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Sports Notes, Wornie L. Reed
Sports Notes, Wornie L. Reed
Trotter Review
In the Winter/Spring 1991 issue of the Trotter Institute Review I reported that a black dentist from Boston, Dr. George F. Grant, invented and patented the golf tee in 1899. However, in the May 1991 issue of Golf Digest, a white man, Dr. William Lowell of New Jersey, another dentist, is credited with having invented the golf tee. Having read in a number of reputable publications that Dr. Grant had invented the golf tee, I was interested in finding out how a second man could have been credited so readily with the development of the tee. So I contacted …
"Skeeing" In Maine: The Early Years, 1870s To 1920s, E. John B. Allen
"Skeeing" In Maine: The Early Years, 1870s To 1920s, E. John B. Allen
Maine History
This article reviews the history of snow skiing in Maine and in the rest of the United States in the 19th century.