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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 51448, member: 33"]I've found some references to the phrase "1000 percent team." I think it has something to do with being undefeated. In the 'teens and '20s of the 20th century, some Midwestern sports teams were referred to that way. One page states that there was a Purdue University basketball team in 1911-1912 that was referred to that way. This is a transcript from a 1971 article, though... not a period reference.</p><p>It's a little way down this page: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/trivia/Trivia-1971-1975.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/trivia/Trivia-1971-1975.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/trivia/Trivia-1971-1975.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are several references to the phrase "1000 percent team" in publications of the University of Illinois in the 10 years or so after 1912:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U6fOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%221000+percent+team%22+baseball&source=bl&ots=e3Qlirt4VS&sig=BkJguoxoFEMKqkOK4PfL_kxoDl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D-QqVZzVNMbusAWDjIHIDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%221000%20percent%20team%22%20baseball&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U6fOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%221000+percent+team%22+baseball&source=bl&ots=e3Qlirt4VS&sig=BkJguoxoFEMKqkOK4PfL_kxoDl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D-QqVZzVNMbusAWDjIHIDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%221000%20percent%20team%22%20baseball&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=U6fOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq="1000+percent+team"+baseball&source=bl&ots=e3Qlirt4VS&sig=BkJguoxoFEMKqkOK4PfL_kxoDl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D-QqVZzVNMbusAWDjIHIDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q="1000 percent team" baseball&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19220520.2.59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19220520.2.59" rel="nofollow">http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19220520.2.59</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19150720.2.11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19150720.2.11" rel="nofollow">http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19150720.2.11</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So that caption on the postcard may have either been real, that the team depicted won every game, or it may have been a joke. I wonder about the guy who wrote the postcard repeatedly writing "ha ha." (He could have used a few smileys, I guess. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 51448, member: 33"]I've found some references to the phrase "1000 percent team." I think it has something to do with being undefeated. In the 'teens and '20s of the 20th century, some Midwestern sports teams were referred to that way. One page states that there was a Purdue University basketball team in 1911-1912 that was referred to that way. This is a transcript from a 1971 article, though... not a period reference. It's a little way down this page: [URL]http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/trivia/Trivia-1971-1975.htm[/URL] There are several references to the phrase "1000 percent team" in publications of the University of Illinois in the 10 years or so after 1912: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=U6fOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%221000+percent+team%22+baseball&source=bl&ots=e3Qlirt4VS&sig=BkJguoxoFEMKqkOK4PfL_kxoDl4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D-QqVZzVNMbusAWDjIHIDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%221000%20percent%20team%22%20baseball&f=false[/URL] [URL]http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19220520.2.59[/URL] [URL]http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19150720.2.11[/URL] So that caption on the postcard may have either been real, that the team depicted won every game, or it may have been a joke. I wonder about the guy who wrote the postcard repeatedly writing "ha ha." (He could have used a few smileys, I guess. :):))[/QUOTE]
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