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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Golf at Pelham Manor in 1903
Yesterday on the Historic Pelham Blog I wrote about "Golf
in Pelham Manor in 1895". Today's posting addresses golf in Pelham
Manor in 1903 and demonstrates how truly dangerous it could be.
It seems that in 1903, the Pelham Manor Golf Club had laid out a small
course near the Pelham Bay Park boundary not far from Long Island Sound.
The groundskeeper for the course heard shooting in an area known as "Golf
Club Woods" and investigated only to find three men hunting rabbits and
"song birds". When he confronted them, he was shot in the hand. The story
below describes the incident and appeared in The New York Times
on November 14, 1903.
"SHOT BY ANGRY HUNTER.
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Pelham Manor Golf Links Foreman May Lose His Wounded Hand.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Nov. 13. -- Frank Glasser, foreman on the grounds
of the Pelham Manor Golf Club, was inspecting the golf links this
afternoon, and when near the Hunter Island Inn heard shooting in Golf Club
woods.
He found three Italians with a bag of rabbits and song birds and
ordered them away, fearing some of the shot might carry onto the links and
hit the players. The Italians refused, and Mr. Glasser attempted to arrest
one when the fellow turned on him and fired.
Many of the shot in the gun passed completely through Mr. Glasser's
hand. His family doctor says the Hand may have to be amputated. The
Italians escaped."
Source: Shot by Angry Hunter, N.Y. Times, Nov. 14, 1903, p. 5.
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