Rubber Match Meaning Origin

Slang sense of condom is by 1930s.

Rubber match meaning origin.

The tie breaking game between two baseball teams in a series. They call it a rubber match because the winning pitcher receives a tote bag full of condoms. The policy was implemented in 1957 when pitcher guy hugesac died of explosive syphilis while pitching game 7 of the world series. A rubber in rubber bridge consists of winning.

The sporting term rubber match refers to the final and deciding game in any series and traces its origins back to the 16th century english game of lawn bowling. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia dead rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. The dead rubber match therefore has no effect on the winner and loser of the series other than the total number of matches won and lost. Rubber definition a highly elastic solid substance light cream or dark amber in color polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants especially hevea and ficus species.

Meaning overshoe made of rubber is 1842 american english. Sense of deciding match in a game or contest is 1590s of unknown signification and perhaps an entirely separate word. This tie breaking sense of rubber apparently originated in the pulse pounding english game of bowls or lawn bowling.