Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 03:55:27 EST From: Bapopik Subject: Bunt; Circus catch; Ladies' day This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_884768127_boundary Content-ID: <0_884768127[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_884768127_boundary Content-ID: <0_884768127[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: Bapopik Return-path: To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.c.uga.edu Subject: Bunt; Circus catch; Ladies' day Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 03:32:57 EST Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit BUNT BARNHART'S DICTIONARY OF ETYMOLOGY has 1889 for a baseball "bunt." Paul Dickson's BASEBALL DICTIONARY has 1888 and 1891. This is from SPORTING LIFE, 2 June 1886, pg. 2, col. 3: Arlie Latham quite captured the great crowd present by his good-natured antics, and was cheered as he left the field. Every one knows Latham's great feat is to "bunt" the ball and beat it to first. Latham was famous for this. His St. Louis Browns were champions in 1886. I don't know how Dickson could miss it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- CIRCUS CATCH Dickson's BASEBALL DICTIONARY has 1888 for "circus catch." This is from SPORTING LIFE, 28 April 1886, pg. 5, col. 1: Steve Brady made a cricus catch and Hardie Henderson tried to get Greer to swear out a warrant for him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- LADIES' DAY Paul Dickson's BASEBALL DICTIONARY states that the first ladies' day was in 1883. This is from SPORTING LIFE, 25 August 1886, pg. 5, col. 2: "LADIES' DAY" is now six years of age. --part0_884768127_boundary--