George Crump calls for the standardized golf ball

[Mike Cirba]

From, "the more things change..." department, as pulled from deep within the research vaults of Indiana Joe(nes) Bausch, circa April 1917;

[Adam Clayman]

Fascinating find Mike. Thanks for sharing.

What type of publication did this come from?

Seems like an odd combinations of subjects. But very interesting.

[JSlonis]

Great find guys.  I'll forward this article on.

[Sean Eidson]

Really enjoyed this article, especially as it relates to the thread about technology and course records.

Many decades later, with balls and clubs that should have rendered PV utterly obsolete, do we hold it in any less esteem?  

It's not a worthy challenge for the 0.X% of elite golfers to contest major championships, but for 99.X% of people lucky enough to play it, it's one of the most challenging, difficult, rewarding courses in existence.  And that's with ProV's and 460cc drivers.

You still have to hit it straight.

[Joe Bausch]

Great find guys.  I'll forward this article on.

That article was part of the DVD I gave you Jamie. 

This article came from the Public Ledger, a Philadelphia newspaper.

[JSlonis]

Great find guys.  I'll forward this article on.

That article was part of the DVD I gave you Jamie. 

This article came from the Public Ledger, a Philadelphia newspaper.

Joe,

Thanks.  Obviously, I haven't viewed everything on that disc.  It's incredible how much info you have uncovered.

[Adam Clayman]

Joe, Would you consider this to be the way marketing was done in that day? Do you get a sense of that?

[Joe Bausch]

Joe, Would you consider this to be the way marketing was done in that day? Do you get a sense of that?

Adam, the article does have a little bit of a marketing feel, but during these times many articles were similar to this (with no author, not even a pen-name like Verdant Green or Joe Bunker).

[Mike Cirba]

There is no question that some of these guys "used" the press to get out messages that they hoped to spread, or other times to promote causes and/or clubs they were hoping to create interest in.

We clearly saw some examples of that in the reporting on Clarence Geist's efforts to build Seaview.

I think most times the golf reporters were also friends with these guys so it was seen somewhat as a win/win situation, but there wasn't a lot of critical reporting of new courses going on, with the notable exception of some of Tillinghast's writings.

But even Tillinghast was not immune from some degree of self-promotion in his writings, particularly those written under "Hazard", for American Golfer, where he'd often mention course work at places he was working for or courses "needing" course work at place he hoped to work for.