Let me first make clear that Joe Bausch has given me nothing to post for him.
All of the articles of his that I've posted on this, and many other threads, were already out in the GCA public domain, put there by Joe on other threads, and I copied it forward here.
I estimated 90% overall jokingly, but it's probably more like 50-60% overall on my posts, depending on the topic. This one is "Joe-heavy" simply because the only direct, eye-witness account through all the years starting around the time the property was purchased is AW Tillinghast, and Joe is the one who unearthed the Tillinghast Series of Articles from the Philadelphia Record.
That, of course, is why you guys are so desperate to discredit him. That part is particularly pathetic, as are comments such as Patrick's that Crump killed himself because he hadn't yet finished the last four holes, which is not only pure speculation, but totally disgraceful.
It was the middle of World War I....there was a LOT going on and Crump's dream and mental state need to be viewed with some modicum of respect.
But that's not going to happen. You guys will simply go to about any length to push your agenda.
With all Joe Bausch has done for this site you guys are now throwing him under the bus because I've used some of his articles that's he's previously posted here??
That's really, really sad and at least David should be very ashamed of himself. But, he won't be, I'm also certain.
Besides, despite David's new theory to the contrary, I've also used articles that discuss Colt's role, such as the 1928 J.E. Ford article on my post #26 on this thread.
Tillinghast also mentioned Colt coming, and then what was the result, and I've posted those, as well. Here they are again.
NO ONE is trying to take Colt out of the equation. You guys are simply trying to write Crump out of the equation, which is why the contemporaneous record laid out by Tillnghast is so important.
And, thank God for Tillinghast writing what he did at both Pine Valley and Merion or who knows how f-up'd you guys would have their history by now.
And thank God for Joe Bausch for finding these articles that stand on their own no matter how you guys try to twist them, or how much you try to discredit the man himself.