Wait Till 1904!
The ASD-L folk are antedating “wait till next year!”
Washington Post, Sep 29, 1903, p. 8
The Senators could do nothing in the next two innings.
“Wait till next year.”
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Washington Post, Oct 7, 1906, p. S1
BASEBALL YEAR ENDS ... Manager Stahl Again Speaks of Washington Club’s
Success—Says Team Received Splendid Support, and Winds Up with “Wait
Until Next Year.”
...
And with a smile, the Senators’ manager sprung the old gag: “Wait until
next year.”
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(The hapless Senators would eventually win the World Series in 1924, plus
two more pennants in 1925 and 1933. And now Washington finally has a
first-place team again!)—Ben Zimmer
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