Babe Ruth Golfing photograph

Date1934 February 12

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth golfing. The caption (not shown) reads "Apparently unaware that he ever was ill, Babe Ruth visited the links of the jungle club at a St. Petersburg, Fla., shortly after his arrival from New York recently, and began to do things in his own inimitable way. The home-run king, who is shown sharpening his bunting eye by sinking a short putt, revived sufficiently a little later to score a double eagle on the 471-yard, Par 5, 17th hole. The Babe's combination was a 250-yard drive and a 220-yard no. 1 iron wallop. The iron shot, played with a fairly heavy cross wind as an added handicap, hit several yards in front of the cup and ran unerringly into the hole. Not bad for an invalid." According to the caption, this was taken February 12, 1934.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0453

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.5 x 8.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Public Access NotePlease note that not all works are on view at all times - their availability is subject to change per the discretion of the Museum staff. Only a portion of NBHFM's collection is currently online and the information presented here is subject to updates and additions based on research and imaging activities. The images, titles, and descriptions are products of their time. If you have corrections or additional information about this object, please email research@baseballhall.org to help improve our records. This material is made available for private study, scholarship, and research use. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of an image contrary to or in addition to the information in our records. For more information or access to a high resolution reproduction (some fees may apply), contact: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.