by softball66 » February 8th, 2013, 8:26 pm
Jerry mentioned that one of the earliest flat web gloves with endorsement was Mathewson. Checking thru the CSBook, we can count Wilson's Johnny Evers in 1919; Victor had a "Cobb Model" (maybe no stamping in 1913; Stall and Dean introduced a stable of players including Cobb and Speaker in 1914; it took Spalding' till 1926 to come up with its first, a Frisch; Eddie Collins and Al Reach for Reach in 1923; Doak was one of the first on Rawlings in the early 20s; Goldsmith seemed to have Evers, Chase, Hoblitzel, Meyers, Gowdy in 1915; Walter Johnson may have been the first on D&M in 1917, a few years before Ruth.