[Ads-l] Antedating of "Texas Leaguer"

[Laurence Horn]

I was just struck by the reference in the article to the "in field" and “out field" trying to get to the Texas Leaguer as opposed to the infielders and outfielders. I couldn’t tell if that was a typo or infelicity in the original text or if that was the standard terminology in the late 19th c. 

> On May 26, 2024, at 9:07 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Well, it is often the case that multiple infielders can be in position to
> try, but usually only outfielder.
> 
> On Sun, May 26, 2024, 7:38 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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>>> On May 26, 2024, at 7:12 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Texas leaguer (OED 1905)
>>> 
>>> 1892 _San Francisco Call and Post_ 8 Apr. 7/5 (Newspapers.com)
>>> 
>>> If a batted ball drops between the in and out field in such a way that
>> neither can get it they call the hit a Texas leaguer, which is perhaps as
>> good a name as any.
>>> 
>>> Fred Shapiro
>>> 
>> 
>> “...between the in and out field in such a way that neither can get it...”
>> and not “between the in- and out-fielders…”? Interesting.
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