Fownes Wins Tin Whistle Event In 1921 Tar and Bogey
B Fownes of Oakmont wins the Tar and Bogey contest by Major Harold B Porter’s H H scoring system. He earns 54 points with Truesdell close behind at 53 and a three-way tie for third at 50. Winners listed across classes A to D, with detailed scores and holes.
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S. B. Fownes
Oakmont
Tin Whistles
Harold B. Porter
H. H
Fownes
W. E. Truesdell
Lou Hamilton
G. W. Carroll
George VanKeuren
W. L. Milliken
H. B. Swoope
Porter
English Golfer Holes Out In One And Loses Hole
An English golfer achieved a hole in one when his ball bounced from the ladies tee box to the eighteenth green and rolled into the hole, yet he lost the hole. The incident highlights a rare quirk in golf scoring and shows how a remarkable shot can end unfavorably for the player.
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Jes' Right and a Corroded Quartz Tale
A Chicago Tribune fragment recounts a conversation where a quartz purchase corrodes a zinc-lined interior. The janitor, nicknamed Al, summarizes the episode with a humorous assurance that the outcome was “jes' right,” noting that better or worse would have changed the fate. The tale reflects dialect humor and casual maritime phrasing.
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Jes
Cap’n
Hotel Wentworth Estate Seashore Resort Near Ports mouth NH
An estate of 125 acres located three miles from Ports mouth New Hampshire on the North Atlantic coast blends seashore and country. The property features a first class hotel for exclusive clientele with outdoor sports including yachting and deep sea fishing. An improved ocean front golf course and daily concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra plus a special dance orchestra accompany a season beginning in the middle of June.
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Portsmouth
N. H
North Atlantic
Ocean Front
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Cc. B. Fownes
George van Keuren
Teter
J. L. Weller
P. B. O'Brien
MacLaughlin
T. A. Cheatham
G. W. Statzell
G. T. Dunlap
C. A. Lay
Higgins B. V. Covert
J. R. Bowker
H. Patterson
A. M. Reed
H. E. Porter
H. P. Hotchkiss
Robert Foote
H. J. Frost
8. Y. Ramage
H. H. Rackham
Oq, R. Corwin
J. E. Pushee
W. E. Merrill
T. B. Boyd
H. G. Waring
C. B. Hudson James Barber
G. A. Magoon
J. D. C. Rumsey
R. C. Blanche
J. M. Robinson
T. 8. Wheeler
C.F. Dow
H. W. Ormshee
C. P. Wilson
H. F. Noyes Henry Hornblower
G. A. Goodman W. L. Verlenden
J. T. Newton
C. W. Baker
B. F Pownes
W. E. Tillesdell
L. A. Hamilton
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Chicago Tribune
Wentworth
Wentworth Hotel CO
J.P. Tilton
Little Building
Boston
Mass
Summerville
Pine Forest
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Charleston
Middle South
F. W. Wagener & CO
Willard A. Senna
Lee
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