Babe Ruth walks the plank at Commonwealth Country Club during match with Ty Cobb

Babe Ruth walks the plank at Commonwealth Country Club during match with Ty Cobb

Item Information

Title:
Babe Ruth walks the plank at Commonwealth Country Club during match with Ty Cobb
Description:
Babe Ruth leads the crowd of spectators across a small wooden bridge at Commonwealth Country Club during an exhibition match with Ty Cobb.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
June 25, 1941
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Portrait photographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Golf
Sports spectators
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Newton
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139v845
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: Babe Ruth walks the plank at Brae Burn during match with 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_036548