[Ads-l] Antedating of "Perfect Game"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Mar 25 13:08:04 UTC 2025
perfect game (OED 1907)
“Cy Young has twice pitched a perfect game.<https://www.newspapers.com/image/543760284/?terms=%22perfect%2Bgame%22%2Bward>” (Headline). The Brooklyn Citizen, May 9, 1904, p4
NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.
Fred Shapiro
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