First Known Use of "Homer" to Reference a Home Run

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Date	Thursday, August 6, 1868
Location	New York, NY, United States
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Description	Two recent finds on the earliest known usage of "homer:" [A] "The second inning saw a change as the Champions went out for two runs, one of these a 'homer.'" [B] In an account of English cricketers vs. Union of Morrisania 10/20/1868: "In the fourth innings the cricketers made five runs on good hits, Willisher hitting clean for a "'homer.'" Note: previously, the earliest usage was believed to be in 1875, per Dickson's The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (3rd Edition, 2009), page 419..
Sources	[A] New England Base Ballist, August 6, 1868. [B] New York Clipper October 31, 1868. (Posted to 19CBB on 2/14/2014 by Richard Hershberger.)
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Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	email to Skip McAfee, 11/17/2008

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