[Ads-l] Antedating of "Forkball"

[Shapiro, Fred]

forkball (OED 1923)

“Bert Hall, of Tacoma, sprung something new on the Seattle batters yesterday and he had them walking from the plate to the bench shaking their heads as if puzzled. Bert has practiced pitching what he calls the fork ball until he can actually control it.” Seattle Daily Times, September 19, 1908, p5

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

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