The Big Apple: “You’ve got to hand it to relay runners”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from June 15, 2019

“You’ve got to hand it to relay runners”

Relay runners hand each other a baton. “You’ve got to hand it to Relay Teams #win100” is a pun that was posted on Twitter by Alan Machnik on November 1, 2010. Machnik also posted the joke on Twitter on May 30, 2012, and again on Twitter on June 6, 2014.

Wikipedia: Relay race
A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating (usually with a baton in the fist). In the Olympic Games, there are several types of relay races that are part of track and field.

Twitter
Alan Machnik
@Alan_Machnik
You’ve got to hand it to Relay Teams #win100
2:02 PM - 1 Nov 2010

Twitter
Alan Machnik
@Alan_Machnik
You’ve got to hand it to Relay Teams.
5:57 AM - 30 May 2012

Twitter
Ethan Ayers
@UnbeatenEthan
You really got to hand it to relay runners.
1:02 AM - 11 Aug 2012

Twitter
Dave G
@Vitamin_DG
You’ve really got to hand it to relay runners.
3:31 AM - 1 Sep 2012

Twitter
Alan Machnik
@Alan_Machnik
You’ve got to hand it to Relay Teams.
6:29 AM - 6 Jun 2014

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SnappySnapsExeter
@SnappySnapsExet
@MooseAllain You’ve got to hand it to relay racers.
10:21 AM - 7 Jul 2014

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✨Ian S Goudie ✨
@ian9657
You’ve got to hand it to relay runners @MockTheWeek @Miltonjones_
5:34 PM - 13 Jun 2019 from Glasgow, Scotland

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/sevendeadlyfrenchmen June 14, 2019
You’ve gotta hand it to relay runners, don’t you?

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Exercise/Running/Health Clubs • Saturday, June 15, 2019 • Permalink