Who Made What for Who

[nygiants]

Does anyone know who made Pro Master catcher's mitt (Wes Westrum endorsed)?

[Deacon]

I believe Stall & Dean was a maker for the FairPlay Co.

[s_esco]

I believe that Denkert made the following gloves. EmJay, Guardian, Maximus, Olympian, as well as Olympic, and Gambles. Lowe and Campbell was acquired by Wilson in the 1930's . JC Higgins was made by Wilson and Dubow. Marathon (Montgomery Ward) By Rawlings and Dubow.

[nygiants]

Not too long ago, on ebay, there was a Hutch glove with a Devega tag on the thumb?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-HUTCH-BUILT ... dZViewItem

[s_esco]

If Gambles was made by Denkert, shouldn't Hiawatha and Folsom be under the Denkert Brand and do away with Gambles as a manufacturer? Just a thought.

[docglov]

awh yes Miken another part of the rawlings family but same designers

[s_esco]

I believe that the Johnny Walker gloves were made by Rawlings.

[Studboy]

Found an old 3 finger glove, looks to be Sonnett made with the "Velvotan" & "Masterplay Superb" but has Gerry's Sport Shop, Lincoln Nebr. as the manufacturer. Model #F3F. You can add that to the list.

[vintagebrett]

Cool, thanks for the information - I will add it to the list. (and if you want to part with it, I'd be interested. )

Also, some additional information I just came across that might interest some of you:

Wilson acquired Western Sporting Goods in 1925, Lowe & Campbell in 1931, Horace Partridge in 1931, Carolina Sporting Goods in 1931 and Treman-King in 1933. They formally began using the Wilson name instead of Thomas E. Wilson in 1931.

[Studboy]

Brett this glove is a beater (doesn't look terrible from the front). I don't know if something this rough would fit in your collection? Black ink on both thumb & pinkie(front & back) & the inside is shot. If you want it, it's all yours, no charge, thanks for running the forum! PM me if you think you can use it. Here is a picture:



Here is a closeup of the Gerrys stamp:

[Studboy]

Hey, also picked up a few weekends ago a USA made King O'Shea glove endorsed by Luis Aparicio, I'm pretty sure it was made by Wilson, check it out see what you all think. Says "Web Lock" on the web and "Streamlined Fingers" patented on the back.

Back & tag:


Front & auto:

[mikesglove]

This Del Ennis Wilson model 2910 glove looks identical to the Nokona Jim lemon GP3 model circa 1957. They were the same price.

The 1958 Wilson A2000 model looks identical to the Don Hoak model DH.

[mikesglove]

Here is an odd one. It's a Rawlings glove made for Reach in 1955. Instead of the V-anchored web, the Reach glove has X anchors. I couldn't find a Rawlings example to compare it to. the Reach glove has the Rawlings patented "Deep Well" pocket lacing and the U-crotch lacing.
Below the Reach model 2127 glove from 1955.

The Reach 2127 glove looks identical to the Spalding version, model 1127.

Below is a 1954-55 three finger Spalding model 1207 with X-anchored web.

Below is a 1954 Spalding Phil Rizzutto model 1121 glove with X-anchored web.

[mikesglove]

Hutch was known to supply gloves to Spiegel American Eagle brand. Nokona also supplied gloves to Spiegel. Below is an American Eagle model 53V7003 compared to a Nokona Jelly Sorelle model G11.