[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bronx CHeer"

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

Just a small note that, not long ago, we pushed this back by a baby
step to 19 September 1921.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2024-March/165128.html

Thanks for reporting on all these old baseball terms, Fred.

-- Bonnie

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Bronx cheer (OED 1929)
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> “Princeton’s defeat by Annapolis is regretted here [in Chicago] as the Staggs say if they win in the East it won’t be held as such-a-much, whereas if Chicago loses the East will grin and give Western football the jolly old Bronx cheer.” Damon Runyon, United Press, “Chicago University Will Invade Princeton’s Lair,” Washington Post, October 19, 1921, p16.
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> NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.
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> Fred Shapiro
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