Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb with match cup, Commonwealth Country Club

Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb with match cup, Commonwealth Country Club

Item Information

Title:
Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb with match cup, Commonwealth Country Club
Description:
(l to r:) Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth holding the match cup trophy at Commonwealth Country Club prior to an exhibition match.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
June 1941
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Golf
Sports spectators
Awards
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/sj139v92v
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 and Ty Cobb with match cup, Brae Burn country club, 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_036552