1935 Gamer

[softball66]

Just got a call from an auction house about a "possible" Ruth game glove from 1935. But appears all wrong as it's a right hand thrower (fits on left hand). It supposedly came from Tommy Thompson the man who played alongside and replaced Ruth in Ruth's last year in right field for the Braves. The glove in question, however, is a top of the line Draper Maynard G98 model Wapiti Elk. I will take a look at the images. The G98 in 1935-37 was a Joe Cronin endorsed glove.
I have a D&M G98 that does not look like the G98 in the D&M catalog with lace back instead of buckle back and two tunnel loops instead of the lace arrangement shown on the 98 in the catalog. Big glove for the time though.

[softball66]

I saw the images yesterday of the G98 which belonged to Thompson and evidently the glove had been signed by the 1935 team members, hopefully including Ruth.
That wasn't the most interesting aspect though. This G98 had the "Dazzy Vance" style dual lacing running through the fingers. The web was made up of lacing only. It had the thumb protector sewn into it. My G98, on the other hand is made from Horsehide instead of Wapiti Elk, has a double tunnel loop web, no thumb protector, no Joe Cronin stamping (I could not tell if Cronin's name was stamped on the Thompson glove). So this D&M premium glove was undergoing changes during this 1935-37 period evidently. Oh yes, the glove I have is stamped "Collegiate."
Go figure!