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

[Ben Zimmer]

My Wall Street Journal column this week is on college football "bowls," and
I include the very helpful Harvard examples that Bill Mullins found --
thanks, Bill!

https://on.wsj.com/3TDGHPB

--bgz

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 11:06 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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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