Show Speak speaking irig of sports golf Is golden jubilee beinor being marked iu in U S by GEORGE A BARCLAY the next time you yon dub a drive or slice ilee one into the rough blame it on two fellows in yonkers Yon hers N Y responsible in a way tor for it they started playing golt golf back in 1888 1988 and organized orean lied the first club in the united states you yon probably be worrying about par all ol of which means that golf in america is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year it started in john reids cow pasture reids friend robert lockhart a scot who had learned the game in his home land had brought some clubs and balls with him to f ez bobby jones high priest in the fabulous america in 1887 when christmas came he be gave them to reid he outlined the rules and reid grew enthusiastic on the first fine day of 1888 they took the clubs and balls to reids cow pasture laid out three holes swung the new clubs and dug the first divots divits in american history reids neighbors grew curious then interested his pasture proved too small so they moved to a 30 acre acie field owned by the local butcher they played there all summer when the season closed reid and five of his new golfing cronies met and organized a club reid was elected president and john B upham secretary treas aurer the others harry 0 talmadge kingman M putnam and harry holbrook made up the board of governors new members joined the club then the city of yonkers decided to extend its street system into their course and they found refuge in an old apple orchard soon they were called the old apple tree gang two more moves marked the clubs progress but by 1894 it was established and golf had found a definite place for itself in american life steady advances have marked the games history ever since today 50 years after its introduction golf has become part of our oar language and golf balls and clubs are sold in the corner drug store by 1900 there were 1000 golf clubs in america and the game was changing the rubber cored ball succeeded the gutta percha ball and gave the average man an opportunity he had been praying for the chance to drive daiv t with the best of them take Britis hers national pride in the feats of our golfers was a natural development walter 3 travis made the headlines in 1901 1904 when he won the british amateur championship and A francis ouimet americas ameri cas prewar golf hero placed america on a competitive basis with england the game came was given another push forward in 1 1913 I when young francis ouimet beat the famous famois harry var vardon don at brookline mass after timeout time out in the world war the game came back with a bang in the bobby jones still a stripling was the high priest of that fabulous era winning the national ama amateur beur championship pion PIOUS ship five times the national open four times the british open three times and the british amateur once before retiring in I 1 1930 from the little cow p pasture back in yonkers new york 50 years ago the game of golf has continued to grow grov until today there are more than links throughout the united states old racing prints collection of at rare old A araking racing prints gathered during the last 30 years in a search through old barns dingy basements stables attics tt cs and curio shops has been placed on exhibit at the spa a at t french lick springs ind the lithographs featuring famous camou 3 race horses trotters and pacers ol of bygone by gone days their owners and trainers represents a rare collection of the prints already hung hang in the hotels main corridor about a third bear the signature ot of currier and ives the collection was gathered through the years by thomas D taggart jr noted sportsman out of a half forgotten indianapolis barn came the jockeys prayer printed in 1868 by rae smith of new york and such choice relics as ben herrings flying a brook A treasured possession is a reproduction 0 of proctor K knott nott winner of 0 the futurity at sheepshead bay in III 1888 and an equine favorite of ken tuck ians of that day names tain to stir the memories of older horse fanciers include Hamb letonian billy D the trotting gelding foxhall goldsmith maid with her trainer and driver budd doble sidney dillon and idaj major or del nar in their long remembered me memphis M match and lucy noted trotting mare of the seventies A front yard in ipswich ipswitch mass gave up a reproduction of a co completed in steeplechase jump lady suffolk a print of the famous mare by john smith and dating back to 1852 was a contribution from a stable group and from an inn near saratoga came two lithographs disputed heat and ready tor for the trot Diani diamond ond dynasties T HIS business of sons following in their fathers footsteps seems to be picking up so far as or organized base baseball ballis is concerned in the bi big leagues this year are six players whose daddies were up in fast company a generation ago probably the most spectacular of the second generation crop is young jim m bag bagby by twenty one year old son of old sergeant jim bagby who won 31 games for cleveland in 1920 and was the pitching mainstay of the indians successful worlds series drive that year against the brooklyn dodgers old jim was a leisurely screwball screw ball thrower young jim pitching for the boston red sox specializes on a fast ball with a sharp breaking curve in his r 1 10 k r aaa A jim Bagby Jr first major league game recently he out pitched red ruffing of the new york yankees ile he has been in in organized baseball since his graduation from high school in 1935 another prominent major leaguer whose dad saw fast time is myril hoag outfielder of the yankees ile he is the son of 0 tracy hoag who while he spent most of 0 his career in the coast league saw some service in the he majors then theres dixie walker outfielder of the detroit tigers son ot of evart dixie walker the old washington pitcher billy sullivan jr whose father was a white sox catcher of 30 years ago and a battery mate of the great ed walsh bobby mattick jr of the cubs son of chink mattick of the white sox and cards and karl maggert jr of the boston bees uis his father was with pittsburgh and the athletics three sets of brothers are drawing pay checks in the major leagues this year they are the caners the fegreus Fer and the di maggiol Mag gios lloyd and paul warier waner do outfield duty for the pittsburgh pirates wes and rick ferrell are pitcher and catcher respectively for the wa washington sh in agton senators joe di maggio of course is the yankees ace outfielder his brother vince is cen ter fielder tor for the boston bees Ren remember when bhelt the old cubs won games in a single season and set a record that even the modern new york yankees approached big league ball players sat on a bench right out in the open instead of I 1 in n a dugout and when club houses were on the he field instead of back of the grandstand jack britton britto n and ted kid lewis fought each oth other er 22 times and always drew packed houses because they gave a great fig fight lit each time it took three downs to gain five yards in football foot baU the old flying wedge was used and a flem fiek goal counted four points 0 western newspaper union |