On 31/12/17 10:34, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:26 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally >>> perfectly legit. >> >> I don't agree. In that case it should have been called the New York >> World Series. > > If they were paying for it, they could call it what they wanted. I assume > the paper was generally known as "The World" otherwise it would have been > a waste of marketing money. > > Actually, I believe it WAS originally known as The New York World Series.
Then presumably some marketeer decided that was too much of a mouthful, and dropped the "New York" rather than "World" :-( Cheers, Wol
