[Ads-l] Antedating of "Big League"

[Shapiro, Fred]

big league (OED 1881)

“It has been let out, that the Evansville club was not organized for the purpose of going on a round of victorious games, but only to play against the big league clubs, to let our citizens have a sight at the way professional muscle can handle the ball and bat.” The Evansville Daily Courier, June 17, 1877, p4

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

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