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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.
Blacks In Golf, Wornie L. Reed
Blacks In Golf, Wornie L. Reed
Trotter Review
From 1961 until the mid-1980s a weekend ritual was repeated by many African Americans who follow golf. For these individuals, each weekend morning included a peek at the standings of the weekly Professional Golf Association (PGA) tournament printed in the newspaper to see how the black golfers were doing and whether any one of them was the tournament leader or was close enough to the lead to win the tournament. As the 1980s came to an end anyone still practicing the old ritual was doing so in vain. No blacks were winning tournaments on the regular PGA Tour, nor were …