Ty Cobb on course at Commonwealth Country Club for match with Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb on course at Commonwealth Country Club for match with Babe Ruth

Item Information

Title:
Ty Cobb on course at Commonwealth Country Club for match with Babe Ruth
Description:
Babe Ruth hitting out of the tall rough 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:
Baseball players
Golf
Sports spectators
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/sj139v86q
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: Ty Cobb on course at Brae Burn for match with Babe Ruth, 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_036549