Crowd around green during match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, Commonwealth Country Club

Crowd around green during match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, Commonwealth Country Club

Item Information

Title:
Crowd around green during match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, Commonwealth Country Club
Description:
Babe Ruth putting on the green at Commonwealth Country Club surrounded by a crowd of spectators during an exhibition match with 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
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Newton
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139v802
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 during match between Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, Brae Burn, 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_036546