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VAILE h AUTHOR OF "The Soul of Golf," ''Modern Golf," 'Modern Lawn Tennis, ' ' ' 'Great Lawn Tennis Players, ' ' "The Strokes and Science of Lawn Tennis," "How to Play Tennis," Etc. Published by AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING COMPANY 21 Warren Street, New York Copyright, 1915 BY American Sports Publishing Company JSlEW York APR 21 1915 ©CIA'39846'4 SPALDING S ATHLETIC LIBRARY Introduction This book is called a Golf Primer and it no doubt will be of service to those starting the game, but it must not be thought that its use is limited to the novice. There are countless thousands of golfers who are not doing them- selves justice in their game, simply because they are fol- lowing out many of the foolish notions which afflict golf and golfers to an extent not seen in any other sport. Much of the tuition in this book was regarded as abso- lutely revolutionary when Mr. Vaile published "Modern Golf/' in London, in 1909. It has since been proved to be" sound in every respect and the publishers believe that the great army of players who still follow such notions as put- ting the weight on th^ right leg at the top of the swing, allowing the left hand and arm to take command of the stroke and making a "sweep" of the golf drive instead of a hit, will probably benefit their game considerably by a care- ful study of these pages and a critical comparison of them with the teaching laid down in other books on this subject. The American is keen and intellectual in his games and BO he succeeds. In England there is a foolish idea that knowing a game thoroughly means enjoying it less. This has cost England her supremacy in sport. Mr. Vaile saw it coming in golf long ago. He had foretold England's down- fall in tennis on account of her defective methods. It duly came, although they were "on top of the world" when he prophesied it, and — at the time — most players 4 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY thought otherwise. In ''Modern Golf" Mr. Vaile said : "We must not have the same condition of things in golf. I see it coming — from America — as clearly as I did in lawn tennis, unless players, particularly amateurs, learn all they can about the game." It was the American amateur who put American golf "way up" in the world. It is the American amateur who will keep it there unless England pays more attention to the science of the game. In the case of lawn tennis it was the Australasians who, Mr. Vaile said, would defeat England. They afterwards held the Davis Cup for five years. The fact is, that in all games we miist use our brains if we want to move with the times, and it does not mean enjoying the game less. There can be no doubt that Mr^ Vaile's work has revo- lutionized thought in connection with golf, and this is the first attempt that has been made to give golfers in a cheap and concise form the benefit of his lucid and scientific instruction. The very instructive series of photographs which illus- trate this book are of John D. Dunn, the well known golf teacher of New York, who has for years taught his pupils on the lines laid down by Mr. Vaile. The photographs were taken by Brown Bros., of New York City. SPALDING^S ATHLETIC LIBRARY Putting It is usual in teaching golf to start with the driver. Ob- viously this is wrong. Many professionals know it is' wrong, but the insistent cry of the beginner is "Teach me the swing." This frequently results in his acquiring the swing and nothing else. In all good tuition the pupil is taken by easy stages from the simplest to the most difficult work. We shall, therefore, without further argument, put the ball down on the putting-green six inches from the hole, give our pupil a j)utter, and, as he progresses in his education, "back" him through his clubs to the tee — on a practice hole, of course — instead of turning him loose on the tee to cut the county into strips and to obstruct people who are willing and able to play the game. > I did not learn golf that way. Very few people ever did, but it is the proper way. Many of the best players were formerly caddies who acquired their familiarity with, and confidence in, the golf ball by chipping it about while waiting to go out. Putting is almost half of the game of golf. Indeed it would hardly be going too far to say that it is half the game. A familiar illustration is to say that 72 is a good score for practically any cighteen-hole course. Allowing a man two on every green, he takes 36 puts, leaving exactly half the strokes of the round distributed among all the SPALDING S ATHLETIC LIBRARY PLATE 2 —Overlapping grip. K m mm PLATE 3. — Front view of overlapping grip. other clubs. This should im- press on the golfer the extreme importance of getting right to the heart of his work on the green. The first thing we have to teach is the grip. The over- lapping grip, or the Vardon grip, as it is often called, be- cause Harry Vardon was the first of the great professionals to use it, is that which is most favoured. This is probably the best grip, not only for putting, but for playing the game of golf generally. Plate 1 shows the left-hand grip on the club. Plate 2 shows the grip of both hands, the little finger of the right hand overlapping the first fin- ger of the left. It will be seen that the left thumb is quite covered up and hidden by the right hand. The third plate shows very plainly, from a front view, how the modern grip tends to bring the wrists to- gether and so produces greater harmony of action in the swing. Spalding's athletic library 7 There is at the present time no better grip in golf than this, although some quite famous players still use the old two-handed grip without any overlapping. These players had, however, almost without exception, formed their game before the introduction of the overlapping grip. Golfers are an extremely conservative class and they change their habits very slowly, but it is quite probable that within a few years a change in the hold of the club will take place which will have the effect of promoting the right hand to its natural place on the club and causing the overlapping to be done by the left instead of, as now, by the right. I must say something now about the choice of a putter, although it will be well to get some friend who knows the game, or your professional, to assist you in the choice of your clubs. You must see to it that your putter is at least so deep in its face that it is impossible for you to deliver your blow beneath the centre of the ball. There are many putters on the market which do not satisfy this condition. The consequence is that a much greater chance of error is introduced into the player's game by reason of the fact that the narrow face allows room for much greater play up and down on the ball. A plain metal putter, such as that shown in the plates, is the best for all general purposes. I am opposed to all broad-soled putters, as they give a greater chance of soling accidentally, and I unhesitatingly condemn all fancy put- ters having the weight mainly at the sole of the club. Through the green we want much of the weight low, for we want to raise the ball. On the green we want to PLATE 4. Frontal address. Spalding's athletic library 9 keep the ball down all the time. Therefore, we must move our weight up towards the centre of the club, if not above it, and have the face of our putter deep enough to I'ob us of any chance of making the fatal error of hitting underneath the centre of the ball. Plate 4 shows how the player should address his ball. This is called the frontal address. It will be seen that the line to the hole and of the putter sole form a right angle. This is of the first importance. The player's eye should be right above the ball, and the ball, the hole and the eye should be in the same vertical plane, estab- lishing what I somewhat arbitrarily call the "triangle of vision." The importance of this lies in the fact that one is working down the one line, or, to be more correct, in the eame plane. If one uses a putter with an exaggerated lie — say, for the purpose of illustration, too upright — one's eye is away beyond the ball and the line from the ball to the eye is in an entirely different vertical plane from that wherein are the ball and the hole. Plate 5 shows the position the player takes up aftei having taken his frontal address. The putter must be lifted carefully from in front of the ball and soled behind it as shown. Plate 6 shows the swing-back for the put. It is very important to keep the head of the putter in the line of run to the hole produced, as shown in the illustration. Note also that the putter is still at a right angle to the line. Plate 7 shows the finish of the put. The stroke has been PIATE 5. Stance and address in put. Spalding's athletic library H played and the club has followed through down the line, still preserving the right angle. This is the whole secret of direction. The right angle must be preserved at the moment of impact. Plate 8 is a side view of a swing-back for a short put. It shows the position of the ball, the distribution of weight and the wrist action very clearly. In putting, body and head should both be kept as still as possible until the stroke is played. The put is sometimes called a pure wrist stroke. It is not so. It should be played as much as possible with the wrists on the backward swing without in any way constraining oneself; but in the follow through the arms must go out after the club, otherwise the head of the club will swing across the line of run and in- terfere with the direction. The action in the true put should be as nearly as may be, having regard to the different mechanical conditions, that of the pendulum of a clock. If our putter were up- right, the pendulum action would be a perfect illustration, but as it lies over at an angle it can only be taken as a general illustration ; nevertheless it is a good idea to keep in one's mind. One must utterly ignore all advice to hit the ball in putting so as to produce spin of any kind, especially back-spin. For all ordinary purposes of practical golf, spin on a golf green may be .egarded as not existing. The. time will come when our student may go beyond this, but even then there will be very few occasions when a put has to be played where anything other than the perfectly plain ball is required. PLATE 6. Swing-back for put. M'ALDiAG S ATHLETIC LIBKAKY 13 Above everything, avoid tapping your ball. Endeavour to regulate the length of your put by the length of your swing-back. When once you have acquired this habit you will not have to depend on your muscular memory, as the man who taps has to do. "Always be up" is a splendid motto in putting, for to use another very old and true saying, "Never up, never in." Therefore, in A^our approach put, that is to say, in all long puts, take a point beyond the hole and make up your mind to put across the hole. If you make the hole the stopping place in your mind you are almost sure to stop short of it in the vast majority of instances — as indeed one does in all strokes in golf. It will pay to be bold and to give the hole a chance in all long puts. Putting over undulating greens cannot be acquired ex- cept by practice, but in playing on such greens or on sloping greens one great maxim should be kept in mind. As the bowler says, "Never be narrow"; in other words, always "borrow" enougli of the green to ensure your ball having a chance to cross the hole instead of fading away before it reaches it. PLATE 7. Finish of put. spalding\s athletic library 15 Playing a Stymie We now come to a situation which is frequently en- countered near the hole, namely, the stymie. This occurs when one ball is in a straight line with the other, between the latter and the hole, and so that the player of the ob- structed ball has to play round or over the intervening ball in order to hole out. It is clearly shown in Plate 9. The modern method of playing this stroke was intro- duced by me about 19/05. The difference between it and the old stroke will be seen from the illustrations. Here we see the player taking his line by frontal ad- dress and calculating the distance to the intervening ball. Plate 10 shows that the frontal address has been com- pleted and the club transferred to the rear of the ball. It is now swung back, barely clearing the ground, as shown by the white dotted line in Plate 11, until it gets to the position shown in that plate. Plate 11 shows the extent of the swing-back. The club now returns smartly along the white dotted line, still parallel with the green, until it hits the ball as low down as it can get. The idea in one's mind should be rather to endeavour to "divide" the ball from the green, by going between it and the ball, than to hit the ball. This is important if one desires to obtain the full degree of delicacy and control: Plate 12 shows us the stroke played and the club fol- lowing through, still as low down to the green as possible. PLATE 8. Swing-back for short put. SPALDING^S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 17 The difference between this stroke and the ordinary stymie stroke is shown by the white dotted lines. The curved line represents the old mashie pitch ; the straight line shows the new stroke. If there is any curve in the new stroke its usefulness is discounted. It is the only straight stroke in golf, and, properly played, is much more delicate and gives both a quicker rise and more back-spin than the old stroke. George Duncan, the famous young English professional, was the first player to whom I showed the stroke. He abandoned the old stroke, as he maintains that this stroke has put it out of date; indeed, when being photographed for "Modern Golf," he said it was useless to show the old stroke. The remarkable accuracy of this stroke is in a large measure due to the almost inexorable demand which it makes that the player must keep on the line both before and after impact. This stymie is usually played with a mashie, but a mashie-niblick or a niblick is often a better club, on ac- cpunt of its sharp front edge and the greater loft, which allow one to get further under the ball. Frontal address for stymie stroke. 19 Prevalent Misconceptions About Golf As we have ^ow earned the right to leave the putting green we must consider quite a number of things in con- nection with the game oi golf that are commonly preached, which, if followed by the beginner, would re- tard the development of his game for years. For instance, we are gravely informed in one book by a man who has won five open championships that putting is a gift, an inspiration, and that it cannot be taught. Two other golfers who have between them won eleven open championships confirm this stupid statement. Fbr- tunately, five-times-champion Number One, who was, when he started the statement on its travels a very bad putter, ^ became quite good, and in another book says truly that a ; bad putter may become a good putter and gives himself; and his case in proof, but does not say how he effected the transformation, which was simply by abandoning tapping and back-spin and using the swing. The trouble, however, is that scores of thousands of bad putters believe this non- sense and resign themselves to their fate instead of realiz-. ing that putting is the simplest and easiest thing in golf ^ to teach, and that one could make deadly putters of thou-' sands of people who never could be golfers. So easy and natural is the action of putting, that I have not worried the student with numerous directions about stance and other things. He can see. Let him look and take it in through his eyes after having learned the main general principles. PLATE 10. Stance and address for new stymie stroke. 21 The truth is that the sound teacher of modern golf must devote his attention to teaching the student what a great number of things it is expedient to forget while one is making one's stroke, instead of which the whole end and aim of every book published seems to be to bewilder and confuse utterly the unhappy player by the multifarious and erroneous directions given. As it is with putting, so it is with the drive. Directly one comes to the most complex stroke in the game, a stroke which in the nature of its production is, if not unsound at least very difficult to execute perfectly, a stroke demanding the highest degree of mechanical accuracy, one is told the weirdest nonsense about it. Let us consider now the question of the distribution of weight in the drive. Where is the main portion of the weight at the top of the swing ? This is a question of fundamental importance to the game. Sixteen open championships, with all the weight they carry, cry aloud, "On the right foot" — but it is not. It is mainly on the left foot and never, by any possible chance, in a perfectly executed drive, gets on to the right. We must briefly examine this question. All the great- est golfers whose names have been attached to books state plainly that at the top of the swing the weight is mainly on the right. Some of them say it is entirely on the light. But these same writers say that at the address the weight is evenly distributed and thereafter one must not sway at the hips or the head. Clearly, if one starts with V ■^.. PLATE 11. Swing-back in new stymie stroke. 23 one's weight equally distributed and has an invisible wall of rock against one's side which is remote from the hole, as one has who is precluded from moving at the right foot, hips and head, one cannot very well get one's weight or any considerable amount thereof, in excess of that which it carried at the start, on to the right. One might think that this is so obvious that it is un- necessary to labour the question. I had to demonstrate it in London by the machine shown in Plate 12 A. James Sherlock is there shown playing a drive, and he demon- strated beyond a shadow of doubt that the major portion of the weight at the top of the swing goes on to the left. This machine was made for me at great trouble and expense, and in the West End Golf School/ Piccadilly, London, I gave a demonstration to the press of the United Kingdom and golfers which must rank in the history of golf, for it conclusively proved the impossibility of the prevalent teaching of golf. As will be seen from the photograph, the main portion of the weight goes forward. When once this is realized, half the danger of slicing is gone. This photograph serves also to dispel another mis- chievous doctrine. It proves clearly that the Weig'ht rests mainly on the left foot. Nearly every book tells the student to pivot on the side of his left toe and to bend his left knee in towards his right leg. Both of these directions are very unsound. It will be seen that Sherlock has his weight distributed right across his foot from the ball of the big toe, and that his knee is bent towards the ball and not towards the other leg. These two things mean PLATE 12. Stymie played. Ball in air. Spalding's athletic library 25 the difference between a sound base and the unsound one, that the pla3^er, who follows the prevalent teaching, has. Moreover, what Sherlock and, I may say, Harry Vardon do is the natural thing, and therefore likely to be the best, while the other is quite unnatural and will not bear an- alysis or practical trial in comparison with the method shown so well by the photograph. Here again is an instance of teaching by elimination. If one has gathered this natural and comfortable thing to do from the actual illustration of its being done and has practised a little, one does not have to think of it at the time of playing. It comes naturally; whereas, the other never would, for the knee was not made to bend sideways. After this question of the weight, perliaps the most harmful delusion is what I call the fetich of the left. This is a blind belief on the part of many golfers that the left hand and arm are more important in the golf swing than the right hand and arm. This is of course absolute nonsense, but one man who has .won five open championships does not hesitate tp state his belief in the superstition, although he does say that he himself does not follow it. The fact is, that the right hand and arm are dominant in the golf swing, as they are in practically all two- handed strokes, but in the case of a golfer who knows what he is doing, the idea of domination never arises. It is the last thing that should be ia anyone's- mind.; Any attempt whatever to apportion : any specific amotint . of ; power to either hand is so stupid that it is' amazing to find great players advocating it. PLATE 12a. Machine used in demonstration at West End Golf School, London, when Mr. Vaile proved the theories of Braid, Taylor and Vardon to be unsound. Sherlock driving. SPALDING^S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 27 When I first attacked this idea in London, George Dun- can, in an interview, completely upheld my views and, indeed, no self-respecting professional now dares to teach the predominance of the left. This is another unnatural notion gone. The natural method is easy and requires no effort of memory at the time of making the stroke. Then we are told that the golf stroke is a sweep — not a hit. We are told to sweep the ball away with a gentle, flowing motion and so on, which is sheer futility. The golf stroke is played so rapidly that pictures taken at one-twelve hundred and fiftieth of a second are mere blurs. Can one imagine a gentle sweep proceeding through the air at this rate? As a matter of fact the golf drive is a hit, and a very fine hit at that, when well done; but although it is a hit there must of course be no idea whatever of arresting the club at the ball. It must follow right out after it until it comes round naturally. Let nobody who desires to drive well be led away by these imbecile notions which cluster round golf thicker than the cobwebs of tradition festoon the national life of dear old England. Let him make up his mind to hit his ball, which is what he would try to do quite naturally unless his mind had been obsessed by the unnatural idea of a sweep by the iteration and reiteration of the wonderful army of golf parrots, who repeat the things they hear others say without in any way analyzing them or trying to use their own reason. We are frequently told about the wonderful things that can be done by "getting one's wrists into it'' at the moment of impact. The greatest of golfers publish this nonsense. PLATE 13. Stance and addressfor chip shot ^vith mashre. Spalding's athletic library 29 Vardon calls it a kind of superstition and says he does not believe in it. It is assuredly unsound and calculated to spoil the drive of anyone trying to use it. The wrists do their chief work in the earliest stages of the swing, when the weight of the club falls across them in the way in v/hich they bend least. The thing which writers and teachers mistake for wrist action, immediately before, at, and directly after the moment of impact is merely the natural roll or turn-over of the forearm bringing the club back to the position it occupied at the address. The wrists finished their work long ago. This delusion about the wrists is another thing which it is most important to forget. I showed clearly in "The Soul of Golf" that the game has suffered terribly in the past from the multiplicity of false instructions and- that it is mainly by recogniz- ing these for what they are, putting them out of mind and letting Nature have a chance, that the golfer will ar- rive at the true spirit of the game and the ability to play it and understand it so as to get the best out of it. I am glad, indeed, to see that this line of tuition is being fol- lowed, particularly in America. Swing-baek for chip shot witli mashie. Spalding's athletic library 31 The Mashie Second only in importance to the putter comes the mashie. This is the club which can so often save you a stroke on the green. Having learned to rely on getting down in two the student turns to his mashie if he has not already done so. as I suspect he has. Plate 13 shows the stance and address for a "chip" shot with the mashie. This is used for short shots quite near the green. Plate 14 shows the swing-back for the same shot. Ob- serve how little the forearms have moved. Notice carefully the position of the feet and that the legs are practically stiff or barely flexed, while both feet are in full contact with the earth. Plate 15 shows the finish of this useful stroke. Notice the position of the club. The face is still at a right angle to the line of flight and it has flnished straight down that Ime. These are two important points in obtaining ac- curacy. Note carefully the position of the left elbow, which is pointing toward the hole. This prevents follow tlirough and tends to add back-spin to the stroke. Plate 16 shows the top of the swing in a cut approach. The club passes sharply across the face of the ball, im- parting considerable spin to it. This stroke is not nearly so difficult as it is generally represented to be. It must not be played by attempting to draw the hands in during impact. The cut is made by the club traveling rapidly across the ball at llic instant the hittcM- is sent away towai'd the hole. PLATE 15. Finish of cliip shot with mashie. Spalding's athletic library 33 The Iron Plate 17 shows the top of the swing for an iron shot. Notice carefully how the wrists go in under the club. I'his is very important, for the wrists must be well under the club at the top of the swing if one is to get the best results. The swing here is very upright and the club is almost parallel to the line of flight. The weight must always in this shot be more on the left than the right. PLATE 16. Top of swing in cy^t-mashie approach. Spalding's athletic library 35 The Cleek Plate 18 shows stance and address for the cleek. Notice the position of the feet and that the hands are slightly in front of the head of the club, as in most ordinary shots played with iron clubs. Plate 19 shows the top of the swing in the cleek shot. The weight must be mainly on the left leg. "This, however, comes quite naturally wlien one realizes the true principle of the distribution of weight. A clear illustration of it may be given by assuming that the golfer has a leaden body and two iron pipes instead of legs. If one were then to take an axe and bond the left pipe forward half way up, it would shorten the support and very naturally some of the weight would come forward. This is what actually happens so far as regards this position in the golf swing. Plate 20. This is the finish of the cleek shot. Notice the position of the left foot solidly and firmly fixed and pointing in such a direction that the weight is not thrown across it, but down it from the instep to toes. This has much to do with the stability of the finish. Plate 21 shows the method of playing a ball from a bunker. The club must not be grounded in a bunker. In its downward path it cuts into the sand a little to the rear and right of the ball and lifts it nearly straight up. rLATE IGa. h of ciit-m^shie stroke. 37 The Driver and Brassie I have already stated all the general principles of driv- ing in laying down the things which are not to be done, which are, in fact, to be forgotten. This seems very much like turning a man loose without instructions, but in effect it is not, and it will be found that these natural things sink into his mind and body from the mere telling, particu- larly when accompanied by illustrations, and that they become a part of him, a habit in fact, in a manner which is out of the question when he is striving to remember and lo produce a series of unnatural and complicated actions in a period of time which is wholly inadequate for any consecutive thinking, even when conducted on sound and natural lines. Tlie stroke with the driver and tlie brassie is the same. The l)ra.ssie is used when the lie of the ball is not good enough for the driver. Plate 22 shows the stance and address for the drive. The weight is equally distributed between the legs. Now ensues a quite important operation in golf called the waggle. I illustrated it for the first time in golf literature in "Modern Golf." I shall show it again here, for many people waste much time and injure their game by excessive waggling. The series of positions shown here explain how George Duncan waggles. He is one of the quickest players living, but even for ordinary players nothing more than is here shown is necessary. PLATE 17. Top of swing in iron shot. SPALDIXG^S ATHLETIC LIBRARY 39 Plate 23 shows how the club comes up from the address approximately as shown by the dotted line A-B to C. From there it goes back to the position shown in plate 24 and marked D in plate 23. Plate 24 shows how the club goes forward down the dotted line until it rests for the briefest possible time as shown in the next plate. Plate 25 shows how the club halts for an instant and then sinks into the position shown in Plate 26. This, then, is Duncan's waggle, so far as I am aware the only one which has ever been illustrated in the history of golf, wliicli, if true, is rather peculiar, for a bad waggle is quite a bad feature in anyone's game. We have now returned to the stance and address. The next position is important. It is shown in Plate 27 and is called the press forward. Immediately prior to raising his club, which is lifted easily and naturally from the earth, the player should press hi's hands forward slightly. This is an old St. Andrews trick. It is considered to im- prove the rhythm of the swing and to prevent the wrists going back before the head of the club. Plate 28 shows us the club leaving the line of flight of the ball. The left heel begins to rise directly the club head leaves the bail. Plate 29. Here we see the forearm turning over. The left* knee is bending in, as already described. The main portion of the weight is squarely across the left foot. Plate 30 shows the player near the top of the swing. The right leg is rigid and the right foot is firmly planted on the ground. The wrists have come in under the club and the weight is still in the main on the left foot. PLATE 18. Stance and address for cleek shot. Spalding's athletic libkary 41 Plate 31 shows us the top of swing. Note carefully position of aims and wrists. Everything depends on get- ting a good start. This cannot be done unless the wrists and arms are well placed under the shaft. Never let the motto "Slow back" worry you. It is another useless cum- berer of your mind.' Never think of your speed except to see that you have not enough to cause you any incon- venience or loss of power in arresting your swing at the top. This is another thing easily forgotten and well out of the way. Plate 32 sliows the club returning to the ball and the turn-over of the forearms is clearly shown here. The left foot is now firmly planted and the right is pivoting on the ball of the toe. Plate 33 shows the moment of impact. The right heel is up and the right leg is bending forward. The weight on the right is shifting forward to the left. Plate 34 shows the club following through down the line. Note tliat the club face is still at a right angle to the line. The player has already ceased to look at the place where the ball was, as one is so often wrongly told to do. Such a course must spoil any follow through, for a rigid head and neck must hold back the right shoulder and throw everything out of gear. The head comes round immediaiely after the ball is struck and turns naturally with the body. Plate 35 shows the finish of the drive with all the weight on the left foot. There is merely enough weight now on the right to preserve the player's balance. i-i.ArE 19. Top of swing in cleek shot. PLATE 20. Fimsli of cleek shot. PLATE 21. Playing a niblick shot. PLATE 22. Stance and address for the drive* First part of ^le waggle. PLATE 24. Forward movement in the waggle. PLATE 25. Finishing the waggle. , . , , . , 26. Return to stance and address for the drive after the waggle. PLATE 27. The press forward in the drive. PLATE 28. Club leaving line of flight. PLATE 29. Showing turn of foreai'ms in upward swing. PLATE 30. Near the top of the swing. PLATE 31. The top of the swing. PLATE 31a. Club returning to the ball. Note th9< the right arm is providing the power. PLATE 32. Club Hearing ball. Note turn of foreai-ms, common]}' miscalled wrist-work. PLATE 33. The actual moment of impact. The ckib was traveUng so fast that, although the exposure was l/2JL)0th part of a second, it was not caught on the photograph except where the action was arrested on the ball. i'LATE o4. Club following through down line. PLATE 35. The finish of the drive, showins: how neariy all the weight goes onto the left. Spalding- Aihletic Library GOLF BALL FACTS There are three distinctive features characterizing today the Spalding Hne of golf balls, a line, by the way, that is the most comprehensive and balanced ever produced by a single manu- facturer. First — The Dimple marking. We have conclusively and scientifically proved that a ball marked in this way (in contrast to the Bramble marking) is at least five yards longer on the drive, owing to the fact that the blow is nearer the rubber thread delivered on a flat surface, while no lost motion occurs, as it were, in the absorption of a fraction of the blow by protruding pimples, as in the case of the Bramble. However, no scientific proof is needed to demonstrate the above fact. We need simply point to manufacturers here and in England, who have attempted to construct balls on the same principle. There have been all sorts of geometric figures employed by these manufacturers — 4 Supplied "Perma" painted only .Dozen, $'9.00 Domino Dimple *V«-« ^-^^ ^'^^^ '^^ No. 6P. "Perma" paintec^ Dozen, $9.00 No. 6. Regular painted " 7.50 Baby Dimple l--„-^-^^ ^'^^^ ^ No. 9P. "Perma" painted Dozen, $9.00 No. 9. Regular painted " 7.50 Midget Bramble V.o ^'^^ ^'^^^ ^ No. lOP. "Perma" painted Dozen, 9.00 No. 10. Regular painted " 7.50 Midget Dimple . .-. ..••••.•••• • •^•■^ ^'^^ ^'^^^ ^^ No. IIP. "Perma" painted ... .Dozen, $9.00 No. IL Regular painted " 7.50 Green Dot • I" 1-655 7 Not supplied "Perma" painted. . No. 12. Regular painted Dozen, $6.00 NOTE.— All golf balls listed at $7.50 per dozen sell six balls for $3.75; three balls for $1.90; one ball for 65 cents. Figures in column marked "Average Compression " show the comparative hardness of balls, and are based on the arbitrary scale of ^he Spaldmg compres sion machine, the higher figures representing the softer the lower the harder balls. A perfect degree of uniformity cannot be guaranteed in Red Dot and t.reen Any la^rge size ball weighing over 1.50 ounces will sink. ^S^KeTHE SPALDING TRADE-MARK TuW SPALDING "PERM A" GOLF BALLS Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. After months of experiment and trials we have invented, at our Chicopee factory, a new Golf Ball Paint, which we shall call the 44 PERMA 99 Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. This we can guarantee in the strongest possible fashion for durability especially, and it certainly means a great step forward in golf ball construction. DISTANCE— The most essential feature in a golf ball is in the length of drive, and all Spalding heavy balls are best for hard hitters. Other styles of our make are better for medium or light hitters. DURABILITY — Is obtained by proper construction, tough covering material, and still further increased by the use of "PERMA" paint. CONTROL — Is secured by proper use of the club, but is increased by the clinging quality of the "PERMA" paint. SATISFACTION— Can be obtained by selecting a ball that suits your game, and the great variety of styles we make gives you a choice offered by no other manufacturer. On account of the extra expense involved, all balls painted this way will retail for $9.00 per dozen. At present we will supply the following balls painted with " PERMA'* fe'^l:) Paint. When ordering, please specify the number of the ball with letter "P", as indicated on list below. Spalding Honor. "PERMA" painted Dozen, $9.00 English Midget Dimple. "PERMA" painted No. 3P. Glory Dimple. "PERMA" painted No. 4P. Domino Dimple. No. 6P. Domino Dimple. No. 9P. Baby Dimple. No. lOP. Midget Bramble. No. IIP. Midget Dimple. "PERMA" painted. "PERMA" painted. "PERMA" painted. "PERMA" painted. "PERMA" painted. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 Although dearer in price, they are cheaper in the end, because of greater dur- ability. Order ball by number (except Spalding Honor and English Midget Dimple), and note particularly the special numbers on "PERMA" painted balls. Spalding Honor and English Midget Dimple balls supplied only "PERMA" painted. We also supply our regular catalogue line of balls enameled according to an im- proved English process and far superior to any ordinary painted golf balls. (See list on following pages.) PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO I ANY COMMUNICATIONS AODRESSEOTOOS A. G.SPALDING & BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES HI COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Prices in effect January 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices »ee apecial Canadian Catalogue. St!1?e THE SPALDING TRADEMARK GUARANTEES QUALITY SPALDING GOLF BALLS Experts have assisted us in establishing this line, basing their advice, as we have our manufacture, upon variations that must unavoidably occur in the conditions under which the game is played and upon the varying requirements of individual players themselves. Compression figures indicate the comparative hardness of balls and are based on the arbitrary scale of our own compression machine. the higher figures representing the softer, the lower the harder balls. The Spalding Honor provides for the average player a heavy, soft ball, one, that due to its soft- ness will be found unusually responsive to a medium blow. Its weight and high degree of resiliency insures a long roll. The English Midget, as manufactured by our London factory, which we are marketing this year, is the ball which last year won the English amateur and ladies' championship and was the most used ball made in Great Britain. PROMPT mENTION GIVEN TO m COMMUNICATIONS^ , ADDRESSED TO US ^1 A. G.SPALDING &, BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COV£R ' OF THIS BOO! Price* in effect JungaryJ, 1915. Subject to change without inadian price< lee apecisl Canadian Catalogue. .^m:H.mMiiiMai SPALDING GOLF BALLS Generally speaking no player should attempt to play a ball of the weight of which he is continually conscious of, first because it is fatiguing, and second since he will secure better results (especially in flight) from a lighter ball. The longest players only will secure the maximum distance frorn the heaviest and hardest balls. Most ladies and all light hitters should avoid their use. The use of dif- ferent sizes is fundamentally a matter of individual choice, though by a law governing projectiles, the smaller a ball of a given weight the greater the flight from a given momentum. No. 1 Don't hit the ball on the dots every time you tee it up and then blame the manufacturer if you lose directiorf and finally dis- tance. Play fair with the ball and the ball will play fair with you. Other things being equal the heavier the ball the longer the roll, while the added quality of hardness furnishes the greatest steadiness on the "short game. No. 12 Varying turf conditions, the desirability of using floating balls on water holes, the ' holding of greens on short holes and play against hard head winds, must ever govern individual selection. "Dimple" marking is controlled by A. G. Spald- ing & Bros., under patent dated February 4, 1908. We can also furnish any rubber cored golf balls made under the Haskell patent PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS " AODRESSEO TO US A. G.SPALDING &. BROS STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Price, in eHec. January 5, 1915. Subject to change without noUce. For Canadian price, .ee .pecial Canadian Catalogue. 1 rtlUHE SPALDING TRADE-MARK tZlf SPALDING PATENTED SPECIALTIES RIGDEN PATENT PalMledDec. 7lh. 1909 SPALDING JACOBUS TRIPLE INSERT Combined with RIGDEN PATENT WEIGHTED HEAD (Paleoled Nov. Bih. 1910) I 1 (Palenled Dec. 7, 1909) Triple In.. SPALDING BIDDLE PATENT "SKOOTER" WOOD CLUBS. < Copyrlglit, 1913 When ordering, mention " Biddle Patent" PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESSED TO US A. G.SPALDING & BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Prices in effect January 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special Canadian Catalogue. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE THE SPALDING TRADEMARK GUARANTtES QUALITY SPALDING RIGDEN PATENT WOOD CLUBS Patenlea December 7, 1909 The Spalding Rigden Patent Wood Clubs, with insertion of a specially fastened brass back (see' sectional cut on opposite page) in place of the ordinary lead one, represent the first substantial advance over the original method of weighting wooden clubs. We claim this method of weighting prevents shifting of the weight, concentrates maximum force behind the point of impact, balances the club with mathematical accuracy, and protects the back of the club under extraordinary wear, as en- countered in playing from hard dirt tees. Made in two distinct types, comprising five different models. No. R. Round type of head, presenting a No. RN. Longer in face and narrower from face beauty in Hne and contour as in no other to back. A splendid type of club from stand- golf club. This type supplied in either Driver point of practical playing efficiency. This type or Brassie. supplied in either Driver, Brassie or Spoon. Spalding Rigden Patent Wood Clubs. Two types (five models) described above. Each, $3.50 Spalding Rigden Patent Wood Clubs, fitted with Ivory face (see cut on opposite page). " 6.00 All Rigden Models carried in stock in either Right or Special light weight clubs for women carried in stock in Left Hand Clubs. In ordering for Left Handed player any of the Rigden models. In ordering women's clubs add letter L to regular Model Number. add letter W to regular Model Number. Spalding Jacobus Triple Insert ^'"^^^"^ Rigden Patent Weighted Head (Patented Nov. 8. 1 9 1 0) (Patented Dec. 7. 1 909) The Jacobus Patent Triple Insert combined with Rigden Patent Head gives all the features described above of the Rigden Patent Head, and, in addition, provides a wooden club with an exceedingly hard driving surface, obtained by inserting specially prepared mahogany segments so that the impact is imparted to the ball by the end of the grain of the wood. Recommended by numerous players as the best wooden club made. See cuts on opposite page. Models same as in regular Rigden Patent Clubs listed above. Mention "Jacobus-Rigden when ordering. Spalding Jacobus-Rigden Wood Clubs. Two types (five models) Each, $4.00 All Jacobus-Rigden Models carried in stock in either Special light weight clubs for women can ied in stock in Right or Left Hand Clubs. In ordering for Left Handed any of the Jacobus-Rigden Models. In ordering women's .player add letter L to regular Model Numbers. clubs add letter W to regular Model Numbers. SPALDING BIDDLE PATENT "SKOOTER" WOOD CLUBS When ordering, mention "Biddle Patent." Patented August 22, 1911. Tlip Biddle Patent Clubs, and especially the Brassie Spoon, will be found particularly good for women players. In these "Biddle Patent" clubs the lip portion of the face has been slightly raised to avoid danger of deflection, the club when it meets the ground sliding along instead of digging in. The different models in which these Biddle Patent Wood Clubs are made are varied in the proper degrees to secure the requisite range of flight to accommodate almost any course condition possible to be covered by a w^ood club. Models supplied: Driver, Brassie, Brassie Spoon, Brassie Cleek. Shafts are all of selected second growth split hickory. Grips of specially prepared calf Each, $3.50 Spalding Biddle Patent Wood Clubs, fitted with Ivory face " 6.00 ANY OF THE CLUBS LISTED ON THIS PAGE FURNISHED WITH SPALDING NEVER SLIP GRIP, INSTEAD OF SPECIALLY PREPARED CALF GRIP, 25 CENTS EACH, EXTRA, Order by Model Numbers, as noted under cuts shown on opposite page. PROMPT MENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESSED TO US A.G.SPALDING &. BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES IFOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVES f OF THIS BOO! Prices in effect January 5, 191 5. Subject to change without notice. For Can«di»n pric«» see special Canadian C«taIo«uo. ^KJHE SPALDING V unvei iredcalf II Clubs with Spalding Never Slip Grip, instead of specially prepared calf grip, 25 cent* each, extra. SPALDING GOLD MEDAL WOOD CLUBS Spalding Gold Medal Clubs are made in the latest, which means the most generally approved models, and of the first selection of heads, shafts and everything else entering into their construction. Made in both socket and spliced types and including practically every model in popular demand anywhere in the United States or abroad. No.GMl. Gold Medal Wood Clubs. Models I, 2,3, 7, I I, 14, 16, I 7 and 23 Drivers or Brassies, 18 and 19 Drivers, Brassie Spoon Models 6 and I 3, and Wood Cleek Models 20 and 22, shown on this and following page. Specially prepared calf grip. Ea., $3.00 J Standard lead weighted golf clubs at a moderate price. Material with the slightest blemish and models which are out-of-date do not go into Spalding Gold Medal Clubs. ORDER BY MODEL NUMBERS Model No. 1. Demonstrates an unusual combination of correct design- ing and general efficiency. Moderate size. Every line in harmony without the slightest exaggeration in any detail. Shaft practically centered at heel. Model No. 2. Similar to No. I, but narrower from face to back, and a trifle longer face. Recommended for beginners. Model No. 3. In shape approaching our Rigden Patent clubs No. R. A round, large head. Top line of face well arched. Designed to place as much wood as possible behind the point of impact. Model No. 7. Large type of head, rtiade with greater portion of weight set well forward of center, and wood around the neck reduced, giving a prominence to the head and striking face which is calculated to increase a play- er's confidence. Model No. 11. Longheaded, flat lie type. Top line of face slightly arched. An excellent type for players preferring a flat lying club. Model No. 14. Large headed, Semi-Dread- nought type, square face. Designed to impart confidence to player uncertain of tee shots. Model No. 16. Long,narrow"De3troyer" type, of extraordinary length of face. Designed particularly for the beginner, as presentingmaximumhitting surface. Model No. 17. Oblong "blocked" type of head. Square face. A most efficient style of club. Model No. 23. Model of club widely advertised and used by an international champion. Greatest width of head near toe, tapering beyond face, and back to heel. Model No. 18 Driver. Spliced type of club, with long face. Model No. 19 Driver. As No. 18, but with shorter face and rounded head. Model No. 20 Wood Cleek. Long, nar- row head. Well lofted face; spliced. Model No. 22 Wood Cleek. Extra long face. Socket type of club. Model No. 6 Spoon. A Bull Dog type of head, with round sole; an excellent club for playing from the rough orcuppy lie. Model No. 1 3 Brassie Spoon. -Ideal type for all around work. Longer in face than No.6and without rounded bottom. All models shown on thit page, except Model] 14, are carried in stock in both Right and Left Hand Clubs. In ordering for Left Handed Player add letter L to regular Model Numbers. Models 1 , 2, 7 and 1 1 , shown on this page, ar» carried in stock also in special light weight clubs for women. In ordering clubs for Mod. Model No. 11 Driver add Utter W to regular Model Numbers. 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BROS, y STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES h IR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVEIl OFTHISBOOI ^ Pric. io effect January 5. 1915. Subject to change >^thou. notice. For CW ADDRESSEO TO US f A. G.SPALDING & BROS, STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES .^EE INSIDE FRONT C0VE9 ' OF THIS BOOK »' Price* in e ffect J anuary S. 191 S. Subject to change without notice- For Canadian price* see special Canadian Catalogue. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE THE SPALDING TRADEMARK GUARANTEES QUALITY Models carried in stock of clubs listed upon previous pages vary in length weight according to the following table: _^i_X Length of Blade. A-A. Depth of Blade at Nose. B-B. Depth of Blade at Heel. C-C. Pitch of Blade. D-D. Degree of Loft. E-E. WOOD CLUBS Weight, Drivers and Brassies. . 12 3.-4 to 14 ounces. Spoons 13 1-2 to 14 1-2 •• Wood Cleeks 13 1-2 to 14 1-2 " IRONS Length. 42 1-2 to 44 1-2 inches. 41 to 42 41 to 42 1 Cleek 2 Cleek 3 Cleek 6 Approach Cleek. . . . 3 Driving Iron 2 Driving Iron 1 Mid-Iron 2 Mid-Iron 3 Mid-lron 6 Mid-Iron 7 Mid-Iron 1 Approach Iron I Driving Mashie 1 Mashie 2 Mashie 3 Mashie 4 Mid Mashie 6 Mashie 7 Mashie 8 Mid Mashie........ 3 Mashie Jigger 4 Jigger I Niblic 2Niblic 3 Mashie Niblic 5 Niblic I Pitcher 6 Mashie Niblic I Bobbie Iron 1 Putting Cleek 2 Putting Cleek 1 Putter ,. . 6 Putter 7 Putter 8 Putter II Putter G Putter H Putter BV Putter 4 Aluminum Putter. . 5 Aluminum Putter. . HH Aluminum Putter RM Aluminum Putter 4 Cleek 5 Push Cleek 4 Push Iron 5 Mashie 2 Jigger 7 Mashie Niblic 8 Niblic 3 3 3 1-8 3 5-16 3 1-4 3 1-8 3 3-8 3 5-16 1-4 1-16 1-16 1-8 2 15-16 3 1-8 1-4 1-8 1-16 1-4 3 1-4 2 3-4 3 2 7-8 3 1-8 3 3 1-4 3 5-16 3 1-2 3 3-8 3 5-8 3 1-2 3 3-8 3 5-8 3 3-8 3 1-4 3 9-16 3 3-8 3 1-4 1-4 1-2 1-4 1-4 1-8 3 3-8 3 1-8 3 3-16 3 1-8 3 1 1-2 I 1-2 1 1-2 1 9-16 •I 3-4 I 5-8 I 11-16 1 5-8 I 11-16 I 3-4 I 11.16 1 11-16 I 11-16 i 7-8 1 3-4 I 3.4 I 7-8 2 I 7-8 I 3-4 I 3-8 1 1-2 2 1-8 2 1.4 1 3-4 2 1.2 I 3.4 2 I 3-8 I 7-16 1 3-8 I 9-16 I 3-8 I 1-2 I 1-2 I 1-2 1 3-8 9-16 3.4 I 15-16 13-16 7-8 I 1.2 1 1-2 1 11-16 1 7-8 1 3-8 1 7.8 2 1-8 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 I 1 1-16 15-16 I I 1-16 1 1-4 I 1-8 1 1-16 I 1-4 1 3.16 I 1-8 I 1.8 I 1 1 5-8 1 11.16 I 3.8 I 3-4 1 1-4 I 7-16 15-16 I 1 1-6 I I 15-16 5-8 5-8 15-16 15-16 3-4 7-8 15-16- 1.8 3.4 1.4 1-2 inch. 9.16 inch. 5.8 3.4 23-32 1-2 5-8 3.4 7-8 7-8 3-4 7-8 9-16 I 1-4 I 7-32 I 1-4 3-4 I 5-16 I 3-16 I 15-16 7-8 I 13-16 I 3-4 I 1-4 I 15-16 1 1-8 I 1.4 13-16 7-16 3.8 15-32 3-8 5-8 3-16 3.16 1-4 5-8 3,8 13-16 I 7-32 13-16 1 5-16 I 9-16 inch. Degree of Loft E-E 70de 70 • 71 " 64 •' 70 •' 72 " 65 " 61 " 68 " 67 " 63 " 62 •■ 74 " 51 " 54 ' 52 • 67 ■ 42 " 53 •' 60 " 48 ■ 59 • 40 •' 40 " 48 " 42 ■' 46 •■ 50 " 64 •■ 73 " Degrees of Loft Special lengths and weights can be made to order with no additional cheirge. PROMPT AHENTION GIVEN TO I ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESSED TO US A. G.SPALDING & BROS STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT GOVEil OF THIS Boot . Prices in effect January 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian pricej tee special Canadian Catalogue. ^S^Ke THE SPALDING QUALITY Illustrating compartment for each club in No. BWC Bag H SPALDING CORDUROY CADDY BAGS No. BWC. Special compartment bag, with eleven separate entire length pockets for clubs. Best English tan corduroy; reinforcing strips of steel, leather covered; brown leather trim- mings, handle and shoulder strap with brass fittings. Hood is of special design to cover clubs completely and securely. Ball pocket; umbrella attachment. Diameter 8 inches. Each, $15.00 No. WP. Best English tan corduroy; leather trim- mings and white leather lacing, reinforcing steel strips, leather covered, has umbrellaaltachment. Durable and fine appearing. Patent heavy brass buckle lock to fasten waterproof hood over clubs; brass trimmings. DiameterSin. Each, $15.00 SPALDING ALL-LEATHER CADDY BAGS No. L5H. Best russet cowhide, ball pocket and sling to match, brass tripnmings. Diameter 5 inches. Removable hood for covering clubs; fitted with patent heavy brass buckle lock. Accepted by railroads as baggage. Ea., $ 1 2.00 No. PG. Genuine imported russet pigskin; brass trimmings; white leather lacing. This is a very durable and fine appearing bag. Size 5 inches in diameter. . Each, $12.00 No. L4. Best quality English cowhide, white lea- ther lacing, brass fittings. This bag will give excellent service. Diameter 5 in. Each, $8.00 No. L6. Best russet cowhide, snap sling, brass trimmings. Long ball pocket opening top and bottom. Size 3% inches diameter. Each, $6.00 No. L3%. Good quality light brown grain lea- ther; brass trimmings; large ball pocket. Size 5 inches diameter Each, $6.50 Spalding Caddy Bag for Women No. WL3'a. Good quality light brown grain leather; brass trimmings and large ball pocket. Size 4% inches diameter. . . . Each, $6.00 Spalding Caddy Bags for Children No. 12. Good quality white or brown duck, black or brown leather trimmed; leatli. i handle and shoulder strap; reinforcing sir, I strips covered with webbing to match leathc-i trimmings; ball pocket. Diameter 4 inches. Leather offset bottom Each, $3.00 No. 10. Brown or white duck, leather trim- mings, webbing shoulder strap; ball pocket. Leather bottom. Diameter 3^8 in. Each, $ 1 .00 Sunday Caddy Bag No. 11. Made of white duck throughout, ball pocket, heavy web shoulder strap. Duckcovered bottom. Diameter 4'-i inches. Each, $1.00 All Spalding Caddy Bags are made with ball pocket of ample size for the size of the bag. Heavy leather shoulder sling, leather straps and leather handle on all Spalding Caddy Bags, except Nos. 10 and 11. We letter caddy bags with initials, etc., on special order. Prices on application. Special Sewed Offset Leather Bot- tom used on all Spalding Caddy Bags (except Nos. 10 and 11) listed on this page, more than tripling ordinary life of bag. Showing also reinforcing bot- tom ring and brass "drag" plate, which also helps to increase life of bag. PROMPT AnENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ^ ADDBESSEO TO US A. G.SPALDING & BROS, STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONl COVER OF THIS BOOK if Prices in effect January 5. 1915. ^ubject to change without police. For Canadian prices tee special Canadian Catalogue; ^S^Ke THE SPALDING TRADE-MARK 'Kr QUALITY SPALDING CANVAS CADDY BAGS LARGE SIZE No.WS. White or brown duck, 7 or 8 in. diameter, brown or black leather trimmings, white leather lacing, reinforcing steel strips, leather covered ; has umbrella attachment. Patent heavy brass buckle lock to fasten waterproof hood over clubs. Brass trimmings. , . Each, $10.50 No. WR. Same as No. WS, but reeds instead of steel strips, and different style buckle lock. Diameter either 7 or 8 inches. . Each, $9.00 No. WB. As No. WS, except without reinforcing strips, and without umbrella attachment, but with white leather lacing; lock same style as on No.WR. Diameter either 7 or 8 in. Each,$8.00 REGULAR AND SMALL SIZES No. AH. Best quality white or brown duck, brown leather trimmings; 6 inches diameter; complete with hood to cover clubs; good quality buckle lock and brass trimmings; reinforcing steel strips, leather covered ; white leather lac- ing; umbrella attachment. . . Each, $7.50 No. AHK. Same as No. AH, but made of lighter weight duck, khaki color. . . Each, $7.50 No. Al. Best quality white or brown duck, brown leather trimmings and white leather lacing; reinforcing steel strips, leather covered ; brass trimmings. Diameter 6 inches. Ea., $6.50 No. AlK. Same as No. Al, except made of lighter weight duck, khaki color. Each, $6.50 No. A2. Goo^ quality white or brown duck, brown leather trimmings; reinforcing steel strips, leather covered ; brass trimmings. Diam- eter 5 or 6 inches Each, $5.50 No. A2K. Same as No. A2, except made of lighter weight duck, khaki color. Each, $5.50 No. ex. Good white or brown duck, brown lea- ther trimmings. 6 inches diameter. Each, $4.00 No. C4. White or brown duck, 6 in. diameter, black or broviTi leather trimmings, real reed reinforcing strips; large ball pocket; leather bottom with studs. Brass fittings. Each, $3.00 No. C4K. Same as No. C4, except made of , khaki colored duck Each, $3.00 No. C3. White or brown canvas; 6 in. diameter, brown leather trimmings, leather bottom, studs; ball pocket, handle and sling. Brass fit- tings Each, $2.50 No. C3K. As No. C3. except made of khaki colored canvas. ...... Each. $2.50 No. CO. White or brown duck, brown leather trimmings,ballpocket;leatherbottom with studs; shoulder strap. Diameter 4^ in. Each, $2.00 No. C2. Brown or white canvas; canvas covered bottom vrith studs; ball pocket; leather handle and shoulder sling. Diameter 5 in. Ea., $1.50 All Spalding Caddy Bags are made with ball pocket of ample size for the size of the bag. Heavy leather shoulder sling, leather straps and leather handle on all Spalding Caddy Bags, except Nos. 10 and 11. We letter caddy bags with initials, etc, on special order. Price* on application. Special Sewed Offset Leather Bot- tom used on all Spalding Caddy Bags (except Nos. C4, C4K. C3. C3K. CO and C2) listed on this page, more than tripling ordinary life of bag. Showing also reinforcing bottom ring and brast PROMPT AHENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS > ADDRESSEDTOyS A. G.SPALDING &, BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES I FOR COMPUTE IISTOF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OFTHISMOI '■ Prices in effect January 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special CanadiMi Catalogu*. THESPALDING TRADEMARK SPALDING BALL CLEANERS '..^ No. 30. Rubber Pouch, with sponge. Each, 35c. 27. Rubber Pouch, ith sponge and brush. Each. 50c. No. 50. Double Pouch, of rubber; special felt inside, to be saturated. Each, 50c. Spalding "Simplex" Golf Ball Marker Spalding Golf Paint Used exclusively on the best golf balls by the leading makers in the United States and Great Britain. \ Pint can. . Each, 50c. % Pint can " " 25c. Golf White No. 8. Dries instantly. Will not chip, crack or wear off. Furnished in white or red. Bottle. 15c. Patented in United States and Great Britain No. 1 . Impresses initials, but does not injure the ball. Marking being below sur- face it will not wear off, and will retcuri pencil, ink or Dther coloring. Burnished brass. . . . Each, $2.00 Price includes player's initials. Spalding "Omnes" Golf Ball Marker For Club Use Simple to operate, sub- stantial in make up and really indispensable in the equipment of an up-to-date club. Any arrangement or num- ber of letters or figures may be marked simply Oinnc* Marker by turning adjusting arrangement. Handsomely finished and really the most complete golf ball marker made anywhere. . . Each. $20.00 Spalding Golf Ball Holder— For Painting Balls No. 5. Spring wire, with points that grip the ball while it is being paint- ed. Each, 15c. No. 1040. Club Polisher Will e: faber's KADDY POLISH. FOR GOLr CLUBS. No.1040. U.S.A. clean and polish iron clubs better and quicker than any thing yet intro- duced. Each,10c. No. A. Automatic Caddy Bag Support. A substitute for a caddy. Can be detached from bag when not in use Each, $2.50 Score Sheets No. L. Large, match and medal play Each, I5c. Liberty Golf Counters No. 2. Women's, Genuine Pigskin Each, $1.50 No. 15. Women's, Black Seal Grain ^ " 1.00 No. 26. Gent's, Black Seal Grain " 1.00 No. 25. Gent's, Genuine Pigskin ]| 1.00 Renewable Fillers " .15 Spalding Golf Umbrella Waterproof cloth covering; fifty inch spread; reinforced ribs; wood handle. Complete with case. $2.50 PROMPT AnENTION GIVEN TO I ANY COMMUNICATIONS . ADORESSED TO US ^ A. G.SPALDING & BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES EE INSIDE FRONT COVER. OF THIS BOO! ^ in effect January 5. 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices Bee special Canadian Catalogue. ^S^KeTHE SPALDING ITRADE-MARK'^rr^ A. ^ SPALDING GOLF GLOVES W ^ :^^ V' No.GSP No. GGl No. GG2 No. Gl No. 200 A^ No. GSP. Best quality soft white No. 200. Best quality brown leather a O S ^^^^|. chamois, with left hand glove lea- palms and tips; backs of lisle thread. R fl B ^BB^^^ ther reinforced These gloves are p^jr $2.00 [i ' Jfi ^^H|^BB^^F not perforated, but have instead spe- l'.\ '-_ l',/ ^^^^^^^^k cial backs which shape with the No. G2. Fine soft tanned chamois. ^._^ ^I^^^^^^^^H^ knuckles when club is gripped — one open knuckles, perforated back. ^H^^ ^^H^BHH^r of the most practical ideas ever in- Pair, $1.75 ' ^RjP^^i^ eluded in a golf glove. Pair. $2.50 ^, „_, _. .. ., „, . , ^ ^^ ^^ M /-/-» n r- i£ /-I D No. G2L. Qyality as No. G2. for left M„ ft No. GGl. Grip GoU Gloves. Best k,„j „ i -.l ■ c j i '*"• ^ quality white chamois, w.th left hand ^""'^ °"'y' ^"'^ 'e'nforced oalm. glove leather reinforced to give special grip on club; bach, $1.00 perforated knuckles Pair, $2.50 No. G3. Fingerless, palms reinforced, No. GG2. Grip Golf Gloves. Heavy tanned chamois, with perforated backs. . . Pair. $1.00 left hand glove leather reinforced to give special grip on «., ^e c- i i • i r i No r<; ' club. Closed back. Particularly adapted for winter use. N°- ^^- /'"S^r]ess knitted of best No. G5 Pair, $2.50 worsted, m heather mixtures. Comfortable and very No. Gl, Best quality soft white chamois, open knuckles, practical Pai,^ 7Sc. perforated back Pair, $2.00 No. G4. Fingerless, for left hand Each, 50c. SPALDING GOLF GRIPS Never Slip Golf Grip Rubber Grips A t) No. 5. Can only move the length of the string, which is about 9 inches. Rubber Golf Tee No. 9. Good quality. Regu- lation style. Red rubber. Each, 5c Adjustable Tee Mold No. W. Makes Tees yi. 'A and >^-inch high. Weight, }4 oz. With extra spring. Each, 50c. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESSED TO US ^ A.G.SPALDING &. BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES I FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Pricei in eKect January 5. 1915. Subject to cbanja without notice. For Canadian price* tee tpecial Canadian CaUloguo, sSbsKe THE SPALDING SPALDING MARKING DISCS AND FLAGS designate the number of hoU. Spalding Marking DisCS No. 3. Heart shape. . . Each, $ .60 No. 6. Windmill, four flanges. . . Each, $1.00 No. 5. Pear shape, hollow. " 1.50 No. 7. Circular, complete with red flag. " 1.00 Spalding Direction and Marking Flags Colors : Red, White, Red and White, Blue and White, or any other combinations of colors. No. 9. Flags only, oblong shape. Each, 40c. No. 11. Flags only, triangle shape. Each, 40c. Red out, numbered from 1 to 9. Spalding Marking FlagS White in, numbered from 10 to 18. 2. Flags only, numbered as ordered Each, $ .50 . . . _ .. 25 1912. " 2.00 No. lOF. Flags, with attaching hooks, for use with No. F supports. . . No. F. Flag Support. Iron upright, with revolving flag holder. Pat. April 5 No. BSF. Bamboo poles, with spike and patent flag support attached. No. BS. Bamboo poles, 7 feet, with spike No. BF. Bamboo poles, with brass ferrule No. B. Bamboo poles, plain. . No. C. Cherokee Holder for bamboo flagstaff Spalding "Cherokee" Golf Ball Washer (Patent applied for) Takes everything off but the paint. Should be at every tee of a well ap- pointed course. Now used on the more prominent Golf Ball Washer COUrseS. Ea., $6.00 Spalding Golf Hole Rims, Midlothian Patent (F'alfnted March 21. 1899) No. 30. Solid iron casting inside. Prevents the hole from being racked by the weight of the flag staff or pole, which is kept always in an upright position, with small hole in iron casting to accommodate iron rod disc upright. . Each, $1,00 No. 31. Similar to No. 30. but with hole large enough to accommodate bamboo poles. .......... Each, $1.00 1.50 1.00 " .50 " .20 ' 1.00 Spalding Steel Hole Cutters No. 1 1 . Improved style, with point for centering and device for ejecting— earth and sod after cutting clean hole. Cut- ter is of best steel and has sub- stantial wood handle. Each. $5.00 Spalding Hole Rim Extractor No. EX. For extracting Nos. 30 or 3 1 hole rims. Each, 50c. Spalding Hole Rim Setter No. 6, For setting the hole rim and leveling edges around same. Each, $1.25 No. 30 9 Spalding Iron Hole Rims No. 20. For lining holes in putting green. The cross-piece prevents the ball from falling to bottom of the hole. . . , . . . ■ . Each. 40c. 3 PROMPT mENTION GIVEN TO I ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADOBESSED TO US A. G. SPALDING &. BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Prices in effect January 5, 1915, Subject lo_£hanES jvitbogit notice.^ For.Canadian prices see special Canadian Catalogue. ^S^KUHE SPALDING TRADE-MARK Trrl^^ SPALDING GOLF SUNDRIES For practice in putting nothing excels this game. The figures are arranged in a circle from 20 Sto 24. feet in di- ameter, or any size that the lawn vsdll admit. No. 1 . With raised figures, black, on white tee- ing plates. Will not injure lawn. Set, $10.0.0 No. 2. Plain cut-out figures, painted white, not on plates. Set,. $5.00 No. 3. Portable set, complete in canvas cover. Set, $3.00 Parachute Golf Ball No.l. For prac- tising, driving, and all golf strokes in a lim- ited area. The parachute pre- \'ents the ball from traveling very far. Complete, 80c. Send your f ri end a b he can hit. Diameter 3/Mnches. Each,50c. Golf Ball Racks Useful on much -fre- quented courses. With this rack each playerorpne player in a party drops his ball in the rack when he arrives, his relative position being determine'd by the position of the ball in the rack. Substantially made of iron, heavily japanned. To hold 24 balls. . . Each, $10.00 To hold 36 balls. . .. " 12.00 To hold 72 balls. .- ., " 15.00 Numbered Metal Badges for Caddies No. 1. Scifety pin on back of each badge to fasten to the cap or breast of coat Each, 25c. Eureka Golf Driving Net No. X. For practising, especially iron approach shots. May be put up almost anywhere. Complete v^th different col- ored pockets in net, uprights, etc. Ea.,$7.50 Spalding Game of Golf ette No. 13. The object is to loft ball into center net for highest count, the other nets counting less. Use. regular club and ball. Each. $5.00 Spalding Tee Stand Patent Applied For No. WS. No. 13 Compact arrange- ment for golf tees. Complete, neatly painted and with pail or pan fixtures, but without letter- ing. .... Each, $10.00 Same as above, but lettered with number of hole. Each, $11 .00 Spalding "Eureka" Wet Tennis Markers i Patented July 27. 1909 For grass or dirt courts. Uses liquid water slaked lime. Makes clear cut liAe. No brushes to clog and wear. Simple to op- Flow of liquid under instant control. Vertical ; small tank. . Each, $10.00 No. 25. Horizontal; for club use; large tank Each, $25.00 Spalding Teeing Disc No. RB. Made with composition golf ball top. White enameled. Used on most prominent courses. Pair, $1.00 Teeing Plates No. 8. Round metal plate to lie flush with ground. Pair, 50c. Putting Flag No.s No. 2. Heart shape. Used to train eye in putting Each, 50c. Spalding Putting Disc 4^^^^ No.l. Regular style. Can no. i be used also indoors. . . Each, 25c. ATTENTION inVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS a ADDBESSED TO U^ ^ A.G.SPALDING & BROS, STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK • Price* ID effect .fanuaiy 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian price* tee «pecial Canadian CaUloguCk sSbSe THE SPALDING TRADEMARK "^K^v^^i Showing sole of Nos. 4, 5. and 7 Shoes, ina' Golf No. 88. Fine tan calf.lowcut. Spliced rubber soles (new idea), sewed welt, full heels and stud- ded leather toes. Most up-to-date and best golf shoes made, Supplied regularly without box toe, but will be furnished with box toe on special order. Pair, $8.00 No. 8. High cut. tan calf; English swing last, box toes, Blu- cher cut, white oak soles, sewed welt.. Heavy enough to at- tach hob nails. Pair. $7.00 No. 4. High cut,' tan calf leather, re- inforced across in- step, blunt spikes. Plain toes, no cap.' Easiest fitting and most comfortable golf shoes made. ' Pair, $6.50 No. 6. Low cut, tan calf; English swing last,boxtOes,Blucher cut, white oak soles, sewed welt. 1 leavy enough to attach hob nails. F'air, $6.50 No. 5. Low cut, tan calf leather, rein forced across instep, sewed welt; bluiil spikes; plain toe, no cap. . Pair, $6.00 No. 7. Low cut, tan calf, heavy white oak leather soles; fitted with special metal blunt spikes, sewed welt. . Pair, $6.00 No. 2. Best waterproof tan English grain leather ; sewed welt ; Blucher style. Laced very low. Blunt spikes ; leather laces. . Pair, $6.00 No. GB. Low cut, with suction rubber soles; sewed welt. Light drab calf. Laced very low Pair, $5.00 No, AB. Same as No. GB, but high cut Pair. $5.00 U02. SPALDING NORFOLK JACKET SWEATER No NFP. Highest quahty special heavy weight worsted. Norfolk Jacket style, including heavy knitted detachable belt. Special extra high turn' down rack collar with tab and button to fasten close in front. Pearl buttons. Two pockets Each. $8.00 * #W. 40 Doz. SPECIAL NOTICE— Above (weatera (except No. 2JP and No. MJP) with one color body and another color (not •triped) collar and cuff« (in any colori) on ipecial order, at no extra charge. 6TOCK COLORS-All Sweater, li.led on thia page (except No. 2JP and No. MJP) carried in Itock in GRAY. WHITE, NAVY BLUE, MAROON, AND CARDINAL. mentioned we auppty theae awealera (except No. 2JP and SPECIAL ORDERS In addition to atock or, on special order, at no e riet. Cardinal, Maroon. B.-Thri apecified on order ' I opposite- ■.tciiis inaried -Jiilh it will be quoled only on orders for one-half dose PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANCE WITHOUT NOTICE. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDIIESSED TO US A. G.SPALDING & BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOl effect January 5, 1915. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian pricea ace apccial Canadian Catalogue. |Ljii:UiiA^iii>jj.iii||^^)na3m^^il GUARANTEES QUALITY 'FALBMQ NEW ATHLETIC GOOPS CATALOCTE The following selection of items from Spalding's latest Catalogue will give ? '^^l^^ ^^^ ^'^^' "^^"^'y °f ATHLETIC GOODS manufactured by A. C. SPALDING & BROS. •.-. /. SEND FOR A FREE COPY SEE COMPLETE LIST OF SPALDING STORE ADDRESSES ON INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK Archery Ash Bars Athletic Library Attachm'ts. Chest Weight Bathmg Su Caddy Cricket Stnkmg _ Uniform Balls- Basket Cricket Field Hockey Golf Hand lr>dooi Medicine Playground VcUey Water Polo Ball Cleaner, Coif Bandages. Elastic Bar Bells Bars. Horizontal Bathing Suit Batons Cricket Indoor Batting Cage. Bas Belts- Leather and Worsted Bladders- Basket Ball Striking Bag Blades. Fe Blankets Ball fencing Caddy Badges Caps- Base Ball Knitted University Water Polo Center Forks. Iron Center Straps. Canv Chest Weights Circle. Seven-Foot Clock Golf Corks. Running Covers. Racket Cricket Goods Croquet Goods Cross Bars Discs- Marking. Golf Discus, Olympic Disks. Striking Bag Dumb Bells Embroidery Equestrian Polo Exercisers. Elas Felt Letters Fencing Sticks Field Hockey Finger Pn Flags- Colleg. Marking Golf Foil Glasses. Base Ball Sun Ba^e Ball Boxing Cricket Fencing Golf Hand Ball . Glove Softener Goals- Basket Ball Golf Ball Washer Golf Clubs Golf Counters GoUetle Athletic Golf Gut Preservative, Tenni Guy Ropes and l^egs Gymm Suits, Women's Hammers. Athletic. Handle Cover. Rubber Hangers for Indian Club. Hats. University Health Pull Hob Nails Hole Cutter. Golf Hole Rim, Golf Home Gymnasium Hurdles Safety Hurley Goods Indian Clubs Inflaters— Striking Bag Jackets. Fe Javelins Jerseys Lanes for Sprints .Lawn Bowia. Leg Guards- Base Ball Cricket , Field Hockey Leotards Letters Embroidered Fell Liniment Mallets- Cricket Roqi Markers- Tennis Golf Masks- Base Ball Mattresses Megaphones Mitts- Base Ball Striking Bag Monogianis Muffle.s. Knitted Cricket Golf Driving VoUeyBall Newcomb Numbers. Competitors' Pads- Chamois, Fencing Sliding. Base Ball Wrestling Paint, Golf Pants- Base Ball Bathi^ng, Knee Boys' Knee Running Pennants, College Plastrons, Fencing Plates- Base Ball Shoe Marking, Tennis Pitchers' Box Pitchers' Toe Teeing, Golf Platforms. Striking Bag Poles, Vaulting Polo, Equestrian Polo, Roller. Goods Posts- Backstop, Tennis Lawn Tennis Abdo Base Ball Bruise Indoor Base Ball Thumb Pulleys and Axle. Te Push Ball Pushers- Chamois Leather Puttees, Golf Racket Covers Racket Presses Rackets. Lawn Tennis Rackets Restrung Racks. Golf Ball Rapiers Reels for Tennis Posts Referees' Whistle Rii Sacks, (or Sack Racing Sandow Dumb Bells Score Books- Base Ball Basket Ball Cricket Golf Tennis Score Tablets. Base Ball Scoring Tree. Tennis Athletic Base Ball Training Shoes- Acrobatic Base Ball Basket Ball Bowling Cr°c*ket Cross Country Field Hockey Go"?'"* Gymnasium Jumping Outing Running Squash Street Tennis Walking .Net Shot- Athletic Indoor Skate Rollers Skates. Roller Slippers. Bathing Squash Goods Standards- Vaulting Volley Ball Straps- Base Ball For Three-Legged Race Spikes. Cricket Steel Cable, Teni Sticks. Polo Stockings Stop Boards Striking Bag% Stumps an J Bail, Gymna'm. Woi Supporters- Ankle Wrist Suspensories Sweat Band Swivels. Striking Swords— Duelling Takeoff Board AdfTesive Cricket. Measuring Marking. Tennis Measuring Steel Tether Tennis Tights- Athletic Full Full, Wrestling Knee Toe Boards Trousers. Y.M.C.A. Trunks- Bathing Velvet Worsted Tug-of-War Belt Umbrella. Coif Umpire's Chair. Te Umpire Indicator Uniforms, Base Ball Wands. Cal.sthenic Watches. Stop Water Wings Weights, 56-lb. Whistles, Referees- WresUing Equipmer Wrut Machine* PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TOl ANY COMMUNICATIONJ_ ' ADDRESSED TO US A. G.SPALDING & BROS. .STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES I FOR COMPLETE LIST Of STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVEJI OF THIS BOOK 1915. Subject to change without ce. For Canadian orices see special Canadian Catalogue. standard Policy A Standard Qyality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a Manufacturer to long maintain a Standard Qyality. To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a profit for the jobber as well as for the retail dealer. To meet these conditions of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list price on his goods to the consumer. To enable the glib salesman, when booking his orders, to figure out attractive profits to both the jobber and retailer, these high list prices are absolutely essential; but their real purpose v\rill have been served when the manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured his order from the retailer. However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who does not, and, in reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading but alluring high list prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and grapples with the situation as best he can, by offering "special discounts," which vary with local trade conditions. Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer and the jobber are assured ; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are practically eliminated. This demoralization always reacts on the manufacturer. The jobber insists on lower, and still lower, prices. The manufacturer, in his turn, meets this demand for the lowering of prices by the only way open to him, viz.: the cheap- ening and degrading of the quality of his product. The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that 16 years ago, in 1899, A. G. Spalding & Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic Goods Trade, and inaugurated what has since become known as "The Spalding Policy." "The Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer secures the supply of Spalding Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer by which the retail dealer is assured a fair and legitimate profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the consumer is assured a Standard Qyality and is protected from imposition. "The Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the users of Athletic Goods, and acts in two ways : First. —The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods. Second.— As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in purchasing at the proper time, the very best raw materials required in the manufacture of our various goods, well ahead of their respective seasons, and this enables us to provide the necessary quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Qyality. All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are requested to supply consumers at our regular printed catalogue prices — neither rnore nor less — the same prices that similar goods are sold for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated exactly alike, and no special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone. This briefly, is "The Spalding Policy," which has already been in successful operation for the past 16 years, and will be indefinitely continued. In other words, "The Spalding Policy" is a "square deal" for everybody. A. G. SPALDING & BROS. By (Z^kM":^-^^"^^^' PRESIDENT, ^^ standard Quality An article that is universally given the appellation "Standard" is thereby conceded to be the criterion, to which are cotnpared all other things of a similar nature. For instance, the Gold Dollai"of the United States is the Standard unit of currency, because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, and the fact of its being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp thereon. As a protection to the users of this currency against counterfeiting and other tricks, considerable money is expended in maintaining a Secret Service Bureau of Experts. Under the law, citizen manufacturers must depend to a great extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices to protect themselves against counterfeit products — without the aid of "Government Detectives** or "Public Opinion** to assist them. Consequently the "Consumer's Protection" against misrepresentation and "inferior quality'* rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the " Manufacturer." A. G. Spalding & Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Quality,*' for thirty-nine years, caused their Trade-Mark to become known throughout the world as a Guarantee of Quality as dependable in their field as the U. S. Currency is in its field. The necessity of upholding the Guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and maintaining the Standard Qyality of their Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvi- ous as is the necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. Thus each consumer is not only insuring himself but also protecting other consumers w^hen he assists a Reliable Manufacturer in upholding his Trade- Mark and all that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic Goods to assist us in maintaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by insisting that our Trade-Mark be plainly stamped on all athletic goods which they buy, because without this precaution our best efforts towards maintaining Standard Qyality and preventing fraudulent substitution will be ineffectual. Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being high-priced, and this sentiment is fostered and emphasized by makers of " inferior goods,** with whom low prices are the main consideration. A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold and a guarantee to protect must necessarily have higher prices than a manufac- turer of cheap goods, whose idea of and basis of a claim for Standard Qyality depends principally upon the eloquence of the salesman. We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable than poverty in quality — eind we avoid this quicksand by Standard Qyality. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiniini ATHLETIC I 006 010 924 2 # A separate book covers every Athletic Spor and is Official and Standard Price 10 cents each^ GRAND PRIZE PARIS , 1900 ST. LOUIS. 1904 ^ Mr J\. Lj XJ 1 -W IJ PARIS, 19 00 ATHLETIC GOODS 1 ARE THE STANDARD OF THE >N^ORLDi AG. Spalding ^ Bros. MAINTAIN WHOLESALE and RETAIL STORES iri the FOLLOWING CITIES NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS BOSTON MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY PHILADELPHIA DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO NEWARK CINCINNATI LOS ANGE«L-E! ALBANY CLEVELAND SEATTLE BUFFALO COLUMBUS SALT LAKE CITY SYRACUSE INDIANAPOLIS PORTLAND ROCHESTER PITTSBURGH MlNNEAPOLI BALTIMORE WASHINGTON ATLANTA ST. PAUL LONDON, ENGLAND LOUISVILLE DENVER rfVPDDnnT PNaT Awn NEW ORLEANS DALLA' LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND MANCHESTER, ENGLAND EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND GLASGOW. SCOTLAND ones o^vnea ana a ^de-Marked AthU ENGLAND MONTREAL. CANADA L ENGLAND TORONTO, CANAD^ \, SCOTLAND PARIS, FRANCE S^, SCOTLAND SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA rated by A. C. Spalding 6: Bros, and where ell of Spaldtnj's z Goods a.rc made are located in the follov/ina cities NEW TORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO ' CHICOPEE, MASS< BROOKLYN BOSTON PHIIiADELPHIA LONDON* ENG.