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Joe Bausch

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reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun New
« on: June 14, 2017, 02:08:10 PM »
Just stumbled into these recently while surfing at Newspapers.com:

http://myphillygolf.com/uploads/archives/1924BaltimoreSun/index.html

Enjoy!
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BCrosby

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2017, 02:46:21 PM »
Joe -


Great stuff. Thanks.


What do we know about W. A. Biggs? The name is new to me.


Bob
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ANTHONYPIOPPI

Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2017, 02:46:31 PM »
Thanks for posting Joe. Found some amazingly detailed articles on Gibson Island, including the one you posted, while researching the course.

Best,

Anthony
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Joe Bausch

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2017, 02:48:05 PM »
Quote from: BCrosby on June 14, 2017, 02:46:21 PM
Joe -

Great stuff. Thanks.

What do we know about W. A. Biggs? The name is new to me.

Bob

Biggs is a new name to me as well. 
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Peter Pallotta

Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2017, 03:47:18 PM »
My thanks too, Joe - these are a pleasure to read. One of the pleasures is the way the writer avoids all the fancy language and concepts and simply describes the  golf holes - eg this one has a big green, that one has lots of bumps and ridges in it etc. Also interesting is that, as always, then and now, the focus tends to be on how hard/easy it is.
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Eric Hammerbacher

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2017, 04:32:24 PM »
Ok so I know Rogers Forge became CC of Maryland...but what about Maryland CC(links)?  I don't know of any courses around that opened and closed with par 3's. How long before it became NLE and where was it?
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Joe Bausch

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2017, 04:45:54 PM »
A 1903 Sun article indicates Maryland CC golf links was located at Park Heights Avenue.


And in 1936 Maryland CC reopened as a public course.  I'll add more data as I find it!
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MCirba

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2017, 05:13:46 PM »
Could it be Forest Park GC?
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2017, 05:39:32 PM »
Maryland CC opened some time prior to or around 1902 and was given a location of Arlington.  It appears in both the 1902 Official Golf Guide and Spalding's 1902 Directory of Golf Courses, which notes it had 9 holes.


The 1905 Spaldings Official Golf Guide notes a 9 hole 3,003 yard course and an article from the May 1905 edition of Golfers Magazine notes changes being made to the course.


The Jan. 1907 edition of Golfers Magazine notes work started on a new 18 hole 6,000 yard course utilizing five holes from the existing 9 hole course.


The 18 hole course was noted in the 1917 and 1920 Official Golf Guides under the name of Maryland CC.  In the 1921 Guide through the 1931 Guide there are listings for a New Maryland CC with the same pro as the 1917 and 1920 listings, leading one to think the name was changed at some point.  There is no listing for a course by either name in a 1938 Guide.


Curious as to what you have on its reopening.



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Joe Bausch

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2017, 05:25:17 AM »
A 1935 article says the club had been having money trouble and was sold to some real estate brokers for 60k.

Same article says the golf course was at Park Heights and Strathmore Avenues.
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2017, 12:33:07 PM »
Quote from: Joe Bausch on June 16, 2017, 05:25:17 AM

Same article says the golf course was at Park Heights and Strathmore Avenues.


That makes sense, the Arlington neighborhood is located very close to that intersection.
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Craig Disher

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2017, 12:48:19 PM »
The New MCC was located on both sides of Park Heights Ave just SE of Suburban CC. The clubhouse was located on the NW corner of the intersection of Park Heights and Clarks Lane. It's gone as are all other recognizable parts of the course. Traces of it are visible in 1938 aerials. The course was situated on a SW to NE diagonal along the axis of Clarinth and Labyrinth rds.
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2017, 12:58:34 PM »
Pretty sure the Maryland CC grew out of the Maryland Bicycle Club, which first built its course in 1898.  The club changed names around 1901.
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BHoover

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2017, 01:09:17 PM »
When did the Roland Park course at BCC close?
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: reviews of a dozen Baltimore golf courses: 1924 Baltimore Sun
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2017, 01:16:53 PM »
Quote from: Brian Hoover on June 16, 2017, 01:09:17 PM
When did the Roland Park course at BCC close?


1962
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