more than 10 rows of concrete seats on the iron stringers above
> the number expected.
>
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/image/430850298/?terms=%22bowl%20of%20the%20stadium%22&match=1
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> 1903 Boston Globe 22 Nov 1/7
>
> Big Stone Bowl Full to Its Rim [subhead]
>
> Tier above tier up the sides of the great stone bowl rose the men and
> women, 37,000 of them, until those close to the rim, which marked the
> horizon for the spectators, seemed to be hung in their places like pictures
> upon a wall. [article text]
>
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/image/430820338/?terms=%22GREAT%20STONE%20BOWL%22&match=1
>
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> 1904 Boston Globe 20 Oct 8/4
>
> One side of the field will be sold as reserved seats, while admissions
> will admit to the seats at the end of the bowl of the stadium.
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/image/430883842/?terms=bowl&match=1
>
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