Arizona republican., 1903-12-29
How Sport Has Enriched the
 Language.

How Sport Has Enriched the
 Language.
 Almost every sport ard game has in creased the colloquial vocabulary Of the English language and though many of the terms for whose application to daily occurrences various sports ard pastimes, are responsible are not to be found in dictionaries, their use is constantly increasing on the tips of many tongues. They may be slang. but slang in these days is a part of the language.
 Baseball, the patio7al game cf Amer ica. has taken h Hons share in thus adding to the exprsssions one hears in everyday ccnveI sation. Three times and out" originally meant the failure of batsman to hit the ball. Now it is applied to any failure; it may be in love, it may be in business. A "musfer, ' first a ball player who dropped the hall after it was il his hands, is now any one who cannot keep his mental CT physical grip on things concrete CT otherwise A "base hit is applied to any successful venture, and the term "a hit'' most frequently heard in re- latlon to public performers cn plat forms. draws it's meaning from the baseball diamond He made a home run of it. is often heard relltIve t9 tks career of some successful businesss man. Fingers distc~ted at the joints ky accident are called baseball fin gers and are frequently marks of Identification. The glass arm" Of the pitcher now applies to any crippled arm.
 "A grand stand play is an act per- formed to bring forth applause, and is as scften used tc characterize political moves as it is double plays. The caught at the homo pate O. the base ball field is synonymous with the falls at the last ditch of the hunting fzld Now both expressioue dcscribe the fail- ure of that which had every appear ance of success. fot- his bs S on balls recers to some lucky wight who, through, no effort of his own. achieved a much sought go9I
 Reaching the Goal' typifics the grat- ifcation of Hfc's ambition, even as it spells success on the football or pole field. "Bowled over" is taken direct from the cricke: field. A person knocked down by a street car or one in business who succumbs to a superior rival is like the fallen wicket. Tc Rugby foot ball is owed the expression the Iinc- up," whether it is used to describe those at a ticket office window or the wall flowers at a dance foul tackle" is taking unfair advantage of a rival in everyday life just as it IS on the gridlron.
 Horse racing has given words innum- erable to collcquial speech. Made a runaway race of it" signifies one who is far ahead of ali rivals Needs toe weights" is often heard in talk about a person who is carried away by sense of his own importance. bad break" traces it's origin to the trctting track. Give him his head" is ancth- CT way of saying Let him take his own course" The race track frequent CT would call deceiver ar "in and out rider" A ringer is the most com mon expression used to signify one who is sailing under false colors, and "a dark horse" as often stands for political candidate concerning whom little is known, as it does for a horse whose pedigree and merits are myster- ious. She's a high stopper, remarks one of woman who excites his admir- ation, or to express the same meaning in another race track term, he says, She's a thoroughbred Takes the bit in his teeth" is a way of explaining how person refuses to heed advice. The word "jockeying" conveys instant ly the meaning Of manoeuvring to gain certain position.
 "Got his second wind" comes from the running track to characterize one who has recovered fast ebbins courage, just as "a spurt" refers to an increase of effort in any direction.
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