[Ads-l] Antedating of "Major League"

[Shapiro, Fred]

major league (OED 1888)

1887 Boston Daily Globe 13 Sept. 8/4 (Newspapers.com)  The Sporting Life scheme to equalize the strength of clubs provides, among other things for ... complete reservation by minor as well as major leagues.

Fred Shapiro

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