[Dixielandjazz] Hat Trick

[Hal Vickery]

I remember hearing the term "hat trick" in reference to a three-goal game in
hockey at least as early as 1960 in Chicago Blackhawks games.  I understood
that its use in hockey went back (at least) to the early days of the NHL.
In hockey the practice was for the fans to throw their hats onto the ice
when a player accomplished the feat.

In baseball a "hat trick" is negative.  Players use it to refer to a day in
which a batter strikes out three times.  Tom Paciorek went the hat trick one
better when he was doing color commentary for the Chicago White Sox.  If a
player struck out four times in a game, Paciorek said he earned "the golden
sombrero."

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Fred Spencer
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:33 AM
To: Talegatorz at aol.com
Cc: dixieland jazz mail list
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Hat Trick

It may, or may not, be of interest to pommies and limeys who don't know this

already, and a few others, that the origin of "hat trick"goes back to the 
days when cricketers wore hats, not caps, and any bowler who took three 
wickets in succession was awarded a hat. I don't think it came into common 
use in the USA until the 1960s and 1970s when, in a Boston Bruins broadcast 
I was listening to, the commentator said that someone had scored three 
goals--a "hat trick." He had no idea where it came from so I told him and it

is now used in many sports. More useless information! Cheers.

Fred

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From: <Talegatorz at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:27 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Hat Trick


> One of the best comedy bits my group does is to start the first set 
> playing
> The
> Washington and Lee Swing with a slow  6/8 tempo and increasingly bad style
> which collapses in an ugly heap near the end of the first chorus. The band
> scratches heads and generally tries to look stupid until one of us says; 
> "Oh I
> know! We forgot the hats!" I then retrieve an old battered suitcase from 
> off
> stage.
> Inside are a bunch of cheap straw hats which are then passed around to the
> band and selected audience members. This is followed by a hot, up-tempo 
> version
> of the same tune. The audience is usually in stitches and are totally on 
> board
> with us.
> That this bit is so successful just shows what a cliche'  the straw hat 
> and
> suspenders garb has become.  Just like the German bands wearing 
> lederhosen,
> there's nothing wrong with; its just what many audiences have come to 
> expect.
> That said, I propose we all agree to wear what we like and what works best
> for our gig situations.
>
> Thankfull this Thanksgiving to be part of such a wonderful community
> dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of Dixieland Jazz,
>
> Gus Bloch
>
>
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