Good glove photos are tough to find

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby atabats » February 20th, 2018, 4:29 pm

One of the greatest teams ever assembled and they have the gloves to prove it.
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Standing: Benny Jones, L.D. Livingston, Satchel Paige*, Josh Gibson*, Ray Williams, Walter Cannady, Cy Perkins, Oscar Charleston*. Kneeling: Sam Streeter, Chester Williams, Harry Williams, Harry Kincannon, Henry Spearman, Jimmie Crutchfield, Bobby Williams, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe. (*Hall of Fame)
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby atabats » February 22nd, 2018, 11:20 pm

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This one is game used apparently.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 10th, 2018, 2:45 pm

mikesglove wrote:
okdoak wrote:Brooks R. with a Big 8 style web, circa 1964. I don't think you could get one like his at your local sports store.

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Here's another. Joe Gaines of the Houston Colt 45's
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Here's another circa 1963. A "Warren Spahn" model XPG8 used by WIllie Stargell in his rookie year.
Probably nothing like this in the catalogs either.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » March 12th, 2018, 8:15 pm

Spalding's version of the store model Rawlings Big 8 was a Rocky Colavito Professional Model. The web extends all the way down to the palm on this one.

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His endorsement was on quite a few of their higher end and top of the line gloves. Here's the Spalding version of Rawlings' TTP.

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 12th, 2018, 11:30 pm

I like the Spalding Trapocket. Where can it be purchased? :P
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » March 13th, 2018, 12:17 am

It may be on ebay one of these days. :wink:
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 15th, 2018, 3:16 pm

A couple of oldies.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 16th, 2018, 2:57 pm

Circa 1911. Cool glove! "Old School" model!
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby atabats » March 21st, 2018, 9:14 am

Babe Ruth and Charlie Devens in 1932.
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Babe Ruth and Schoolboy Rowe in 1934.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 24th, 2018, 2:59 pm

Early 1940's Rawlings gamer glove made for Stan Musial from the BBHOF. It is stamped "Muscial"(sic) and "patents applied for" on the front. No model number. The patent refers to the 1943 Latina finger stall seams on the back. The wrist strap is stamped "Stan Muscial"(sic).
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » March 24th, 2018, 9:09 pm

Pretty cool the way they did the thumb seam on that one.
I've always wondered why so few Mort Cooper MC's show up from that time period. In fact, I've only seen one that I can remember and that was a repro. The others I've seen have the fingers laced. I know that glove production was way down during WW2, but you still see a ton of Bill Doaks and some Keltner KK's and Frey LF's along with the common Goldsmiths and Wilson Professional Models. Maybe the laced finger MC's went into production right after the war ended? I know I've seen more RR's with rolled lace webs than I've seen split finger MC's.
Here's that repro.

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 25th, 2018, 1:19 pm

A game glove of Syl Simon from the mid 1920's. He was in an industrial accident and partially lost three fingers leaving the pinky and thumb. He didn't let that stop him however and played in the majors and minors for about 5 years. His fielding percentage was excellent and had a specially made bat attachment to aid in gripping. Draper & Maynard stepped in and put together a glove for him using a leather football knee pad. The pad was stitched to the tips and edges of the finger stalls and created a fixed curve form to the fingers.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 26th, 2018, 2:06 pm

A few 1940's gloves:
Bob Feller soaping his glove with a brush. He added a rolled lace to his double tunnel web glove
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Jimmie Crutchfield tinkered with the webbing of his Goldsmith glove
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Joe DiMaggio's rolled lace web glove
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 27th, 2018, 5:31 pm

Another "Old School" model, this time a Reach glove of Max Carey
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 6th, 2018, 2:42 pm

1895 Univ. Michigan baseball team photo
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Add this one to the must have list!
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