Tom MacWood,
In December, 1909 issue of American Golfer, the same one that has the picture of George Crump getting off the train in Atlantic City, Tillinghast reported;
Some four or five years ago a
party of Philadelphia golfers at Atlantic
City decided that in order to
improve their play, a premium of one
ball from each player should be given
the man who succeeded in making any
hole in one less than par; in other
words, accurate play up to the "tee,"
rather than onto the green in general
was encouraged and rewarded. The
innovation met with immediate favor,
and from its nest in Philadelphia the
Birdie has taken wing to all parts of
the country. Sometime after the
hatching of the Birdie another feathered
feature was given to golf—the
Eagle, which soars even higher than
the Birdie and is consequently doubly
rewarded. To secure an Eagle one
must hole out in two less than par,
thereby receiving from each opponent
three balls (two for the Eagle and one
for the Birdie). And while the best of
players average but one or possibly
two Eagles in a season,
that rara avis
was brought down twice in one day,
and once again before the week was
over by Mr. George A. Crump on the
second hole at the Philadelphia Country
Club. The distance of 525 yards
demanded a par of 5, but Mr. Crump
was so fortunate as to gobble it in
3 on each occasion.On what basis are you contending that George Crump played no further golf with friends, or socially, or with his regular "ballsome" of friends in Atlantic City throughout the winter of 1909/1910?
Is this snippet from a November 1910 American Golfer article talking about the Tournament Scene in Philadelphia that year your only source for your claim that Crump played no golf in 1910...not even his regular group through the previous winter?...and that Tillinghast also played no golf in 1910?
What day did Crump stop playing? Was it November 13th? December 20th? December 31st??
The article goes on to state;
Mr. A. W. Tillinghast has absented
himself from the tournaments, but he
has been very actively engaged in the
development of the new course of the
Shawnee Country Club. He returned
to town for the St. Martins tournament
and was successful in the handicap,
winning the gross score prize.
Mr. R. E. Griscom appears but rarely
and unfortunately this, too, is true of
Mr. Hugh Wilson, Mr. Charles Farnum,
Mr. George Cook, Mr. Robert
James, Mr. F. H. Bohlen, Mr. Clayton
Dixon, the brothers Lineaweaver
and many others.
Did any of these men play golf in 1910? Or did they all quit that year, as well?