Ping-Pong Cocktail

Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails by Harry of Ciro's (1923, p.68) — Harry of Ciro's 1923

1. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
2. Add a cherry.

Garnish: Cherry

This matters because it preserves a floral sloe-gin branch that later histories often flatten away.

The drink's identity rests on the pairing of sloe gin with creme Yvette rather than on a vermouth base.

Barflies and Cocktails by Harry McElhone and Wynn (1927, p.61) — James G. Bennett, St. Louis 1903 attribution

1. Shake well, strain into a cocktail glass, and add a cherry.

Garnish: Cherry

This matters because it preserves another early named sloe-and-violette line inside McElhone's canon, with a historical attribution note.