Crowd around green at Commonwealth Country Club for match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb

Crowd around green at Commonwealth Country Club for match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb

Item Information

Title:
Crowd around green at Commonwealth Country Club for match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb
Description:
Crowd of spectators surrounding the green at Commonwealth Country Club during an exhibition match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
June 25, 1941
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Sports spectators
Golf
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Newton
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139v781
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Crowd around green at Brae Burn for match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, June 1941.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2018.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2018.
On June 25, 1941, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb met at the Commonwealth Country Club in Newton, MA for the first of three charity golf matches (Society for American Baseball Research, 2018).
Accession #:
08_06_036545