mikesglove wrote:mikesglove wrote:mikesglove wrote:Before the Rawlings "Bill Doak" glove came the Goldsmith "Wilbur Cooper" model SF. An ad below from 1922 shows a Goldsmith model not yet surfaced in the hobby. The model SF was made for only one year with the Doak style trap webbing.
By 1924 the model SF sported the tunnel loop web.
The "Adoph Luque" glove also shared the same model number as the Wilbur Cooper glove in 1922-23. This one has not surfaced in the hobby.
By 1924 the new Goldsmith tunnel loop patent was incorporated into the "Luque" model.
Here is another "Doak like" laced web glove, this time from D&M. The ad is from 1922. Interesting that the designer of the glove, Milton Stock, was a team mate of Bill Doak in the early 1920's.
An example of this 1922 G40 model just sold on ebay for $107. It's a one year only glove and super rare. The 1923 G40 model used a tunnel loop webbing.
One way the Goldsmith and D&M gloves differed from the Rawlings Doak was the tie-off point of the web lace. Both Goldsmith and D&M had a simple lace tie-off at the back which placed the web at the front of the glove. The Rawlings Doak glove web lace doubled back through the thumb grommets with two tie off points. This double back lacing moved the web to the back of the glove creating less strain on the web grommets and a more natural ball pocket
