[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Great White Hope" (Boxing)

[Shapiro, Fred]

great white hope (OED 1911 [30 Apr.])

1911 Morning Albertan (Calgary) 17 Jan. 2/3 (Newspapers.com)

Tommy Burns Tells of His Great White Hope ... Eddie Brusso received a letter from his brother Tommy Burns, the last of the white champions, yesterday, in which he gives some interesting dope for hungry fight fans.

Fred Shapiro

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