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Joe Bausch

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1896 NY Times club reviews
« on: January 05, 2015, 12:39:14 PM »
On a bunch of Sundays in spring of 1896, the Times reviewed many golf clubs.  This is at a time when golf is just beginning to blossom in the NY area, so they are a fun read.  Note that drawings are used for illustrations, instead of photographs.  I love them.

Here is a brief summary of each article:

March 1:  St. Andrews GC and Ardsley Casino
March 8:  Shinnecock Hills
March 15:  Lakewood
March 22:  Knollwood
March 29:  Morristown
April 5:  a variety (Tuxedo, Paterson, and Richmond)

Then three more Sunday articles looks at some clubs in other towns:

April 19:  Chicago clubs
April 26:  Boston clubs
May 3:  Philly clubs

I know some of these articles have been posted on this site before, but I think a nicely organized presentation of them is worthwhile.  You can view them all here:

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/1896NYTimes/

Please, enjoy.
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SWolffe

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2015, 04:01:42 PM »
Good Read!! 
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Mark McKeever

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2015, 04:08:55 PM »
Very cool stuff, thanks for organizing it!

MM
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Joe Bausch

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2015, 04:25:00 PM »
Quote from: Mark McKeever on January 05, 2015, 04:08:55 PM
Very cool stuff, thanks for organizing it!

MM

A small tidbit of knowledge from the Philly article that I liked was identifying that Devon used Willie Campbell.  Previous documents (like the Golfers' Record) suggested it was just two club members that laid it out.
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Dan Kelly

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2015, 05:09:16 PM »
Great stuff. Thanks.

All I can think, looking at those pages, is: Oh, God, the LABOR involved in producing them!
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Jud_T

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2015, 05:12:03 PM »
Gotta love 2 Tweedies among the crack Chicago players of the day.  Now if only they had a contemporary relative with a penchant for making book....
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Joe Bausch

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2015, 07:35:25 PM »
And if you read the poorly focused article on Knollwood, you'll see lots of good info on Willie Park's involvement.   :)
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Joe Bausch

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Re: 1896 NY Times club reviews
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2015, 01:37:46 PM »
Just today I found another one that fits in the series, also from March 1, this one on the Ardsley Casino:

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/1896NYTimes/pages/page_2.html?
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