| Show speaking pea ing of sports sport golden jubilee being marked markezin Mark edin in US by GEORGE A BARCLAY the next time you dub a drive or slice one into the rough blame it on two 0 fellows in yonkers N Y athey alyre 1 responsible in a way for tr they started playing golf back bach in 1888 and organized the first club in the united states you probably be worrying about par all 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 america in 1887 when christmas came he gave them to reid he outlined the rules and reid grew enthusiastic on the first fine day of 1888 1883 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 jn history story treads tRe ids neighbors grew curious ah mien interested his pasture proved too small so they moved to a SO 30 acre field owned by the local butcher they played there all summer 10 0 A A bobby jones high priest in the fabulous when the season closed reid and five of his bis new golfing cronies met and organized a club reid was elected president and john B upham secretary treasurer 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 1891 1894 it was established and golf had found a definite place for itself in american life today 50 years after its introduction golf has become part of our language and golf balls and clubs are sold in ia 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 with the best of them take Britis hers national pride in the feats of our golfers was a natural development walter J travis made the headlines in 1904 when he be won the british amateur championship and W francis ouimet americas prewar golf hero placed america on a competitive basis with england the game was given another push forward in 1913 when young francis ouimet beat the famous harry vardon at brookline mass after timeout time out in the world war the game came back with a bang inthe bobby jones still a stripling was the high priest of that fabulous era winning the national amateur championship pion ship five times the national open four times the british open three times and the british amateur once before retiring in 1930 from the little cow pasture back in yonkers new york 50 years ago the game of golf has continued to grow until today there are more than links throughout the united states old racing prints A A collection of rare old alx lx racing prints gathered during the last 30 years in a search through old barns dingy basements stables attics and curio shops has been placed on exhibit at the spa at french lick springs ind the lithographs featuring famous race horses trotters and pacers of bygone by gone days their owners and trainers represents a rare sports collection of the prints already hung in the hotels main corridor about a third bear the signature of currier and ives the collection was gathered through the years by thomas D taggart jr out of a half forgotten indianapolis barn came the jockeys prayer printed in 1868 by rae bae smith of new york and such choice relies relics as ben herrings flying a brook A treasured possession Is a reproduction of proctor knott winner ol of the futurity at sheepshead bay in 1888 and an equine favorite of ken tuck ians of that day names certain to stir the memories of older horse fanciers include Hamb Hamblet letonian onlan billy D the trotting gelding elding g foxhall goldsmith maid with her trainer and driver budd doble sidney dillon and major delmir pelmar delmar mir in their long remembered memphis match and lucy noted noted trotting mare of the seventies A front yard in ipswich ipswitch mass gave up a reproduction of a completed 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 for the trot diamond dynasties F HIS business of sons following in their fathers footsteps seems to be picking up so far as organized baseball Is concerned in the big leagues this year are six players whose daddies were up in fast company a generation ago probably the most spectacular ol of the second generation crop is young X A jim bagby jr jim bagby twenty one year old son of old sergeant jim bagby who won 31 games tor 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 first major league game recently he out pitched red ruffing buffing of the N new ew york yankees another prominent major leaguer whose dad saw saw fast time Is myril hoag outfielder of the yankees he Is the son of tracy hoag who while he spent most of his career in the he coast league saw some service la in the majors then theres dixie walker outfielder of the detroit tigers son of evart dixie walker the old washington pitcher billy sullivan jr whose father was a white sox soi catcher of 30 years ago and a battery mate of the he great ed walsh bobby mattick Matt lck jr of the cubs son of Chin chinat kt mattick of the white sox and cards and karl maggert jr of the boston bees ills 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 berrells Fer and the di D maggiol Mag gios lloyd and paul waner do outfield duty for the pittsburgh pirates wes an and d rick ferrell are pitcher and catcher respectively for the washington senators joe dl di maggio of course is the yankees ace 0 outfielder ut his brother vince is cen ter fielder for the boston bees 0 western newspaper union |
