Frederick Ratsch and Chicago Sporting Goods

[mikesglove]

This was the flagship model of Chicago Sporting Goods as far as catchers mitts. The mitt was also supplied to other retailers such as FOK, Sears and Wards.


The Mitt below from JD's site is in the "early gloves" section. It has all the features in the ad above. One aspect I like about the Ratsch mitts is the incorporation of the bottom of the crescent pad with the heel stitching. Most other mitts have the crescent pad independent of the heel.



Here are a few others.




And for the collector who has everything, from pixel.com
they also have other vintage baseball images to put on t-shirts.

[mikesglove]

Another great looking Chicago Sporting Goods mitt.