There is a small clipping from the Boston Herald in the book, with the headline "Stickney Leads Field". I didn't pay it much mind, obsessed with Sarah Stickney Ellis (who was English, but worth knowing about).
According to Wikipedia, two Stickney's played on the 1904 American Olympic Golf team. The team won silver. Stuart Grosvenor Stickney (9 Mar 1877 - 24 Sept 1932) finished 15th in standings. He finished first in individual competition but was eliminated in the 2nd round of match play. He won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur in 1913. (Article: Stuart Stickney). Also on the 1904 team was William Arthur Stickney (25 May 1879 - 12 Sept 1944). He attained a 17th standing, and finished 4th in individual, also to be eliminated in 2nd round match play.
The clipping reads:
"STICKNEY LEADS FIELD
[Special Dispatch to the Boston Herald]
Springfield, June 27, 1906. The Springfield County Country Club's open golf tournament opened today. Ninety-eight players started in the qualifying rounds for the Springfield cup, the Country Club cup, the Governor's cup, and the Bunker cup, 16 to qualify for each. The first round will be played tomorrow morning, the second in the afternoon, the semi-finals on Friday and the finals Saturday. S.N. Stickney of the Springfield Country Club today broke the amateur record for the course, doing the 18 holes in 68, in the first round and leading the field in the day's total with 142."
I will have to look up S.N. to see if he was a younger brother or cousin, or. maybe a misprint, assuming wikipedia is correct, which is another question. I'll update later...
Update: > That clipping was a second one, not the one I found first, upping the golfer tally to 3, which states:
"Samuel W. Stickney of Springfield, who is at the Mt. Pleasant with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stickney, and Miss Isabel Stickney, broke the record of the Bretton Woods golf course on Wednesday, doing the 18 holes in 71. This is several holes better than the record of Brice S. Evans, who won the recent tournament, and who is entered in the tournament at Deal Beach, N.J., this week." (There is no reference to the newspaper. It looks like a society column entry to me. A handwritten date of either 1907 or 1917 is noted. "Miss Isabel" was my great-aunt, with quite a story of her own. Another research project....).
In honor of my favorite ISS Commander, I have to mention Chloe Angelina Stickney Hall, the astronomer's wife, of whom the largest crater on the Martian moon Phoebos is named. Her biography was written, excellently, by her third son, Angelo Hall. It's public domain, and it's a gem. Her story, as well as the family story in the book, is really special. I'll bring more of that story later, too... Along the way I found a poem by Augustus Snowe (no relation) entitled "There are Hundreds of Them" and had to laugh, stop, and read, thinking the same thing about Stickney descendants. At first glance, I thought he spoke of stars, but it ended up being poets writing under them. My first thought was right, after all. P.S. The Master's is airing very early on the Golf Channel, then on ESPN from 3-7:30 EDT.
Update: > That clipping was a second one, not the one I found first, upping the golfer tally to 3, which states:
"Samuel W. Stickney of Springfield, who is at the Mt. Pleasant with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stickney, and Miss Isabel Stickney, broke the record of the Bretton Woods golf course on Wednesday, doing the 18 holes in 71. This is several holes better than the record of Brice S. Evans, who won the recent tournament, and who is entered in the tournament at Deal Beach, N.J., this week." (There is no reference to the newspaper. It looks like a society column entry to me. A handwritten date of either 1907 or 1917 is noted. "Miss Isabel" was my great-aunt, with quite a story of her own. Another research project....).
In honor of my favorite ISS Commander, I have to mention Chloe Angelina Stickney Hall, the astronomer's wife, of whom the largest crater on the Martian moon Phoebos is named. Her biography was written, excellently, by her third son, Angelo Hall. It's public domain, and it's a gem. Her story, as well as the family story in the book, is really special. I'll bring more of that story later, too... Along the way I found a poem by Augustus Snowe (no relation) entitled "There are Hundreds of Them" and had to laugh, stop, and read, thinking the same thing about Stickney descendants. At first glance, I thought he spoke of stars, but it ended up being poets writing under them. My first thought was right, after all. P.S. The Master's is airing very early on the Golf Channel, then on ESPN from 3-7:30 EDT.
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