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 Spalding's Athletic Library 
 
 How to Bat 
 
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 SPALDING ATHLETIC LIBRARY 
 SERIES OF BOOKS ON BASE BALL 
 
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 No. 202— How to Play Base Ball. 
 
 No. 219— Ready Recko7ier of Base Ball Percentages. 
 
 No. 220—Spalding s Official Base Ball Guide for 1905. 
 
 No. 223— How to Bat. 
 
 No. 224— How to Play the Outfield. 
 
 No. 225— How to Play First Base. 
 
 No. 226 — How to Play Second Base. 
 
 No. 227— How to Play Third Base. 
 
 No. 228— How to Play Shoj^stop. 
 
 No. 229— How to Catch. 
 
 No. 230—Hozv to Pitch. 
 
 No. 231 — How to Umpire; How to Coach; How to Captain 
 a Team; How to Manage a Team; Hoiv to Or- 
 ganize a League. 
 
 No. 235 — How to Run the Bases. 
 
 For complete list of the puplications in Spalding's 
 Athletic Library see last pages of this book. 
 
 Copyright, 1905, by 
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Spalding' s Athletic Library, 
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 To teach base ball players how best to bat effectively is the 
 object of this book. 
 
 It is aimed especially at those boys and youths from among 
 whom the great players of the future are to be selected. 
 
 Among you there are those who will become as great as is 
 Lajoie, as famous as was Delehanty and a hundred others who 
 have earned money enough to live in elegance from one end of 
 the year to the other. 
 
 This does not mean that the book ^s only for those who intend 
 to become professional base ball players. It is for every boy and 
 youth and man who plays the great national game. 
 
 Men who have been familiar with the sport for years, youths 
 who are just mastering it and boys who are but beginning on 
 the prairie diamonds are sure to find in it information which 
 they can ill afford to miss. 
 
 The most important part of ball playing nowadays, outside of 
 pitching, is batting. The team that can bat and has some good 
 pitchers can win base ball games. 
 
 THE TEAM THAT CANNOT BAT CANNOT WIN. 
 
 Therefore every boy and young man who has, of course, already 
 learned to catch a ball should turn his attention to this depart- 
 ment of the game. If you can field fairly well and are a sure 
 batter you can find a position on almost any team. On the other 
 hand, if you are a star fielder and are unable to hit when your 
 side needs runs the ledge which you occupy in the base ball 
 world, whether it be on the prairie or the professional diamond, 
 will fall out from under you some day. If you cannot hit you are 
 not wanted. 
 
 It is likely that every reader of this book has played the game 
 of base ball in one way or another. He has helped his team 
 put the other men out and then he has "gone in" to take his 
 place at the plate. He knows how much he wanted to make a 
 
HANS WAGNER, 
 Pittsburg's great shortstop vies with Lajoie in being considered 
 the best of batters. Wagner does not make any fuss at the plate, 
 but hits the ball very hard and straight from the shoulder. 
 
Spalding s Athletic Library. 9 
 
 hit, he knows how full of exuberance he feU if he did make a 
 hit and HE KNOWS HOW MISERABLE HE FELT IF HE 
 STRUCK OUT. 
 
 Such an important asset is the good hitter to the base ball team 
 that he retains his position invariably even if he is unable to field 
 so well as another man trying for the same place. In fact, he 
 does not have to be able to field nearly so well. 
 
 THEREFORE LEARN, IF YOU CAN, HOW TO BAT 
 EFFECTIVELY. 
 
 You have been told, perhaps, that nobody can teach you how 
 to bat. That is not so. You can be taught. You can teach your- 
 self. All you need is a clear eye, plenty of determination, and 
 a body full of grit. Great muscular power is not necessary, for 
 many good hitters have been men who were not giants. But a 
 good eye is necessary. If you are nearsighted, if your vision is 
 blurred, if you are incapable of following the swift course of a 
 ball from the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand until it whizzes 
 past you, you will never make a good batter. Practice may im- 
 prove you, but you are not likely to become a star. 
 
 Many individuals have set up the cry that a batter must accept 
 his natural position at the plate and must not attempt to copy 
 after great batters. In answer to this it must be said that there 
 is a right and a wrong way to bat, and the right way may be 
 made natural just as well as the wrong way. 
 
 For this reason boys who have the opportunity should make it 
 a point to see some of the great batters of the day, Lajoie, Wag- 
 ner, Collins, Freeman, Stahl, Chance, Fielder Jones or many 
 others. They should go to a base ball game where these men, 
 or equally good ones, are playing; they should watch the position 
 which they take at the plate, watch the manner in which they 
 hold their clubs, watch what they do with their feet and how 
 they place them, watch how they eye the pitcher while waiting for 
 the ball, and watch how they swing, and then, if they hit the 
 ball, how they start for first base. 
 
 A great many things are to be learned in this way. If a ball 
 player is a great hitter study his methods, and if you have the 
 
NAPOLEON LAJOIE. 
 Greatest all around batter of this generation. He is very un- 
 assuming whsn at the plate and the above photograph depicts 
 plainly how he holds his bat. 
 
Spaldi7ig' s Athletic Library. ii 
 
 same clear eye, the same grit and the same kind of determina- 
 tion, there is no reason why you cannot be a great batter, too, if 
 you will do as he does. His method must be successful or else 
 he would not be the batter that he is. 
 
 However, this must not be taken to mean that there is only 
 one way to stand at the plate, only one way to catch hold of the 
 club, only one way to swing and the rest. A study of the great 
 batters of the country will teach you differently, but the same 
 principle is followed in each case — the determination of never 
 being driven from the plate by a pitcher and the necessity of 
 having the feet planted squarely and in such a position that the 
 greatest power can be obtained from them to aid you when you 
 swing. 
 
 Batting is very much like shooting. As you well know there 
 are men who would never become crack shots if they were to 
 practice from now until they are too feeble with age to hold a 
 gun. The very same thing applies to batting. If you haven't 
 grit and never will have grit, if you haven't determination and 
 never will have determination, if you persist in being afraid of 
 the pitcher, you might just as well stop practicing, for until you 
 get rid of these things you will be of little value to your team as 
 a hitter. 
 
 But, like the young and inexperienced hunter, you may be able 
 to overcome all drawbacks by practice. You and you only know 
 whether you can or not. It is most natural for any young ball 
 player to feel nervous when he advances toward the plate for the 
 first time. It is a bit natural, too, when he sees a swift shoot 
 coming close to him to be driven back. It is natural for him to 
 think: "That ball is going to be mighty hard to hit," but these 
 are not dangerous symptoms unless they stick to you even after 
 you have played in many games and have batted a number of 
 times. 
 
 But in the broad and general sense constant practice at batting 
 will make you a good batter, if you follow the right methods, 
 just as constant practice at shooting a rifle would make you in 
 time a good rifle shot. 
 
FRANK CHANCE 
 Captain of the Chicago National League club, illustrat- 
 ing the position he takes at the plate. He is one of the 
 foremost batters of the National League. 
 
Spalding s Athletic Library. 13 
 
 But right here another parallel may be drawn between a good 
 rifle shot and a good batter. It is the very thing which tests the 
 ''class" of either the hunter or the batter. 
 
 Let us suppose that a man practices with a rifle until at 30 or 
 50 yards he can hit a tiny bull's eye every time. That is the only 
 mark at which he has ever shot. Thinking that he is an expert 
 shot he marches into the woods feeling that nothing can escape 
 him. Suddenly right before him there looms up a fine buck. He 
 is only thirty yards away and it is looking right at him. One of 
 the buck's eyes is bigger than the bull's eye at home. The entire 
 front presented to the hunter is many hundred times larger. 
 
 He raises his rifle and fires. A strange, shaking sensation has 
 taken possession of him. The fine buck tears off through the 
 forest uninjured. The poor hunter sits down shaking and 
 quaking in every limb. He has the "buck fever." Many men 
 there are who never quite get over this, and the number of 
 bucks they bag is few. 
 
 Now let us see how this applies to the ball player. In little 
 practice games he has become a good hitter. Among his fellow 
 players he is known as the fellow who can "line 'em out" every 
 time. Finally a game is played with another club which is of 
 great importance. Upon its result hinges a championship. 
 
 His team is behind. The score is 4 to 3 in the ninth inning, 
 two men are on the bases, two are out and a hit is needed. The 
 sure hitter comes to the plate. There is a cheer for him, for the 
 game looks to be as good as won. But over him there creeps a 
 feeling that he has never known before. He cannot see the ball 
 so well. His knees shake, the hands which hold the club tremble 
 and he strikes out. 
 
 Try not to be that kind of a batter. Try to get away from the 
 "buck fever" in base ball. You can do it if you keep your wits 
 about you all of the time, never get excited, always go to the 
 plate filled with nerve and with a determination to hit the ball, 
 and when you have begun to hit well DO NOT GET AN 
 EXALTED OPINION OF YOURSELF. 
 
KLING, 
 
 Chicago Nationals, going after his favorite ball — one on 
 
 about a line with his shoulders. 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 
 
 CHAPTER 
 
 Batting in the Broad Term — What a Good Batter Means. 
 
 A ball players prowess as a batsman depends much upon his 
 own individual efforts, the intensity of his desires and the 
 determination he possesses. The hard-hitting ball player is de- 
 veloped only after desperate practice. He must keep at it day in 
 an'd day out, he must practice swinging his club, and he must face 
 swift pitchers that know all of the art of curving and changing 
 pace before he can become accomplished in the ability to hit. 
 
 Good Batters Absolutely Essential. 
 
 Good batters are absolutely essential to a winning base ball 
 team. Without them the club is powerless, no matter how well 
 it fields. If the team against it can hit the ball and get it away 
 from the fielders they can score the runs that will win. Let us 
 go to extremes and match two teams for a game, one of which 
 can field as well as the best club in one of the big leagues, but 
 is utterly unable to hit. Let us suppose that the other team can 
 do no better work in the field than one of the little prairie 
 nines which can be seen almost any day in a vacant lot or a 
 pasture, but can hit the ball almost whenever it pleases, and can 
 place hits just where it wishes. Which club do you think would 
 win? 
 
 Remember that you were told at the beginning that this was 
 going to extremes, and you will probably never see two teams 
 such as have been described playing against each other. But 
 it serves as a good illustration, and shows what hitting really 
 means to a team. 
 
 Hitting Drives the Team Along. 
 
 Hitting is the steam which drives the club along, it is the power 
 which makes it capable of downing its antagonist, it is the only 
 
JOE TINKER, 
 Chicago Nationals, about to meet a coming ball. It will be seen 
 that he is just turning to force his weight into the short swing 
 of the club. 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library. 17 
 
 food which can make any chib thrive, it is the all important thing 
 in base ball. Every fall the managers of the big league base ball 
 clubs begin a hunt for young material, as they call it, for the next 
 season. They go to the minor leagues from which all such 
 material is recruited and look over all of the most likely men, 
 the ones who have made reputations in the smaller cities. 
 
 These men are heroes where they are. In the eyes of their 
 admirers there are no greater ball players on the face of the 
 earth. If possible the managers watch a likely young man play 
 in a game or two, or they send representatives to do this. Then 
 the report on the youngster is made. There can be nothing said 
 against his fielding. He is able to pick up the swiftest grounder 
 or grass cutter and throw it to first so fast that the ball can 
 hardly be seen as it skims across the diamond. No liner can be 
 hit so hard that this youngster cannot get it ; no ball can go 
 high enough into the air. In short, he is the "phenomenon" 
 which the manager has sought for a long time. 
 
 BUT CAN HE BAT? 
 
 He batted pretty well in the minor league or he batted very 
 well in the minor league, or he was the finest batter in the entire 
 league makes little difference to the manager. He wants to know 
 whether he can bat with his team. So he hires this youngster 
 and tells him to report for practice. 
 
 When the spring time comes the youngster joins the big club, 
 and as he looks at the men he has been reading about ever since 
 he was old enough to sit on his father's knee without some one 
 to hold his back, he feels quite small, indeed, even though he had 
 been an uncrowned king where he used to play. 
 
 But he learns to know them all after a while and then he 
 begins to ask for a little advice. He finds that they have different 
 ideas about batting and fielding than he has. The manager sits 
 down among them and begins telling them some of the ''fine 
 points" or the "insides" of the game. He hears of little tricks 
 which he never heard of before, he hears of more ways to hit, 
 to place the ball, to bunt, to do a dozen things which he realizes 
 he never knew how to do properly before. 
 
PATRICK DOUGHERTY, 
 Left fielder for the New York Americans, and one of the best 
 batters on the team. The photograph shows what a long reach 
 he is possessed of. 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library. 19 
 
 He practices all of them. In the early games with the smaller 
 teams he does fairly well with the bat. The manager begins to 
 look upon him kindly and thinks that after all the boy may be 
 a "find." He fields as cleanly as the fastest fielder in either of 
 the big leagues ; he hits the pitchers that are sent against him ; 
 he is overcoming his nervousness. 
 
 Do Not Become Conceited. 
 
 Right here let a little sound advice be given to the boy who 
 may have a career exactly like this. Just at this stage you are 
 in a pretty dangerous position. You are likely to be "stuck on 
 yourself," as the saying goes in the street, or have a "swelled 
 head." If so, try to find it out and cure yourself of that 
 disease before you go any further. It will be an impediment 
 which will handicap you throughout all of your days as a ball 
 player, make you unpopular with the manager and the umpire, 
 and probably send you back into the minor league before the open- 
 ing of the championship season in the big league. 
 
 But to return to the youngster who is just starting out. The 
 time comes for the first game and the manager tells him that he 
 will be given a trial at third base, one of the hardest positions to 
 play on any club. He takes his place feeling nervous and yet 
 determined, and in the first inning makes a play which is ap- 
 plauded vigorously. Throughout the game he plays like a vet- 
 eran and feels pretty well satisfied with himself. 
 
 But hold on. What's the matter with the manager? There 
 is not the smile of gratification on his face that the youngster 
 expected to find. Instead he frowns and taps the bench with his 
 finger tips. What can be the matter? The game is won. What 
 more does he wish? 
 
 He approaches the youngster. "Pretty work you did in the 
 field to-day, but you were weak with the stick." 
 
 The youngster just realizes that he fanned twice and sent two 
 easy little grounders to the pitcher. The crowd forgave him be- 
 cause he was a youngster and because he did such good work in 
 the field. The next day he did the same thing again and the crowd 
 
NAPOLEON LAJOIE. 
 Another view of Larry, with his eye on the ball. 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library. 21 
 
 was not willing to forgive. With the bases full and two out he 
 fanned when a little hit might have won the game. 
 
 The manager tries him for a week and in that time he makes 
 just one hit, although his fielding is well nigh perfect. The man- 
 ager begins to lecture him, begins to tell him where he is weak, 
 begins to tell him that he must bat or get off the club forever, 
 begins to plead with him to spend his mornings in batting 
 practice. 
 
 At this stage, if the youngster takes the advice and gets one of 
 the pitchers to go each morning to the ball park with him and 
 pitch while he bats, he may recover before it is too late. But the 
 average run of the youngsters will not do this. 
 
 He keeps up his fine fielding and his poor batting, until one 
 day the manager tells him to remain on the bench while another 
 man is given a trial at third. He sits and watches and grinds 
 his teeth. The other fellow makes a couple of errors, but he also 
 makes two slashing drives during the game. Then along comes 
 a minor league manager who wants to secure a good ball player. 
 
 The youngster is sold. Then he goes back to a little town once 
 more feeling that he has not been given a fair show, and that he 
 was a better ball player than the fellow who took his place. But 
 the manager who let him go will not be convinced of this. Such 
 is the experience of hundreds of young men who are given a 
 trial each year. 
 
 Lack of Correct Batting Practice the Cause. 
 
 What is the cause of it? 
 
 Probably the lack of early training with the bat. If such a 
 young man had gone about batting when he began with a 
 thorough knowledge of how to do it he would have been pre- 
 pared for the more strenuous work of the big leagues, he would 
 have known how to adapt himself to the changed conditions ; he 
 would have had a fuller confidence in himself and a deeper feel- 
 ing of determination. 
 
 Consequently the young man should remember this: Practice 
 batting as much as you practice fielding, or more if the oppor- 
 
WILLIE KEELER, 
 Characteristic attitude of New York Americans' right fielder 
 By many he IS considered to be the best outfielder playing base 
 ball and m this photograph an excellent representation is given 
 of the manner in which he steps into the ball when he bats 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 23 
 
 tunity is given you, and before you begin the practice make your- 
 self understand how you should do it and adhere rigidly to the 
 determination that you will be a good batter above all other 
 things. 
 
 These things apply not only to the professional player, but to 
 the boy on the grammar school or the high school team, the 
 player on a college or mercantile nine and the thousands of men 
 and boys who belong to base ball clubs in every city. 
 
WILLIE KEELER. 
 
 Another view of this popular little batter showing him about to 
 
 bunt. 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library, 25 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 How to Become a Good Batter — Method to Pursue — Select the 
 Right Kind of a Bat. 
 
 The first thing that a ball player should do is to select the 
 kind of bat which suits him best. The big, powerful man who 
 makes his bread and butter with the stick usually selects a heavy 
 bat. These men use such a heavy bat that the young boy could 
 hardly swing it, and so it is out of the question for a youth who 
 is not in possession of his full strength to try to bat with such 
 an instrument. 
 
 However, it is best to use a heavy bat — as heavy as you can 
 swing easily. Select one which you can use without spending too 
 much of an effort. You can be the best judge of the weight of 
 the bat, and then leave the rest to the representative of a reliable 
 house and he will give you a bat of the right quality of wood, 
 one which is strong and firm and which, if you hold it firmly, will 
 send the ball far out if you hit it squarely. 
 
 Determine to Hit the Ball. 
 
 When you advance to the plate ready to bat, let this be upper- 
 most in your mind : 
 
 'T will hit the very first ball that is pitched over the plate. I 
 am not afraid of any pitcher." 
 
 Cling to this throughout your career and later you will learn 
 the modifications which will come to the man who has been in 
 the game for several seasons. For instance, if the game is close 
 and the opposing pitcher is wild and you are quite sure of your 
 ability to hit the ball at a single attempt, it is better to wait as 
 long as possible before trying to hit. If he shoots the first one 
 over the plate it may be better to let it go. If you hit the ball 
 it is likely to be a fly or a grounder to some of the infielders, and 
 you will be an easy out. 
 
SAM MERTES. 
 A player with such tremendous shoulder development that he 
 holds many ground records for long distance batting. He meets 
 the ball squarely and throws all the force of his arms into the hit 
 
Spalding s Athletic Library. 27 
 
 If Pitcher is Wild Then Wait. 
 
 If you show consummate coolness and make the pitcher under- 
 stand that you expect to get your base on balls he is all the 
 more likely to become wilder, especially if he has shown an in- 
 clination to be wild before. Under such conditions it is even 
 better to wait even if he throws the second ball squarely over 
 the plate. The next one is almost sure to be a ball. If it is not 
 and you see that it is coming over the plate swing at it. The 
 good batter with a sure eye does not swing often in vain. You 
 can do just as well with that ball if you hit it at all as you could 
 have done with either of the other two. 
 
 Do Not Get Excited. 
 
 Do not under any circumstances become excited. That is just 
 what the pitcher is looking for, and he will certainly, if he be 
 a tactician, send one high and close in, thinking you will "bite" 
 at it. Have your wits about you or collect them at once if you 
 feel that you have lost them and refuse to "bite." If you are not 
 led into striking at a poor ball the pitcher will make a mental 
 note that he has a cool one to deal with, and that very fact is 
 likely to unsteady him to a certain degree. 
 
 Never Disagree With the Umpire. 
 
 While you are at the plate do not disagree with the umpire. 
 That is another weakness of which the pitcher is always ready 
 to take advantage. If the umpire calls a strike when you think 
 it ought to have been called a ball, do not turn upon him with 
 threatening attitude and tell him that he knows nothing about 
 the game. There are no umpires who will reverse their decisions 
 when once they are given, and so your protestations are useless 
 and tend to make you all the more excited, while they give the 
 pitcher an insight to your weakness at the same time. 
 
 There are times, of course, when the best umpires make mis- 
 takes, but even then they cannot change their decisions or else 
 they would no longer be good umpires. It must be remembered. 
 
FRANK ISBELL, 
 Chicago Americans, showing position of a left-handed batter at 
 
 plate. 
 
Spaldifig' s Athletic Library. 29 
 
 of course, that occasionally an umpire calls "two strikes" when 
 there has been but one. At such a time it is perfectly right for 
 you to correct him, and it is necessary for him to make it right. 
 
 But remember that when the umpire is guilty of a misjudge- 
 ment in calling a ball a strike he knows it just as well as you, 
 and if you leave him alone or give him a silent meaning glance 
 he is sure to correct it. 
 
 How to Stand at the Plate. 
 
 One of the most important things a batter must learn is a 
 correct position at the plate. 
 
 There may be a slight difference in the way in which the great 
 batters face the pitcher, but all of them pursue the same method 
 — that of getting the greatest force into the swing without spoil- 
 ing its aim. The best way is to get as near the plate as the rules 
 will allow. The man who stands far back from the plate brands 
 himself as one who is afraid of being hit with a pitched ball. 
 Then, too, if you stand far away from the plate you will not be 
 able to hit a wide one, should you be fooled into swinging at it. 
 
 If you are close you are likely to hit it on the end of your 
 club, and if it is not a foul it is sure to be a nice short drive 
 over first base if you are a right handed batter, or a hit over 
 third base if you are a left-handed batter. These are among the 
 most effective hits that a batter can make, for whether they go 
 to left or to right field they are pretty sure to be far enough away 
 from the fielders to allow you to reach second base. The highest 
 class batters have learned under certain conditions to place their 
 hits in these spots, and more will be said later on in regard to 
 this. 
 
 Just now, however, you are engaged in the rudiments of 
 batting. 
 
 Now you know that you are to take a position that will give 
 you the greatest effectiveness. How are you to do this? 
 
 I know of no better way than for you to watch one of the 
 great batters of the present day— Wagner, Lajoie, Collins, Free- 
 man, Chance or half a hundred others. 
 
13r^*«i 
 
 CHiCK Si AHL, 
 Boston champions' great outfielder, who has a very easy position 
 at the plate and is one of the hardest hitters in the American 
 League. 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 31 
 
 Plant Yourself Firmly at the Plate. 
 
 First, however, plant yourself firmly. If you bat right-handed 
 your right foot should be in the rear of your left foot and most 
 of your weight should rest on that foot. Get a firm grip on the 
 earth with your spikes. In the meantime your left foot is out 
 in front resting lightly on the ground and you are ready with it 
 to move either way. The right foot acts as the pivot and you 
 are thus ready to step either way in order to get out of the way 
 of a ball that may be thrown too close. 
 
 If you bat left-handed (more will be said later regarding the 
 relative'merits of right and left-handed batters) the conditions are 
 reversed and instead of having your right foot to the rear of the 
 left foot your left foot acts as the pivot and your weight is 
 upon it. 
 
 At any rate this is the position which will allow you to get 
 the greatest effectiveness into the swing. 
 
 How the Bat Should be Held. 
 
 This is a most important part of batting. Just as some of the 
 big batters of other days have stood far away from the plate 
 and yet have become renowned for their hitting, so do some of 
 the heavy hitters of to-day hold their clubs near the knob on the 
 end. But it is generally conceded that this is not the proper way 
 to hold the bat. 
 
 A firm grip should be taken about six or eight inches from the 
 knob with the right hand uppermost if you bat right-handed 
 and the left hand uppermost if you are a left-handed batter. 
 The short grip is better than the long grip because you can be 
 more unerring in your hitting. 
 
 Do not think when you are thus fixed that you are to "kill 
 it," as you hear so often on the prairie diamonds. Don't try to 
 do anything of the sort. You will do enough if you make a hit 
 just now, and after a while you may become a home-run maker 
 of renown. Just as sure as you swing with all of your might at 
 the ball you will miss it. Of course, even the greenest batter 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 33 
 
 might be able to shut his eyes and swing with all of his strength 
 and hit the ball, but if you swing hard and hit at th- beginning 
 you are lucky. 
 
 Watch the Ball Most Carefully and Hold the Bat Tightly. 
 
 Hold as tightly to the bat as you know how. Then watch for 
 the ball. Here it comes. Don't forget yourself and swing hard. 
 Watch the ball carefully. Watch every turn It takes and look 
 out for the break. It comes as straight as an arrow. Maybe it 
 is a straight ball and will not turn in its course. Maybe it is 
 a curve. You don't know. Watch it. Watch it. That is the 
 only way to determine where it will pass you. 
 
 Your bat is read}^ but it is not ready to swing blindly. How 
 then ? 
 
 A Short Swing is the Best. 
 
 Better with a wrist movement combined with the body and arm 
 movement than with a full length swing of the arms. It is 
 much more effective. A short swing is better than a long one 
 because it does not jar you so much and therefore does not im- 
 pair your vision. 
 
 If you swing short with the wrists, body and arms all at the 
 same time you can keep your eyes on the ball almost until the 
 moment that the bat connects with it. This subject will also be 
 treated more fully later. 
 
 But your eye must be vigilant. If you see finally that the ball 
 is not a curve, but, instead, is coming right over the plate, then 
 use the short swing and meet it. If it breaks, your eye, with con- 
 stant practice, will learn where it is going. It is likely to go 
 down, in toward you, or out to one side. Anyway the chances 
 are that if it would have been a good ball had it come straight, 
 it will be a wide one if it curves. So then quick as lightning 
 your eye will tell you that you are to let it pass. 
 
 Never Allow the Pitcher to Drive You Back. 
 
 Remember this always — no matter how critical the game, no 
 
JOHN J. McGRAW, 
 Manager of the champion Giants, who has perhaps the best eye 
 of any professional playing base ball. Pitchers, to a man, unite 
 in saying that McGraw is the hardest player to deceive whom they 
 face during the playing season. 
 
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 matter how close the balls whizz to your head — do not let him 
 force you to retreat from the plate. For this is a thing that you 
 cannot do many times without getting into the habit. And when 
 once the habit is formed you are likely to be ruined as a batter 
 long before you succeed in erasing it. 
 
 Perhaps you ask: ''How am I to avoid being hit?" 
 Easily enough. If a ball is coming straight for your head it is 
 easy to duck and avoid it in that way. Your body is scarcely 
 a foot from breast bone to back bone, and if a ball is coming 
 straight toward your ribs, leaning backward from 6 to 8 inches 
 is sufficient to allow it to go past. If the pitcher should be wild 
 enough to throw the ball slightly behind you, then you may step 
 forward across the plate, for certainly that is not driving you 
 away. Even in such a case, however, it is better to keep your feet 
 in position and bend the body forward instead of stepping out of 
 the batter's box. 
 
 The pitcher is always seeking to drive you back. When once 
 he gets you away from the plate and frightened, then he has 
 you "where he wants you." You are easy for him then, and 
 when he shoots one across the plate you will not be able to hit it. 
 
 Step Into the Ball. 
 
 That is the way to avoid being driven back from the plate. 
 Clinch your teeth hard together, watch the ball, and when it 
 passes you step into it. That does not mean literally for ycu to 
 step into such a position that the ball will hit you. It means 
 simply to step toward the ball that you may be better able to hit 
 it squarely and to demonstrate to the opposing pitcher that you 
 are a cool and calculating batsman and will not be frightened. 
 
 The reason that your left foot, if you are a right-handed 
 batter, should be thrust out in front of you is that you may step 
 forward or sideways as the case may be as the ball is about to 
 pass you. You are ready to put the whole weight of the body 
 into the swing of the club so that a long arm swing is not 
 necessary. 
 
:«m.i 
 
 »: 
 
 MIKE DONLIN, 
 Centre fielder for the champion Giants, who is generally re- 
 garded as one of the hardest men to fool at bat in the National 
 ^ eague. Donlin's position is a masterpiece. 
 
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Spalding s Athletic Library. 2>7 
 
 There are times, of course, when a pitcher fools you com- 
 pletely, and, thinking that the ball is not going to pass near you, 
 you step toward it at the same moment that it shoots toward 
 you. Many times the batter is hit and sometimes he is pretty 
 badly hurt if the ball happens to be a swift in-shoot. But these 
 cases are rare. The batter can tell ninety-nine times out of a 
 hundred which way the ball is going by watching carefully for 
 the break. 
 
 Do Not Try to Anticipate What the Pitcher Will Throw. 
 
 Do not befuddle your brain thinking what the pitcher is going 
 to throw. Do not anticipate anything. Simply be ready to take 
 whatever comes along. 
 
 That is a mistake that a great many batters make. It is a 
 grave mistake and one which should be overcome. There are 
 pitchers, of course, even in the big leagues, who give away some 
 of the balls that they are going to throw by the way they throw 
 them, but they are few, and even those who have a most peculiar 
 delivery usually have a couple of different balls which they de- 
 liver from the same attitude. 
 
 There is no ball that is swifter than the well trained eye. Put 
 a green batsman before a swift pitcher and he will become be- 
 wildered at the marvelous curves and shoots and jumps of the 
 ball. When three balls are thrown his way he will not know 
 what to expect, and will likely enough be well frightened. That 
 is because his eye has not been trained to watch the break in 
 the ball. 
 
 All balls have a break just before they reach the plate if they 
 be curves. Straight balls, of course, do not vary from the course 
 they take when they leave the pitcher's hand. The break may be 
 several feet away from the plate or it may be close to it. In the 
 latter case the eye must be quick, indeed, to detect it and to com- 
 municate its course to the brain in time to have the brain cause 
 the hands to wield the bat. 
 
 This seems a devious course, but it is just what every batter 
 undergoes every time he strikes at a ball. He sees it first with 
 
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Spalding' s Athletic Library. 39 
 
 the eye, then quick as lightning the eye conveys the vision to 
 the brain and the brain causes the hands which hold the bat to 
 push it toward the ball. All those things are done naturally, 
 without any thought, it appears, and to the practiced batsman it 
 seems only an involuntary action. Such, indeed, it is, since 
 everything appears so simple to him that he imagines for the 
 moment that the arms and hands and bat do everything. 
 
 But he has only to remember the time when, after he had seen 
 the course the ball was taking, he could not get his hands and 
 arms to working soon enough to hit the ball before it passed. 
 
 Right and Left Handed Batting. 
 
 This is a subject which must be treated with the utmost care, 
 or else it will lead to misconceptions and mistakes. 
 
 At the beginning this broad statement may be made : If all 
 right-handed batters could hit as well from a left-handed position 
 they would gain greatly by giving up their right-handed attitude. 
 
 Why? Because they have a start of from three to six feet if 
 they bat from the first base side of the plate, and it requires much 
 faster fielding to catch a left-handed batter at first base than to 
 get a right-handed batter. 
 
 The sense of this argument cannot help but appeal to all 
 readers at once. 
 
 Consequently if we could all be great left-handed batters there 
 would be no right-handed batters left. But just as long as the 
 game is played there will be some who will bat right-handed be- 
 cause they will never be able to bat left-handed. 
 
 Learn to Bat Left Handed. 
 
 Since a left-handed batter has a great advantage over one who 
 bats right-handed it would be far better for the boy who is just 
 starting out to learn the game to learn to bat left-handed. 
 
 It is almost sure to be unnatural to him at first, but in a short 
 time he can overcome this feeling and will find that he can hit 
 as well left-handed as he can right-handed. 
 
 In fact there are many batters to-day who can hit both ways 
 
SAM CRAWFORD, 
 
 Detroit outfielder, who has a tremendous swing with 
 
 the bat and hits with great force to right field. 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 41 
 
 with equal effectiveness. That is, they can hit the ball 
 with equal effectiveness, but they are unable to reach the first 
 "base with equal effectiveness, especially if the ball is an infield 
 drive. 
 
 It is plain to be seen, you can demonstrate it to yourself, that 
 the right-handed batsman when he swings at the ball throws him- 
 self entirely off his stride. He must recover himself and start 
 again, and before he has got fairly on his way the fast fielder has 
 thrown the ball to first base. 
 
 The exact opposite is true of the left-handed batter. When 
 he swings, the swing throws him exactly into his stride and he 
 is ready the moment the club comes into contact with the ball 
 to run for first. In fact, he is already several feet toward the 
 base at the instant the bat has connected with the ball. 
 
 There is another advantage to the left-handed batter that is 
 often made much of — that he will not be forced to meet so many 
 curves. After all this is not a great advantage. The straight 
 drop and the raise ball will have to be eliminated right at the 
 start. 
 
 The right or left-handed batter can hit these equally well. Let 
 us consider the right-handed batter in relation to the right- 
 handed pitcher. He has to meet the inshoot and the outshoot. 
 The inshoot is always more speedy than the outshoot, but it does 
 not curve so far. If he faces the left-handed pitcher the out- 
 shoot of the left-hander then becomes an inshoot to the right- 
 handed batter — a very hard thing to hit when it is sent across the 
 plate at exactly the correct angle. To the right-handed batter the 
 inshoot of the left-handed pitcher is an out-shoot. Since this does 
 not curfe far and is usually very speedy he finds little difference 
 between it and a straight ball, unless it be either a high or a low 
 ball. 
 
 The left-handed batter when he faces a right-handed pitcher 
 finds the outshoot of the pitcher coming in toward him and this 
 is just as hard to hit as the so-called outshoot of the left-handed 
 pitcher is for the right-handed batter. The inshoot of the right- 
 handed pitcher edges away from the left-handed batter. 
 
OTTO WILLIAMS, 
 Chicago Nationals, waiting for the pitcher to dehver the ball. 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 43 
 
 Of course the left-handed pitcher is the natural pitcher for the 
 left-handed batter to hit, since they stand in the same relation to 
 one another, as do the right-handed batter and the right-handed 
 pitcher. 
 
 It is easy to see, consequently, that there is little difference 
 between the left-handed and the right-handed batters as far as 
 the ability to hit is concerned. The great advantage lies on the 
 side of the left-handed batter, because it is so much easier for 
 him to reach first base after hitting the ball, and he can do it so 
 much quicker than can the right-handed batter. 
 
 Regarding curves it is, after all, just as easy for a good bats- 
 man to hit a curve as it is for him to hit a straight ball if he 
 knows when the curve is coming and knows what it is going to 
 be. Only constant practice in the training of the eye will tell 
 him this. 
 
 After that Jie must have confidence in himself. 
 
 The Short vs. the Long Swing in Batting. 
 
 There are great batters who make a long swing at the ball, 
 and there are other great batters who use only a short swingo 
 Consequently the question has two sides. However, the surest 
 batters are the ones who use the short swing altogether. It is 
 not necessary to hit the ball hard to make it go far out. Many 
 a, home run has been made with the short swing. 
 
 There is no denying the fact that the harder the ball is hit 
 the further it will go, providing that it is hit on the "nose." If, 
 however, the ball is not hit squarely it will go to the ground or 
 up into the air, and the hard swinger is not benefited. 
 
 When you are practicing batting try the experiment of holding 
 out your club so that a pitched ball may hit it. You will be 
 surprised at the frequency with which the ball and the bat^will 
 come together. Your aim will be almost unerring no matter how 
 good is the pitcher. 
 
 He may throw it almost any place and you have only to hold 
 out the bat and you will find the ball. You are able also to hit 
 the ball squarely almost every time. 
 
Spalding' s Athletic Library. 45 
 
 What does this prove to you ? 
 
 It proves that when you do not jar the line of vision with a 
 swing you can hit the ball more often and more frequently on 
 the "nose." 
 
 After you have tried placing the bat against the ball for a time 
 swing lightly at it. You will find that you are still able to hit 
 the ball, but not so frequently. Then swing a little harder, and 
 so on until you swing so hard that you nearly turn your self 
 around. 
 
 Your experiment will teach you the relative value of the hard 
 or long and the easy or short swing. 
 
 You will find that you cannot hit the ball satisfactorily when 
 you swing at it hard, but that you have little trouble in hitting 
 it when you make an easy swing. Therefore do not attempt to 
 ''knock the cover off the ball." You might just as well shut your 
 eyes and swing blindly, for the chances are that you could do just 
 as much execution. 
 
DICK COOLEY, 
 
 Boston outfielder who has a capital eye for the ball and 
 
 is one of the good hitters of the National League. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Scientific Batting, Bunting and Placing Hits. 
 
 Thus far nothing has been said of the scientific part of batting, 
 if it may be called that. In base ball it is known as "inside" 
 batting. It means merely the power to bunt effectively when a 
 bunt is needed and at times to place hits where they will do 
 the most good. 
 
 Do not be led into believing that you can develop this power 
 absolutely. If you were to do so and everybody else were to 
 follow in your footsteps there would be no base ball, for in every 
 game the pitcher would be at the mercy of the batsmen and the 
 side batting could remain so as long as it pleased. 
 
 There never was a batter who could hit the ball safely every 
 time he came to the plate. There probably never will be such a 
 batter. There never was a batter who could at any time place a 
 hit just where he wanted it. But nearly every good batter in the 
 big leagues can knock a ball either into left, right or centre fields 
 by sending it out straight or turning on it slightly. The thing 
 is, though, to get the ball out of reach of the fielder. 
 
 Since this is a hard thing to do, most batters prefer to send it 
 as far as possible and then take a chance that it will go over the 
 fielders' heads. 
 
 But if a batter will be contented with a short safe hit he can, 
 after a great deal of practice, learn to place it nicely if the pitcher 
 is not too swift. When a batter faces a speedy pitcher, though, 
 who uses a great variety of curves the placing of hits is a hard 
 thing. 
 
 How to Place a Hit to Right. 
 
 Let. us suppose that you want to place a hit in right field. 
 There are two ways to get the ball in that direction. One is to 
 shove the bat against the ball, not swing it, but just shove it 
 
PATSY DONOVAN. 
 As a chop hitter Donovan has no superior playing base ball. He 
 beats many a hit out by his ability to sprint rapidly to first after 
 he has knocked the ball to the ground. 
 
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 against the ball as if you would push it, if you could, to the 
 place you want it to go. Make such a hit a fly ball if possible 
 by trying not to hit it squarely, but a little underneath so that 
 it will rise in the air. If you hit such a ball squarely it will go 
 to the ground and you will be an easy out at first on a grounder 
 to the second baseman. 
 
 Your idea, though, should be to send it just far enough to 
 pass over the second baseman's head and too far in for the right 
 fielder to get it. This is a most difficult thing to do, and should 
 not be tried in a close game by an inexperienced batter unlesss 
 the pitcher is extremely easy. 
 
 When you shove your bat against the ball the bat should be 
 held firmly. You cannot expect such a ball to go far. Indeed, it 
 may land directly into the hands of the second baseman or the 
 first baseman. It may, too, go far enough for the right fielder 
 to run in and catch it. Then, as you can readily see, you would 
 be looked upon as a weak batter by the crowd in the grand stand, 
 which would probably not understand that you had tried to 
 place the ball where no fielder could get it. 
 
 Such hits must be perfectly right or else they are not effective 
 at all. If they are not just right they are all wrong. For this 
 reason the utmost care should be used in picking out the time 
 when they can be used to advantage. I have seen close extra 
 inning games won by just such hits, and have known that the 
 batters tried to do exactly what they did do. 
 
 It is not wise to try place hitting when the game is young — 
 while the opposing pitcher has plenty of speed. In an extra in- 
 ning game, though, when the pitchers have weakened and have 
 lost their speed, watch for the chance. It will certainly come to 
 you. 
 
 The other way for a right-handed batter to get a ball out into 
 right field is to hit it just after it has passed over the plate. If 
 your club swings against it squarely just as it goes over the 
 plate it is clear to you that the hit will be to centre field. But 
 for a right field drive over first base catch it just as it is passing 
 over the rear end of the rubber. 
 
MILLER HUGGINS, 
 Cincinnati's clever second baseman, who although not very large 
 manages to make many a hit, as would be indicated by his good 
 position at the bat. 
 
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 Regulating a ball so that it may be a grounder or a fly or a 
 liner is a thing which, of course, will be impossible in every in- 
 stance, but try as hard as you can to hit such a ball as has been 
 described fairly "on the nose" so that it will be a line hit. That 
 will give it a roll. 
 
 You ask undoubtedly how are you to hit it "on the nose."^ 
 That must be left first to your eye and then to your hands, your 
 wrists and your arms. Train your eye to see just where the ball 
 is and then train your hands and arms and wrists to put the 
 bat just where your eyes tell you the ball is. 
 
 Sometimes instead of letting the ball pass you It is well to step' 
 forward and catch it just at the moment it begins to get past 
 you. That is an effective way of getting it to right field near the 
 foul line. 
 
 To send the ball to centre field it needs only to be smashed 
 squarely. To left field you must turn it. Be careful not to turn 
 too much, or else you will make a foul just, indeed, as you will 
 make a foul if you catch the ball too late when you are trying 
 to send the ball into right field. 
 
 A Hit Over Third Base is Most Effective. 
 
 A sharp hit past the third baseman between him and the sack 
 or squarely over the third base bag is the most effective hit that 
 can be made outside of a three-bagger or a home-run. It is- 
 certain, even if the ball is not hit very hard, to give the batter 
 two bases. Hits like that are more frequent now than they ever 
 were before for the reason that batters are trying all the time 
 for just such drives. 
 
 When trying to hit to the outfield make it a liner if you can. 
 Fielders are too good nowadays. They will get under the bait 
 no matter where it drops if it is high in the air. 
 
 If it is your desire to put the ball to left field, not far out, but 
 in just the spot where the shortstop, third baseman or left 
 fielder cannot get it, shove your bat against it as you have been 
 told to do when desiring to hit to right field. Only instead of 
 
LUMLEY, 
 Home-run hitter of the Brooklyns. His first year in the Na- 
 tional League surprised all who saw his work. 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library. 53 
 
 waiting for the ball to pass you step forward to meet it and hold 
 your bat out in front of you as you face the third baseman. 
 
 If you aim for a short hit try again to put it up into the air 
 and just back of the shortstop's head. It must not be too far 
 in the air or else the shortstop will have plenty of time to run 
 back and get it. 
 
 If you see plenty of room for the ball between the left and the 
 centre fielder turn so that you are facing the third baseman 
 just as you would turn and face the first baseman if you hit to 
 right and swing at the ball. 
 
 Always have in mind the fact that you are likely to hit the 
 ball too soon, and if you do will turn it into the left field 
 bleachers instead of to the outfield. When you are trying to 
 place the ball or even when you do not care where it goes fouls 
 will certainly come. You cannot avoid them. Do not let them 
 rattle you. You are then weakening yourself for the next balls. 
 
 Doubtless the reader remembers many times when he has seen 
 a right fielder, a centre fielder or a left fielder move to a certain 
 position when a certain batter has taken his place at the plate. 
 And that batter has lifted a fly up into the air which has fallen 
 down right into the hands of the fielder who has moved just 
 where he knew the ball would fall if it were a fly. 
 
 Certain it is that all would like to avoid a like experience. It is 
 humiliating in the extreme to see an infielder or an outfielder go 
 to the exact spot where your ball will fall. 
 
 Why does he do this? 
 
 After playing in a few games against the batter he has come 
 to learn that the batsman has just one style of hitting and 
 usually the balls go to the same spot. If they are fly balls they 
 go to the right fielder. If they are ground balls they go to the 
 second baseman. Occasionally he hits one so sharp that it is safe, 
 but usually the batter who always hits them to the right or to 
 the left or straight out is not good enough to make more than 
 an occasional safe drive. 
 
 The fielder knows you just as the pitcher knows you. Every 
 one of the seven men behind the pitcher knows just what kind 
 
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 of a ball you are likely to hit. And they are ready and waiting. 
 Yon have nothing witH which you can surprise them. So try to 
 develop the power to place one hit this way and another one 
 that until no fielder knows what to expect. 
 
 Until you are capable of doing this you are not an expert 
 batter so try to develop the power to place the hits as early as 
 possible. Do not think that this power will come to you without 
 practice. It will not. Unconsciously you will get into the 
 habit of swinging at about the same time at every ball. The net 
 result is that every ball you hit goes in the same direction. It 
 is necessary for that ball to go in the same direction about three 
 times only for the fielder to understand that you can hit no other 
 kind and he will be ready for you. 
 
 Then try to hit the other kind. Make them go here and there. 
 It will not only make you a more valuable member of the team, 
 but it will serve at the same time to make the pitcher fear you 
 and when a pitcher fears you you have him in the "hole." 
 
 How Left Handed Batter May Place Hits. 
 
 The man who bats left-handed instead of right-handed, and it 
 is probable that the time will come when nearly every good 
 batter will be a left-handed batter, must remember that he is to 
 do exactly the opposite in placing hits to left or to right field 
 to the right-handed batter. 
 
 For instance, if the left-handed batter wants to send the ball 
 to right field he must remember that he must swing at it just be- 
 fore it reaches the plate if he wishes to make a long hit, or 
 push it in the same way if it is his desire to make what is 
 sometimes called a "Texas leaguer," which means merely a 
 short hit either over the second baseman's head or the short- 
 stop's head. 
 
 If he wants to hit to the left field he should face the third 
 baseman and push the ball out, holding the bat firmly. If he 
 wants to make a long hit to left, swing it at the ball when it is 
 a little behind him. If it is too far behind him it will be a 
 foul, for then it will roll directly off the end of the bat. 
 
FRANK ISBELL, 
 Second baseman for the Chicago Americans. Isbell's position at 
 the plate is too cramped in this picture for a successful batter. It 
 is not the best of judgment to grasp the bat so close to the end of 
 the handle. 
 
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 A good deal of care should be used in picking out balls for 
 placing hits, just as care should be used when the batter wants 
 to sacrifice. It is hard enough at the best to place a hit, and in 
 order to do it successfully the batter must have a ball to his 
 liking. 
 
 A batter who sacrifices would rather have a ball low — he 
 does not care if it is not more than a few inches above the 
 ground. It is not so with the batter who desires to place a hit. 
 The ball should be at least waist high. Then his line of vision 
 is better. 
 
 He should never attempt to do any placing when the ball is 
 not over the base. He will fail if he tries it. 
 
 Bunting — An Important Part of the Game. 
 
 There are marvelously few good hunters even among the high- 
 est class ball players. Yet bunting is one of the most important 
 parts of the national sport as it is played to-day. Indeed, the 
 Brooklyn team once won the National League pennant because 
 every man on it had been taught how to bunt effectively. 
 
 There is nothing that will "rattle" a pitcher sooner than a 
 lot of first-class hunters. Usually the pitcher is a man who is 
 not a good infielder and when bunts begin to start toward him 
 and the batsmen run pell mell toward first base it soon "puts 
 him up into the air," as the saying is on the diamond. 
 
 Bunting is used seldom in any other way than that of sacrific- 
 ing. Sometimes, it is true, an exceedingly fast left-handed batter 
 can beat out a bunt twice out of every three times, especially 
 when the opposing pitcher is not a good fielder or when the 
 third baseman is not expecting a bunt. 
 
 There are times when a bunt is as good as a safe hit when 
 there is no one to score. If, for example, the third baseman is 
 playing far back, the pitcher is known to be a bungler when it 
 comes to picking up ground balls and the first baseman is not 
 suspicious of anything of the sort it is an excellent thing to lay 
 down a bunt and the chances are that the fast runner will beat 
 it out every time. 
 
OLIVER PICKERING, 
 Former outfielder of the Athletics, who is an expert 
 with the bat and a hard line hitter. 
 
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 I have seen many a team started down hill by this very thing. 
 I remember many games which had progressed to the fourth or 
 fifth inning with scarcely a hit being made. Suddenly the first 
 batter up on one side laid down a bunt. He did it so quickly 
 and so neatly that the other side was befuddled in an instant, 
 the result being that the team which had been playing a perfect 
 fielding game went to pieces and lost. 
 
 Of course the great value of the bunt is in sacrificing. It is 
 presumed that the reader knows already what a sacrifice means 
 but to those who might not know let it be said that a sacrifice is 
 merely placing a ball so that the batter will be retired at first and 
 the runner who has already reached first may go to second, or tO' 
 third if he has reached second. 
 
 Sacrificing is a Necessity. 
 
 The sacrifice is to prevent double plays. Let us suppose that 
 the first batter up reached first, it does not make any difference 
 how — on a hit, a base on balls or by being hit by a pitched ball. 
 The duty of the next man up is to sacrifice. He must sacrifice. 
 It is the only thing left for him to do. It makes no difference 
 how easy the ball looks to hit he must under no consideration 
 try to "kill" it. He must not swing at it. Many a player in 
 the big leagues has been let out because he either could not 
 sacrifice or forgot to do so every time when he should have 
 done so. 
 
 Well, the first man up has reached first base. A single will 
 not score him from first so he must be sent to second at any 
 cost. The sacrifice is the only safe way. If you swing at the 
 ball you are more than likely to send a grounder to either the 
 shortstop or the second baseman. In either case it is an easy 
 double play and the inning which started out so propitiously will 
 end without your accomplishing anything. 
 
 Base ball games without number are won or lost by a single 
 run. Consequently that one run is likely to win for your team and 
 you cannot afford to let the opportunity go by. The pitcher 
 knows when a man is on first and there is no one out that the 
 
DAVE FULTZ, 
 Preparing to make a bunt to advance a base runner. Fultz is one 
 of the most clever right-hand hunters playing ball and beginners 
 ■should note carefully the manner in which he holds his -bat for 
 it is ideal. ' 
 
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 next man will bunt. Consequently if he has the right control 
 over the ball he will not give the batsman a ball which is easy 
 to bunt. It is a good rule to follow not to try to bunt anything 
 above the waist unless you are forced to do so. 
 
 I.f, however, the pitcher gives you a ball above the waist that 
 would be a strike if you did not attempt to bunt it and you 
 feel that you are not a good hunter and would be likely to miss 
 almost any other one, go after it and do the best you can with it. 
 Only practice can teach you how to hit the high ones. The low 
 ones are much easier. 
 
 Never Try to Bunt a Ball that is Not Over the Plate. 
 
 Such goes for a ball and four of them will give you your base 
 for nothing. Reaching for bad balls is a mistake that many of 
 the best players make day after day. The manager tells them 
 that they are to bunt when they step to the plate. That seems 
 to frighten them. The result is that they lose their head and 
 go after anything. 
 
 When you begin to do that the pitcher will begin to give you 
 bad ones every time for he knows full well that you will "bite." 
 Do not pay any attention to the first baseman, the third baseman 
 and the shortstop who come right on top of you almost in order 
 to get your bunt as quickly as possible. Do not allow them to 
 lead you into thinking that you can lift the ball over their heads. 
 
 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 
 
 That is the only thing for you. Remember that the man on 
 first will have a good start toward second and if your bunt is 
 a good one will be sure to make the base. What difference does 
 it make then if you get out. That is what you are supposed to 
 do. It will not harm your batting average, if that is what you 
 are afraid of, for the scorer will not give you a time at bat when 
 you sacrifice. 
 
 The good hunter looks just exactly as good to the experienced 
 fan at a base ball game as does the man who hits the ball out 
 as far as he can. 
 
CLARENCE BEAUMONT, 
 Pittsburg's fleet outfielder, who has taken a full swing on the ball 
 to make a line hit if possible. 
 
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 How to Make a Sacrifice Hit. 
 
 Now how are you to sacrifice ? You know already that you 
 are not to try to get the balls which are wide of the plate and 
 that you are to pick out the low ones if you are given the oppor- 
 tunity. The only question that remains is the manner of holding 
 the club. 
 
 The best way is to catch the bat half way up with the left 
 hand if you are a right-handed batter or with the right hand if 
 you are a left-handed batter. Then if you are a right-handed 
 batter place the right hand on the swell of the bat, the big part 
 near the end. If you are a left-handed batter that's where your 
 left hand goes. 
 
 Then when the ball comes, let it strike the bat and run as fast 
 as you can for first. The bat must be held loosely and must be 
 ready to be knocked out of the hands by the ball. Be sure that 
 you hold it so loosely that it is ready to fall the moment the ball 
 strikes it. 
 
 If it is held firmly the bunted ball is likely to go too far out 
 and it is likely to go too fast so that the fielder upon picking it 
 up will have time to catch the runner going to second instead 
 of yourself. That would spoil the effectiveness of the bunt for 
 the next man up should not bunt when there is one out already. 
 The best thing for him to do is to take the chance of hitting it 
 out. Some managers, it is true, might advise another bunt even 
 after the first man failed, but when they do that they merely take 
 a chance that the man who follows will make a hit and score the 
 man who reached second. 
 
 Let us suppose that the first batter up has made a two-bagger 
 and is on second base with no one out. Then the manager may 
 do as he chooses. Perhaps he wants to see the man on third 
 base, so that he may be scored with a long fly to the outfield. 
 If he does he may order the next man to bunt if the second 
 batter happens to be a fast man and has a chance to beat out the 
 bunt. In such a case, however, the bunt should be always to- 
 ward first base so that the man at second will have plenty of 
 time to reach third. 
 
JOHN 
 New York Americans, who 
 batters on the team. Observe carefully the 
 which he holds his bat. 
 
 ANDERSON, 
 
 s one of the best and most reliable 
 easy poise with 
 
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 The better way, however, for the second man up, when the 
 first has made a double, is to try to make a hit and score him. 
 
 The Right and Left Handed Batter in Bunting. 
 
 The right and left-handed batter in bunting must be consid- 
 ered the same as the right and left-handed batter in straight 
 batting. Since it has been demonstrated that, all other things 
 being equal, the left-handed batter has a considerable advantage 
 over the right-handed batter in ordinary hitting it is not hard to 
 see that the same applies to the left-handed bunter. 
 
 If anything he has a greater advantage than if he were to bat 
 in the ordinary way all of the time. It is seldom, indeed, that 
 the right-handed batter who bunts reaches first base in safety. 
 
 It is^ a common thing for a left-handed bunter to reach first 
 twice out of three attempts. In the first place he is nearer the 
 base. When he places his club against the ball the motion turns 
 him toward the base and he is off while yet the bat is touching 
 the ball. 
 
 Don't Stop to Look For the Bali. 
 
 In this regard it is a good thing to remember always that 
 the batter is supposed to reach first base no matter where he 
 hits the ball. Consequently he makes a grave mistake when he 
 looks around trying to find out where the ball has been hit before 
 he starts out for the base. That should never be done. Just as 
 soon as you feel the bat hit the ball run with all of your might. 
 
 If the ball has been a foul you can run back again. 
 
 If it has been a single you are on the base'. The gravest mis- 
 take that the batter makes is in not running out his hits. That 
 is a mistake which is common even in the National and American 
 leagues. 
 
 You can watch hardly a game when you do not see some 
 batter loafing on the line between the home plate and first base 
 after he has hit the ball. It makes no difference where the ball 
 has gone — on the ground or into the air the batter should run — 
 run — run. There is always a chance of the fielder fumbling or 
 
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 MIKE GRADY, 
 
 St. Louis catcher, who Hkes nothing better than to get one waist 
 
 high and send it out for a home run. 
 
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 muffing. If it is a fly it may be dropped. If it is a grounder the 
 infielder may juggle it, he may throw wild if he picks it up 
 quickly and if he does his part of the work perfectly the base- 
 man may drop it. 
 
 The only time when it is allowable for a runner to loaf is 
 when the pitcher is the last batter in an inning. Then if he 
 knocks the ball to the infield and it is almost certain that he will 
 be thrown out at first there is no use for him to run with all of 
 his might and thus use up so much strength. His position is 
 trying enough and he should be saved all of the extra work that 
 is possible. 
 
 The Hit and Run. 
 
 This is practiced by every team that has learned its value. 
 It can be done, of course, only by the aid of signals. The signals 
 are sometimes given from the bench, sometimes the man on the 
 tase gives the signal and at other times the batter or the coacher 
 give it. 
 
 The hit and run is sometimes used in place of the sacrifice, 
 but it is not so safe for there is still the possibility of the 
 ■double play. It can be used either when a base runner is on first 
 or second and it makes little difference whether there is no 
 one out, one out or two out. 
 
 There is in it, however, a bigger element of chance than there 
 is in sacrificing. 
 
 Let us suppose that a m^n is on first and there is one out. 
 Clearly the thing to do under the circumstances is to work the 
 hit and run. It means merely for the batter to hit the ball at 
 the same time the runner starts for second base. There must be 
 some signal arranged before hand. It can be arranged easily 
 enough. When everything is ready the batter or the runner or 
 the coacher gives it. 
 
 The pitcher throws the ball and the runner starts for second 
 at full tilt. The batter swings at the ball. If he hits it safe 
 the runner is almost sure of reaching third base. If he does not 
 he may be thrown out at second. Usually the pitcher is pre- 
 pared for the play. Many times he knows what the signal is or 
 
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 the manager from the bench has seen the signal given and com- 
 municates the fact to his pitcher. Then he pitches a ball which 
 is away out of reach of the batsman. He is compelled to reach 
 for it. The catcher knows what is coming and stands where he 
 can catch the ball easily. 
 
 The result is that the runner is lucky if he reaches second bass 
 in safety. 
 
 Do Not Strike at Ball You Cannot Hit. 
 
 The usual plan in the big leagues is to compel the batter to 
 strike at the ball no matter where the pitcher throws it. 
 
 I have always contended that this is wrong and should not be 
 done. If the pitcher knows that an attempt is being made to 
 work the hit and run game he will certainly throw a ball that 
 the batter cannot possibly hit. He knows that flie batter, having 
 been told to hit at it, will do so and thus he will have another 
 strike on him. 
 
 This is wrong. The good catcher is never bothered by the 
 swinging of a club in front of his face and he can usually catch 
 a man just as well at second even if the batter does strike at the 
 ball. 
 
 Therefore, when the pitcher throws wild and there is no chance 
 of the batsman hitting the ball it is the height of foolishness for 
 him to strike at it. The manager should applaud him if he lets 
 it go past instead of allowing another strike to be registered 
 against him. 
 
 I have seen batsmen with two strikes on them strike at a ball 
 away out of their reach just because the hit and run had been 
 signaled. Of course he was called out on strikes. When such 
 is done the hit and run is carried to extremes and the batter 
 should not be censured if he refuses to strike at a ball he cannot 
 reach. 
 
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 SAMUEL CRAWFORD, 
 Detroit outfielder, who usually hits the ball hard and safe. 
 
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 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Judging a Pitcher. 
 
 The batter should remember that the high class pitcher has 
 studied him as closely as he ever studied a lesson in his life. 
 Otherwise he would not be the high class pitcher that he is. 
 Why, then, should not the batter make a study of the pitcher? 
 
 The moment the batter steps to the plate the pitcher says to 
 himself: "This man likes a ball just a little below the waist near 
 the outside of the plate. He prefers an out drop. He cannot hit a 
 high inshoot and is likely to bite at a wide out." 
 
 Now, what does that pitcher pitch to that man? Is it a ball 
 a little below the waist toward the outside of the plate and is it 
 an out drop? 
 
 No. It is a high inshoot or an out curve. 
 
 How has the pitcher come to know what the batter likes and 
 dislikes? Because he has made a note of what the batter picked 
 out every time he stepped to the plate. He has also made a note 
 of what the batter was able to hit. He wrote it down first and 
 then he came to remember it. 
 
 Consequently if you will bear in mind the fact that the pitcher 
 is watching you and looking for your weakness you will be better 
 able to make a little study of him. If you have never seen the 
 pitcher before watch him closely while the others are batting. 
 Try to detect the slightest individuality he may have in delivering 
 the ball. If when he delivers the ball with a side motion it 
 nearly always goes in the same place and it is nearly always the 
 same kind of a curve make the fact known to your team mates. 
 
 There is hardly a pitcher who does not give himself away in 
 some manner. The best of them have a certain kind of ball 
 which they deliver in a certain kind of way. Watch out for 
 that ball. If he delivers it while you are batting it is the very 
 one which you can hit out for a safe drive perhaps. 
 
OTTO WILLIAMS, 
 Chicago Nationals, about to swing at the ball. 
 
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 The really good batter should be able to hit anything over 
 the plate between the shoulders and the knees for when he has 
 no particular preference the pitcher looks upon him as a danger- 
 ous batter and begins to play carefully. 
 
 Because anything between the shoulders and the knees that is 
 over the plate is called a strike the batter better make up his 
 mind to make himself capable of hitting anything wathin that 
 latitude. 
 
 As you have been told before, the thing to do is to advance to 
 the plate with the intention of hitting the first ball pitched. If 
 the pitcher is pretty sure that such is your intention he will not 
 throw the first one over. Now is the time to separate the inten- 
 tion from the act. That is a great deal harder than you might 
 think. You have gone to the plate thinking like this : "I will 
 hit the very first-ball if it is over the plate." 
 
 The predominant idea is hitting the ball. When you see the 
 ball coming the first instinct is to try to hit it and you must 
 think twice if it is not over the plate to realize that it is not. 
 Then let it go by. If the pitcher throws a second ball it is well 
 to let the third one go past even if it is over the plate. If the 
 next one is good that is the one to try to hit. 
 
 The most important thing is: 
 
 To have confidence in yourself. 
 
GEORGE LA CHANCE, 
 
 First baseman of the champion Boston Americans, whom pitchers 
 
 consider a dangerous batsman. 
 
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 CHAPTER V. 
 
 A Resume of the Things Which Have Been Taught. 
 
 A resume of the things which have been taught follows: 
 
 1. Use a heavy bat — hold it firmly. 
 
 2. Be determined. 
 
 3. Be fearless. 
 
 4. Stand firmly at the plate. 
 
 5. Refuse to be driven back. 
 
 6. Be ready to hit the first ball pitched. 
 
 7. Never disagree with the umpire. 
 
 8. Watch the ball carefully. 
 
 9. Use a short instead of a long swing. 
 
 10. Do not anticipate what the pitcher will throw. 
 
 11. Remember your eye is swifter than the ball. 
 
 12. Left-handed is more effective than right-handed batting. 
 
 13. Place a hit when you can. 
 
 14. Be ready for any kind of a ball. 
 
 15. The pitcher knows your weaknesses. 
 
 16. When no one is out and a man is on first, sacrifice. 
 
 17. Bunting is a most important part of base ball. 
 
 18. Never try to bunt a ball that is not over the plate. 
 
 19. Never loaf between home and first. 
 
 20. Make a study of the pitcher. 
 
O'NEILL, 
 Washington outfielder; an ambitious and promising hitter. 
 
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 The first requisite of a ball player is, of course, the ball and bat. The 
 Spalding Official League Ball has been used exclusively by the Natwnal 
 League, minor leagues, and by all intercollegiate and other associations 
 for over a quarter of a century, and is beyond all question the most per- 
 fect base ball that has ever been produced. It is backed up by an absolute 
 guarantee to last through one continuous match game without ripping or 
 losing its shape. The Spalding Official League Ball is sold by all first- 
 class athletic goods dealers throughout the country, and the price is $1.25 
 
 For boys' use especially, there is a smaller size, called Spalding's Official 
 Boys' League Ball, which combines all the qualities of the Official ball, 
 and is just as carefully made. It is especially designed for junior clubs 
 (composed of boys under sixteen years of age) , and all games in which 
 
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 this ball is used will be recog-nized as legal games, the same as if played 
 with the Official League Ball. The Official Boys' League Ball costs 
 75 cents. 
 
 Other balls which give good satisfaction are the Double Seam Ball, $1.25; 
 'Varsity League, $1.00; Interscholastic League— a smaller size of the 
 'Varsity — 50 cents, and so on down in price. Every team, however, should 
 practice with the official ball, thereby accustoming themselves to its use 
 when called upon to play match games. 
 
 In selecting a base ball bat care should be used to select a 
 properly balanced bat of only the best material and workman- 
 ship; the wood should be dried for a number of seasons out of 
 doors in order to insure the proper resiliency and driving 
 power, and should be of a correct model to properly balance 
 according to the needs of the particular batter using that bat. 
 This of course will vary according to the different styles of 
 batting. A. G. Spalding &, Bros, have facilities for producing 
 the finest bats in the world. They have a corps of experts 
 who devote their entire energies to this particular subject. 
 Only second-growth ash of upland timber is selected, and 
 after it has been carefully seasoned for at least three years, 
 it is then worked up into bats, and any wood which shows any 
 imperfection is thrown out. 
 
 The Spalding bat experts are familiar with every model 
 used by any player of note in the country, and all of these 
 models are incorporated in the line of bats turned out by this 
 house. 
 
 In the regular line of bats, without question, the best is 
 A. G. Spalding & Bros.' " Gold Medal " bat, each one of which 
 is tagged with a certificate showing the weight, lengrth, size 
 and inspection, and is an absolute guarantee that it has passed 
 the most rigid inspection and is perfect in every detail. The 
 Gold Medal bat includes the models of every prominent batter 
 In all of the leagues. The timber is thoroughly seasoned for 
 for from three to five years and fully guaranteed. The Spald- 
 ing Gold Medal Bat is made with a tape-wound handle or a 
 plain handle, in men's sizes, for $1.00 each. There is also a 
 Boy's Gold Medal Bat, in plain handle only, at 50 cents each. 
 
 Another good bat is called "The Mushroom, " owing to the 
 peculiar formation of the handle, which utilizes a principle by 
 which a bat of the same weight is made many times more 
 effective than the ordinary style under certain conditions, 
 and as an all-around bat many prominent professional players 
 testify to their appreciation of the good points of its construc- 
 tion. They say: "Both balance and model are perfect." 
 
 The knob arrangement at the end of the bat enables a more 
 even distribution of weight over the whole length than is 
 possible under the old construction, and for certain kinds of 
 play the bat is practically invaluable. 
 
 John J. McGraw, Manager of the New York club, says : 
 " For a long time I have been trying to find a bat that would 
 balance when choking. Not until I used the Mushroom Bat, 
 invented by Jack Pickett, have I found a bat that was up to 
 my idea. It is used exclusively by the New York players. " 
 
 James J. Callahan, of the Chicago American League club, says: "In 
 all my experience as a ball player I have not found a more satisfactory 
 bat than the Spalding Mushroom Bat. The timber is the best I have seen 
 and the balance and model are perfect." 
 
 Wm. Gleason, Captain Philadelphia National League club, says: "No 
 
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 bat has given me such good service as the Spalding Mushroom Bat. 
 Quality and balance are perfect." 
 
 Charles A. Comiskey, President of the Chicago American League club, 
 says: "The Spalding Mushroom Bat receives my hearty endorsement. 
 My experience as a ball player enables me to thoroughly appreciate its 
 good qualities." 
 
 James F. Slagle, John Evers, F. L. Chance, J. Kling, J. McCarthy, Joe 
 Tinker, Dr. J. P. Casey, D. Jones, of the Chicago National League club, 
 all say that they have never used a more satisfactory bat. The price of 
 the taped or plain Mushroom is $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's Trade Marked Bats rank next to the Mushroom 
 Bat in point of excellence and are made with the greatest 
 care and thoroughly seasoned. They are as follows : Wagon 
 Tongue Ash Bat, League quality, special finish, spotted burn- 
 ing, 50 cents; Black End Axletree Bat, finest straight grained mM^ 
 ash, tape- wound handle. 25 cents ; Black Band Bat, extra " " 
 quality ash, 25 cents ; Junior League Bat, extra quality ash, 
 spotted burning, 25 cents ; Boys' Bat, selected quality ash, 
 polished and varnished, antique finish, 10 cents ; Youths' Bat, 
 good quality, 5 cents. 
 
 In catchers' masks, the best made is 
 is Spalding's Sun Protecting Mask, 
 which is made of finest steel wire, 
 extra heavily enamelled, and which 
 protects the eye without obstructing 
 the view; it sells for $4.00. 
 
 Spalding's Neck Protecting Mask is 
 made of finest steel wire, extra heavy 
 and black enamelled to prevent re- 
 flection of light; the patent neck ex- 
 tension affords absolute protection to 
 th^ neck, the price is $3.00. The 
 Special League Mask costs $2.50, and 
 then there are cheaper ones, at still 
 lower prices. 
 Every catcher needs a mitt and he has the greatest variety 
 to choose from. The very best mitt made is Spalding's 
 "Perfection" which is cer- 
 tainly an object of art in 
 its line. The leather is of 
 finest quality calf skin, pad- 
 ding of best hair felt ob- Jl ^ Asm>. ^^^^^ Wk 
 tainable and every other 
 detail of manufacture has 
 been carefully considered, 
 including patent lace back 
 with rawhide lacing. 
 Thumb is reinforced and 
 laced, double row of stitch- 
 ing on heel pad and strap- 
 and-buckle fastening at 
 back. It costs $6.00. 
 
 For professional use 
 Spalding's are now making 
 a special professional 
 catcher's mitt which is a 
 duplicate of their "Perfec- 
 tion," but slightly smaller in size, having no heel pad, and the face of 
 the mitt is covered with the finest quality of white buck specially selected. 
 The padding in this professional mitt is in accordance with the ideas of 
 the best professional catchers in this country; price $7.00. 
 
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 Spalding's League Mitt is made of special tanned leather, very soft and 
 pliable, heavily padded. It costs S4.00. 
 
 In Spalding's No. Mitt the face, sides and finger-piece are made of 
 velvet tanned boulevard and the back of selected asbestos buck, well pad- 
 ded. $2.50. 
 
 Spalding's "Decker Patent" Mitt, made same as the No. Mitt, with 
 the addition of a heavy piece of sole leather on back for extra protection 
 to the hand and fingers. $3.00. 
 
 Spalding's No. OA Mitt is extra large and heavily padded, and is ex- 
 tremely well made of velvet tanned boulevard and special tanned leather 
 finger-piece and back. $2.00. 
 
 Spalding's Amateur Mitt is made of extra quality asbestos buck, per- 
 spiration proof, extremely tough and durable. This is a very popular 
 mitt. $1.50. 
 
 The face and finger-piece of Spalding's No. C Mitt is made of special 
 velvet tanned brown leather, sides and back of firm tanned leather. $1.00. 
 
 The foregoing mitts are all equipped with strap-and-buckle fastening 
 at back, have double row of stitching on heel pad, are reinforced and 
 laced at thumb, and with patent laced back as an additional feature con- 
 stitute absolutely the highest grade line of mitts ever manufactured. All 
 styles are made in rights and lefts. 
 
 Spalding's Youths' Mitt No. AB is made with extra quality white buck, 
 face and finger-piece extremely tough and durable; well padded; rein- 
 forced and laced at thumb and double row of stitching on heel pad; patent 
 lace back; strap-and-buckle fastening at back. $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's Practice Mitt is made of specially 
 firm tanned oak leather, easy fitting, patent lace 
 back. None better for practice. No. B, $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's Youths' Mitt No.CC. Face and finger- 
 piece velvet tanned brown leather, sides and back 
 firm tanned leather; reinforced and laced at thumb; 
 double row of stitching on heel pad; patent lace 
 back ; strap-and-buckle fastening. 50 cents. 
 
 Spalding's Youths' Mitt No. BB is a great favor- 
 ite, made of extra quality firm tanned oak leather; 
 well padded and substantially made; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad; reinforced and laced at 
 thumb; patent lace back; strap-and-buckle fastening at back. 50 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. 4 Mitt. Men's size. Firm tanned leather; extra heavily 
 padded; reinforced and laced at thumb joint and double row of stitching 
 on heel pad. 50 cents. 
 
 Spalding's Junior Mitt is the most popular mitt made; the face and back 
 are made of asbestos buck; well padded; laced thumb; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad; patent lace back. No. CB. Each, 25 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. 5 Mitt. Improved style; face and 
 back made of asbestos buck; laced thumb; well 
 padded and double row of stitching on heel pad. 
 Each, 25 cents. Spalding's No. 7 Mitt has a face 
 of asbestos buck and canvas back; it is a good size 
 and well padded. Each, 10 cents. 
 
 A most necessary part of a catcher's equipment 
 is a body protector. Spalding's Inflated Body Pro- 
 tectors are the only practical device for the pro- 
 tection of catchers and and umpires. They are 
 made of best rubber, inflated with air; light and 
 pliable. The lower part of these protectors are 
 hinged, so that they do not interfere with the 
 catcher in bending over. When not in U3e they 
 may be deflated and the protector rolled in a very 
 small space; Special Quality covering of extra fine 
 material. No. 2-0, Each, $7.50. League Catchers' 
 Protector No. 0, Each, $5.00. Amateur 
 
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 Catchers' Protector No. 1, $3.50; Boys' Catchers' Protector No. 2, $2.00. 
 
 Umpires' Body Protectors are made to order only. A pattern showing 
 
 exact size and shape required must be sent with order. They cost $10.00. 
 
 For the first baseman there is a choice of five styles of mitts, as follows: 
 
 Spalding's No. BX Mitt, made of fine selected 
 and specially tanned calfskin, extremely well made 
 throughout and padded to meet the special re- 
 quirements of a baseman's mitt; laced all around 
 and strap-and-buckle fastening at back; double 
 row of stitching on heel pad. $4.00. 
 
 The No. BXS Mitt is composed of same quality 
 materials and workmanship as in the No. BX 
 First Basemen's Mitt. It has no heel pad and is 
 made up especially for professional use. $4.00. 
 
 No. CX Mitt, is made on same lines as No. BX; 
 face of specially tanned drab leather, extra well 
 padded at wrist and thumb; laced all around and 
 strap-and-buckle fastening at back; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad. $2.00. 
 
 No. DX Mitt, a good article at a moderate price; made of oak tan spe- 
 cially selected leather, laced all around and strap-and-buckle fastening at 
 back; a very easy fitting mitt. $1.50. 
 
 No. EX Mitt is an excellent mitt for boys; made of good quality white 
 leather, laced all around and strap-and-buckle fastening at back; suitably 
 padded and will give very good service. $1.00. 
 
 The Infielders have no less than sixteen styles to select from, ranging in 
 price from $3.00 to 25 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. PX Infielders' Glove is made up 
 on lines suggested by prominent professional 
 players. The buckskin used in making up this 
 glove is the finest obtainable, and all other items 
 of manufacture have been carefully looked into. 
 It is heavily padded around edges with fine quality 
 felt, and padding extends well up into the little 
 finger. Has no heel pad, but is made extra long to 
 protect wrist. S3.00. 
 
 Spalding's No. 2X Infielders' Glove has retained 
 its popularity year after year and to-day is ac- 
 knowledged to be the most practical in style and 
 get-up of any on the market. Made of selected 
 velvet tanned buckskin, lined and padded with 
 finest felt; has web thumb; highest quality workmanship; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad. No better made at any price. $2.50. 
 
 Spalding's No. 2XS Infielders' Glove is a special glove with features 
 that will appeal to the professional player. Made extra long, of. selected 
 velvet tanned buckskin, lined and lightly padded. Has no heel pad. $2.50, 
 
 Spalding's No. AX Infielders' Glove is a very 
 popular style. Made throughout of specially tan- 
 ned calfskin, padded with best quality felt. Web 
 thumb; double row of stitching on heel pad; high- 
 est quality workmanship throughout. $2.50. 
 
 Spalding's No. XL Infielders' Glove is made in 
 style similar to the No. PX professional glove, but 
 of material same as in the No. X. Has no heel pad 
 and is extra long. $1.50. 
 
 Spalding's No. XS Infielders' Glove. Men's size 
 glove. Made of good quality special tanned 
 leather, well finished and exceedingly durable. 
 Web thumb, double row of stitching on heel pad 
 and nicely padded. $1.50. 
 
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 Spalding's No. X is a fine all-around glove, im- 
 proved style. Made of good quality horsehide. 
 w^ell padded. Web thumb; double row of stitch- 
 ing on heel pad. Will give excellent service. $1.50. 
 Spalding's No. 15 is a well made glove, improved 
 style. Made of extra fine quality brown leather, 
 well padded. Web thumb; double row of stitching 
 on heel pad. $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's No. 15L Infielders' Glove is made in 
 style similar to the No. PX professional glove, but 
 of material same as in No. 15. Has no heel pad 
 and is extra long. $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's No. 12 Infielders' Glove is made of 
 good quality soft suede tanned leather, nicely pad- 
 ded. Web thumb, double row of stitching on heel pad. 75 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. 2XB Infielders' Glove is the best youths' glove; made 
 throughout of selected velvet tanned buckskin. Quality of material, 
 workmanship and style of glove same as the No. 2X men's glove. $2.00, 
 Spalding's No. XB Infielders' Glove is a good youths' size glove. Made 
 of fine quality white tanned horsehide. Similar in material, workmanship 
 and style to the No. X men's glove. $1.00. 
 
 Spalding's No. 16 Infielders' Glove is a good glove, full size, improved 
 style, of good quality soft tanned leather, nicely padded. Web thumb; 
 double row of stitching on heel pad. 50 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No, 17 Infielders' Glove is a youths' glove, all leather, good 
 quality, well made and padded. Web thumb; double row of stitching on 
 heel pad. 25 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. 18 Infielders' Glove is youths' size. Made of asbestos 
 buck and well padded. Double row of stitching on heel pad, web thumb. 
 Best quarter glove on the market. 25 cents. 
 
 The outfielders' needs are as follows: 
 
 The best fielders' mitt is Spalding's No. 3X. Made 
 of the very best and softest light tanned buckskin; 
 the thumb and at wrist is extra well padded; laced 
 thumb. $2.50. 
 
 Spalding's No. 4X Fielders' Mitt is made of spe- 
 cially tanned drab leather, well padded with fine 
 felt and carefully sewed and finished; laced thumb, 
 strap-and-buckle fastening at back. $1.50. 
 
 Spalding's No. 5X Fielders' Mitt is an exceedingly 
 good mitt at a popular price; the face made of white 
 tanned buckskin; brown leather back; laced thumb; 
 constructed throughout in a most substantial manner. $1.00. 
 
 For boys the best is No. 6X, which is made throughout of a good quality 
 brown cape leather, well padded and laced thumb; and without doubt the 
 best mitt of the kind ever sold at the price. 50 cents. 
 
 Spalding's No. 7X Boys' Fielders' Mitt is of asbestos buck, well padded 
 and substantially made; laced thumb. 25 cents. 
 
 We now come to the matter of uniforms. In base ball, as in other 
 sports, the constant desire of every player is to excel his fellows. He 
 cannot expect to do this unless his outfit is first-class, and any disad- 
 vantage he is working under in this direction will detract just so much 
 from ultimate results. For over a quarter of a century Spalding's have 
 made the suits worn by the best players in this country, outfitting all 
 the league clubs and colleges, and their experience counts for something. 
 
 The Spalding Base Ball Uniforms are cut and fitted according to the 
 most scientific methods; are double-seamed and reinforced at the weakest 
 points, where the greatest strain comes, and are made by experts who 
 have spent many years in this work, and who are therefore better fitted 
 to turn out a higher grade of workmanship than any others. There 
 
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 is probably no place in athletics where quality counts for more than it 
 does in a base ball uniform. The best is the cheapest. 
 
 We give below a list of uniforms suitable to all classes of clubs, from 
 which it is possible to equip any team from the largest League club to 
 the smallest on the lot. 
 
 The Spalding Uniform No. 0. Highest grade made. The workmanship 
 and material of this outfit is of the very highest quality throughout, and 
 special care has been taken to make this uniform superior to anything 
 offered in this line. Used 
 exclusively b y a I 1 
 league and professional 
 clubs for years past is 
 sufficient evidence of 
 its quality and durabil- 
 ity. Colors: White, 
 Pearl Gray, Yale Gray 
 Light Gray, Black, Ma- 
 roon, Royal Blue, Navy 
 Blue, Brown, Green, 
 Cardinal. Consists of 
 the Spalding Shirt, 
 any style; the Spalding 
 Pants, any style; the 
 SpaldingStockings.No. 
 3-0; the Spalding Cap, 
 any style; the Spalding 
 Web Belt, leather 
 lined. The Spalding 
 Uniform complete, 
 $15.60. Net price to 
 clubs ordering for en- 
 tire team, $12.50. No 
 extra charge for de- 
 tachable sleeves nor for 
 lettering shirts with 
 name of club. 
 
 The University Uni- 
 form No. 1. In work- 
 manship and quality of 
 material our University 
 Uniform No. 1 is equal 
 to our No. Uniform, 
 but slightly lighter. 
 Colors : White, Pearl 
 Gray, Yale Gray, Light 
 Gray, Black, Maroon, 
 Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green, Cardi- 
 nal. The University 
 Uniform comprises: the 
 University Shirt, any 
 style; the University 
 Pants, any style; the 
 University Stockings, 
 all wool, No. IR; the 
 University Cap, any 
 style: the University 
 Web Belt, or all leather. 
 The University Uni- 
 form, complete, $12.50. 
 Net price to clubs or- JOHN J. McdliAW. 
 
 dering for entire team, Manager-Captain New Yorks, National League. 
 
Spaldinp;' s Athletic Library. 
 
 per suit, $10.00. No extra charge for detachable sleeves nor for lettering 
 shirts with name of club. 
 
 The Interscholastic Uniform No. 2. Made of same grade of material 
 as our higher-priced uniforms, but of lighter weight flannel. Substan- 
 tially made and a most serviceable outfit. Colors : White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, Black, Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, Brown, 
 Green, Cardinal. This is one of our most popular suits, and will give the 
 best of satisfaction. It can usually be worn two seasons. Interscholastic 
 
 Shirt, any style; Inter- 
 scholastic Pants, any 
 style; Interscholastic 
 Wool Stockings, No. 
 2R; Interscholastic 
 Quality Cap, any style; 
 Interscholastic Web 
 Belt. The Interscholas- 
 tic Uniform, complete, 
 $ '.65. Netprice to 
 clubs ordering for en- 
 tire team, $8.00 per 
 suit. No extra charge 
 for lettering shirts 
 with name of club 
 nor for detachable 
 sleeves. 
 
 The Club Special 
 Uniform No. 3 is made 
 of good quality flannel 
 in a variety of very de- 
 sirable patterns. Well 
 finished and a most ex- 
 cellent outfit for ama- 
 teur clubs. Colors: 
 White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, 
 Black, Maroon, Royal 
 Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Cardinal. A 
 most desirable young 
 men's suit. Elegantly 
 made, and of good, 
 strong, handsome 
 material. On exactly 
 same patterns as the 
 League suits. The Club 
 Special Uniform No. 3 
 comprises the follow- 
 ing: the Club Special 
 Shirt, any style: the 
 Club Special Pants, 
 any style; the Club 
 Special Stockings, all 
 wool. No. 3R; the Club 
 Special Cap, any style; 
 the Club Special Web 
 Belt. The price of .the 
 Club Special Uniform, 
 complete, is $7.00, and 
 the net price to clubs 
 ordering for entire 
 team, per suit, $5,50, 
 Manager-Captain Bostons, American League. There is no extra 
 
 JAMES COLLINS, 
 
Spalding's Athletic Library 
 
 charge for lettering' shirts with name of club nor for detachable sleeves. 
 
 The Amateur Special Uniform No. 4 is made of good quality flannel 
 and compares favorably with uniforms of other makers quoted at a much 
 higher price. It is an excellent wearing uniform, cut and finished as 
 well as higher-priced suits, and is very popular with the younger base 
 ball players. Colors : White, Light Gray, Blue Gray, Maroon, Navy 
 Blue, Green. The Amateur Special Uniform No. 4 consists of the fol- 
 lowing articles: the Amateur Special Shirt, any style; the Amateur 
 Special Pants, padded; the Amateur Special Stockings No. 4R; the 
 Amateur Special Cap, styles 21 and 5 only; the Amateur Special Web 
 Belt. A single Amateur Special Uniform, complete, costs $5.00, but the 
 net price to clubs ordex-ing for entire team is $4.00 per suit. No extra 
 charge for lettering shirts with name of club nor for detachable sleeves. 
 
 The Spalding Junior Uniform No. 5 is made expressly for clubs com- 
 posed of boys and youths, and will stand the hnrdest kind of wear. It is 
 made and trimmed in first-class style. Colors: Maroon, Green, Blue Gray, 
 Brown Mix. The Spalding Junior Uniform No. 5 is made up of the 
 articles enumerated herewith: the Spalding Junior Shirt, any style; the 
 Spalding Junior Pants, padded; the Spalding Junior Cap, styles 21 and 5 
 only; the Spalding Junior Belt, the Spalding Junior Stockings. The 
 Spalding Junior Uniform No. 5, complete, costs $4.00. To clubs ordering 
 nine or more uniforms, the price is $3.00 per suit. There is no extra 
 charge for lettering shirts with name of club nor for detachable sleeves. 
 
 The Spalding Youths' Uniform No. 6. The price at which this uniform 
 is sold should make it extremely popular. It is very well made of good 
 quality Gray material, and consists of the Spalding Youths' Shirt, button 
 front, with one felt letter only; the Spalding Youths' Pants, padded; the 
 Spalding Youths' Stockings; the Spalding Youths' Cap, style 21; the 
 Spalding Youths' Belt. The Spalding Youths' Uniform No. 6, complete, 
 costs $2.00, and the net price to clubs ordering nine or more uniforms is 
 $1.50 per suit. 
 
 The prices of Spalding's Base Ball Shirts are as follows ; "The Spald- 
 ing" Shirt, any style, with name^ of club, $6.00; "University" Shirt, any 
 style, with name of club, $5.00; "Interscholastic" Shirt, any style, with 
 name of club, $4.00; "Club Special" Shirt, any style, with name of club, 
 $2.75; "Amateur Special" Shirt, any style with name of club, $2.00; 
 "Junior" Shirt, any style, with name of club, $1.50. 
 
 Spalding's Base Ball Pants cost : "The Spalding" Pants, any style, 
 per pair, $6.00; "University" Pants, any style, per pair, $5.00: Interschol- 
 astic" Pants, any^style, per pair, $3.75; "Club Special" Pants, any style, 
 per pair, $2.75; "Amateur Special" Pants, padded, per pair, $2.00; 
 'Junior" Pants, padded, per pair, $1.50. 
 
 The Pittsburg club has adopted the idea of wearing a collarless jersey 
 with striped sleeves under the flannel shirt, the sleeves of which extend 
 only to the elbow,displaying*the striped jersey under- 
 neath, and matching the striped stockings. While 
 the solid gray body is considered most suitable, they 
 can be made up in any combination, but to order 
 only, and orders should be placed early. 
 They cost $2.50 each. 
 
 The shoe used by all the best players 
 is The Spalding Highest Quality Base 
 Ball Shoe, which is hand-made through- 
 out and of specially selected kangaroo 
 leather. Extreme care is taken in its 
 general construction, and no pains or 
 expense spared in making this shoe 
 not only of the very highest in quality, 
 but a perfect shoe in every detail. The 
 plates, made exclusively for this shoev 
 
Spalding* s Athletic Library 
 
 are of the finest hand-forged razor steel and firmly riveted to heel and 
 sole. They cost $6.00 per pair. 
 
 The Spalding- Sprinting Shoe is made of same quality as our No. 2-0 
 shoe, but built on the famous Spalding running shoe last. They weigh 
 about eighteen ounces to the pair and are made with extra care through- 
 out. Per pair, $6.50. 
 
 The Spalding Club Special Shoe is made of carefully selected satin calf- 
 skm. machme sewed, very substantially constructed, and a first-class shoe 
 in every particular. Steel plates riveted to heel and sole. Per pair, $5.00. 
 The Spalding Amateur Special Shoe is made of good quality calfskin, 
 machine sewed; a serviceable and durable shoe, and one we can specially 
 recommend. Plates riveted to heel and sole. Per pair, $3.50. 
 The Spalding Junior Shoe. A leather 
 shoe complete with plates. Made on regu- 
 lar base ball shoe last and an excellent 
 shoe for junior teams. Per pair, $2.00. 
 
 Spalding's Beveled Edge Shoe Plates, 
 made of ra^or steel, are the kind used by 
 all League players. They cost 50 cents 
 for a pair of toe plates and 50 cents for a "^'^'^ 
 
 pair of heel plates. 
 
 Toe and heel plates of good quality can be bought for 
 25 cents a pair, 
 Spalding's Pitchers' Toe Plate is worn on the toe 
 and affords a thorough protection to the shoe, and at 
 the same time a most valuable assistant in pitching. 
 Made for right or left shoe. Made of aluminum, they 
 cost 50 cents, and of brass, 25 cents. 
 
 Every player needs an ankle supporter and the best 
 made is the Hackey Patent Ankle Supporter. It is 
 
 worn over or under stocking and supports the ankle ad- 
 mirably, while not interfering in any way with free move- 
 ments. It relieves pain immediately and cures a sprain in 
 a remarkably short time. In ordering, size of shoe worn 
 should be given. 
 
 No. H. Made of soft tanned leather, best quality. Per 
 pair, $1.00. 
 
 No. SH. Good quality sheepskin, lined, bound and reinforced. Per 
 pair, 50 cents. 
 
 No. CH. Black duck, lined and bound, leather reinforced. Per pair, 
 25 cents. 
 
 In stockings, the best cost $1.75 per pair, and range in price down to 25 
 cents for a cotton pair. Belts and caps also come in a great variety, both 
 of styles and prices. 
 
 Every player should have a uniform bag to keep his outfit clean and in 
 good shape. A canvas one costs $2.50, and when made of fine bag leather, 
 
 $5.00. 
 
 A club should also have an official scorer and a score book. A very good 
 score book, with board cover, to hold 22 games, can be bought for 25 cents. 
 
 A complete list of base ball goods will be found in Spalding's Base Ball 
 catalogue which will be sent free to any address by A. G. Spalding & Bros, 
 from their stores in any of the following cities: New York, Chicago, 
 Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore, Den- 
 ver, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Washington, Pittsburg, Syracuse, New 
 Orleans, Cincinnati, Montreal, Canada. 
 
How 
 
 About 
 
 Your 
 
 Bat? 
 
 IF YOU HAVE AN OLD BAT THAT IS JUST RIGHT, OR A 
 BROKEN BAT THAT YOU WISH DUPLICATED, SEND IT TO 
 US AND WE WILL MAKE YOU 
 AN EXACT DUPLICATE AT THE 
 REGULAR PRICE OF $1.00 EACH. 
 WE WILL KEEP THE MODEL OF 
 YOUR BAT AT OUR FACTORY, 
 SO THAT YOU CAN RE-ORDER 
 AT ANY TIME. OUR HIGHEST 
 QUALITY BATS ARE MADE FROM 
 THE VERY BEST SELECTED 
 SECOND GROWTH WHITE ASH, 
 GROWN ON HIGH LAND AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES 
 DO WE USE SWAMP OR LOWLAND ASH IN THESE BATS. 
 
 Our bats are made under the supervision of Jack Pickett, who has 
 been identified with base ball for the past sixteen years, having played 
 with the National, Eastern and Western Leagues. Mr. Pickett is 
 undoubtedly one of the best judges of base ball bats in the country 
 and is thoroughly familiar with the players' wants. 
 
 CATALOGUE OP ATHLETIC SPORTS FREE. 
 
 A. C. SPALDING & BROS. 
 
 New York Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco 
 
 Boston Baltimore Buffalo Kansas City 
 
 St. Louis Minneapolis Denver Montreal, Can. 
 
 London, England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Double Breasted Coat 
 
 SPALDING BASE BALL COATS 
 
 Made of base ball flannel, 
 trimmed with different colors on 
 collar, cuffs and pockets. Large 
 pearl buttons on front. Best of 
 workmanship throughout. In 
 ordering state color of material 
 and trimming desired. 
 
 Sample cards showing quality 
 and colors, also special measure- 
 ment blanks, furnished on appli- 
 cation. 
 
 No. 0. Double breasted coat. 
 
 Each, $10.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with 
 
 uniforms or nine or more 
 
 coats at one time. Each, $9.00 
 
 No, 1. Double breasted coat. . . . Each, $9.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with uniforms or nine or mx>re coats 
 at one time. Each, $8.00 
 
 No. 2. Double breasted coat. . . . Each, $8.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with uniforms or nine or more coats at 
 one time Each, $7.00 
 
 No. OS. Single breasted coat. . . . Each, $9.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with uniforms or nine or more coats at 
 onetime Each, $8.00 
 
 No. IS. Single breasted coat. . • • Each, $8.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with uniforms or nine or more coats at 
 onetime Each, $7.00 
 
 No. 2S. Single breasted coat. . . . Each, $7.00 
 
 To clubs purchasing with uniforms or nine or more coats at 
 onetime Each, $6.00 
 
 Send for Spalding's Complete Catalogue of all Athletic Sports. 
 
 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
A SPECIAL AWARD'r GRAND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparat 
 Base B all and Athletic Sup plies shown at the World 
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 Spalding Worsted Web Belts 
 
 Colors: Nos. A, Red; B, Blue; C, Navy Blue; D, Brown; E> 
 Black; F, White; J, Maroon; K, Old Gold. 
 
 No. 3-0. Special League Belt, 
 
 2 1-2 inches wide, leather lined, 
 
 large nickel-plated buckle. 
 
 Each, 85c. 
 
 I No. 2-0. 2 1-2 inches wide, 
 
 large nickel-plated buckle. 
 
 Each. 60c. 
 
 No. 2. 2 1-2 inches wide, 
 double strap, leather covered 
 buckles. . . Each, 50c. 
 
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 No. 47. 2 1-2 inches wide, 
 . leather covered buckle. 
 Each, 50c. 
 
 Spalding Cotton Web Belts 
 
 Colors: Nos. L, Red; Q, White; M, Blue; T, Maroon; V, 
 Navy Blue. 
 
 No. 4. Cotton Web Belt, 2 1-2 
 
 inches wide, metal buckle. 
 No. 4. Each, 25c. 
 
 No. 23. Cotton Web Belt. 2 1-2 
 inches wide, double strap, 
 nickel buckle. . Each, 30c. 
 No. 5. Cotton Belt. " 10c. 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
A SPECIAL AWARD 'S° (iRAIND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World 's Fair, 
 
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 Leat>her Belt>s 
 
 No. 804. English hand made, iX inch bridle leather 
 belt. Black only. Heavily nickeled harness 
 buckle. Each, 85c. 
 
 No. 803. Fine Hogskin, selected leather. Light^ 
 
 Tan color. Heavy nickeled buckle, with flap. 75c. 
 No. 802. Buff or Brown leather belt, lined with 
 
 patent leather, iX inch wide. . . Each, 60c. 
 No. 801. Fine i}4 inch leather belt. Black or Tan. 
 
 Heavy harness buckle. , . . Each, 50c. 
 
 No. 800. Tan or Black leather belt, i^ inch wide. 
 
 Fine harness buckle Each, 50c. 
 
 No. 725. iX inch heavy leather, heavy nickeled 
 
 harness buckle. Colors: Tan, Orange or 
 
 Black Each, 40c. 
 
 No. 754. 1)4 inch nickel harness buckle. Colors: 
 
 Tan or Orange. . . . . • Each, 25c. 
 Send for Spalding's Complete Catalogue of all Athletic Sports. 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
A SPECIAL AWARD'^rGRAND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 B ase Ball and Athletic S upplies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Spalding Pitchers' Box Plates 
 
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 Made in accordance 
 with National League 
 regulations and of 
 extra quality white 
 
 rubber. 
 No. 3. Complete, with 
 pins. Each, $6.00 
 
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 Spalding Home Plate 
 
 Rubber Home Plate, 
 made in accordance 
 with National League 
 regulations, and of ex- 
 tra quality white rubber. 
 
 No. 1. Complete, with 
 pins. . Each, $8.00 
 
 Spalding Bases 
 
 Complete with straps 
 
 and Spikes. Three 
 
 bases to a set. 
 
 No. O. League Club 
 
 Bases, extra quality 
 
 canvas, quilted, $6.00 
 No. 1. Canvas Bases, well made, not quilted, $4.50 
 No. 2. Canvas Bases, ordinary quality. Set, 3.00 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1C04. for the best, most complete, 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 Score Books 
 
 We are making: all our base ball score books now according to the 
 Morse system. For the convenience of those who have become 
 accustomed to the old style, however, we will supp] y No. 2 only as 
 made formerly. 
 
 POCKET SCORE BOOKS 
 
 No. 1. Paper, 7 games. . 
 No. 2. Board, 22 games. . 
 No. 3. Board, 46 games. . 
 
 CLUB SCORE BOOKS 
 No. 4. Board, 30 games. . , 
 
 No. 5. Cloth, 60 games. . 
 No. 6. Cloth, 90 games. . 
 No. 7. Cloth, 120 games. . 
 Score Cards. . . . Each, 5c. 
 
 Each, 10c. 
 " 25c. 
 " 5ac. 
 
 Each, $.75 
 
 *' 1.25 
 
 1.50 
 
 " 2.00 
 
 Perdoz., .25 
 
 Spalding 
 
 Umpire 
 
 Indicator 
 
 Made of celluloid; 
 exact size, 3x1 1-2 
 inches. Endorsed 
 and used by all the 
 League umpires. 
 No. 0. Each, 50c. 
 
 Spalding 
 
 Scoring 
 
 Tablet 
 
 A simple, c o n - 
 venient and ac- 
 curate device for 
 the record of runs 
 and outs. It is 
 made of celluloid 
 and can be car- 
 ried in any vest 
 
 pocket. 
 No. 1. Each, 25c. 
 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIAL AWARD '^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 . Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
 SPALDING BASE BALL CAPS 
 
 Cuts Nos. 5, 23, 15 and 17 style caps show how we are now making 
 these in our No. and No. 1 qualities, with pliable stitched visor 
 and ventilated crown, without lining and with a piece of perspira- 
 tion proof material inserted inside sweat band. In other qualities 
 visor is left plain, and ventilated crown and perspiration proof 
 band is not supplied. Style No. 15 is furnished with stitched 
 visor in all qualities specified under cut. 
 
 Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray. Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green. Cardinal, $1.00 
 
 1st Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green, Cardinal, 90c. 
 
 2d Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray. Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green, Cardinal, 80c. 
 
 3d Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Cardinal. . Each, 60c. 
 
 Uh Quality— White, Light Gray, 
 Blue Gray, Maroon, Navy Blue 
 and Green. . . Each, 50c. 
 
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 5th Quality— Maroon. Green, Blue, 
 Gray, Brown Mix. . Each, 25c. 
 
 No. 21— College Style, 
 in all qualities. 
 
 Made 
 
 No. 25— Boston Style. Made 
 in 0, 1st, 2d and 3d qualities. 
 
 No. 17— Brooklyn Style. Made 
 
 in 0, 1st, 2d and 3d qualities 
 
 only. 
 
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 JNew York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 I Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 I Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 I Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
A SPECI Al AWARD *r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana ^ 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete ^ (-—- 
 
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 r^ and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus 
 I! Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World s M air 
 
 SPALDING BASE BALL CAPS 
 
 This season we introduce several improvements in the make-up 
 of the two best grades, which we know will be welcomed by 
 players who appreciate the really good points of a first-class 
 article. In ordering caps be sure to state style number or name, 
 size, quality and color. Colors in each quality are the same as 
 the corresponding quality of base ball uniform. 
 
 Quality—White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green, Cardinal, $1.00 
 
 No. 5— Chicago Style. Made 
 
 in 0, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th 
 
 qualities. 
 
 No. 23 — University Style. 
 
 Made in 0, 1st, 2d and 3d 
 
 qualities only. 
 
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 No. 15— Philadelphia Style 
 
 Made in 0, 1st, 2d and 3d 
 
 qualities only. 
 
 1st Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray. Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Green, Cardinal, 90c. 
 
 2d Quality— White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray, Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon, Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown. Green, Cardinal, 80c. 
 
 3d Quality— White, Pearl Gray. 
 Yale Gray. Light Gray. Black, 
 Maroon. Royal Blue, Navy Blue, 
 Brown, Cardinal. . Each, 60c. 
 
 .',fh Quality— White, Light Gray, 
 Blue Gray. Maroon, Navy Blue 
 and Green. . . Each, 50c. 
 
 5th Quality— Maroon, Green, Blue, 
 Gray, Brown Mix. . Each, 25c. 
 
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 fN^York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 1 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 ' Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 B 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition. 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair, 
 
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 SPALDING BAT BAGS 
 
 Heavy waterproof canvas, leather rein- 
 forced at ends; holds 12 bats. 
 No. 2. Each, $3.00 
 No. 3. Same as above; to hold 6 bats. 
 Each, $1.75 
 
 INDIVIDUAL BAT BAGS 
 
 at 
 
 Sole leather bat bag, for two bats; used by 
 
 all League players. 
 
 No. 01. Each, $3.00 
 
 Heavy waterproof canvas, leather cap 
 
 both ends. 
 
 No. 02. Each, 1.25 
 
 Heavy canvas, leather cap at one end. 
 
 No. 03. Each, 80c. 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIAL AWARD^S^GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fai 
 
 s 
 
 Spalding Uniform Bags 
 
 No. 5. 
 
 Combined Uniform and 
 Bat Bag, in style similar 
 to our regular uniform 
 bags, but furnished with 
 extra compartment to 
 carry one bat; best canvas. 
 Each, $3.00 
 
 Individual Uniform Bag. Made of 
 best quality brown canvas, with two 
 leather handles and strap-and-buckle 
 fastenings. Will hold suit, shoes and 
 other necessary articles. 
 
 No. 4. Each, $2.00 
 Lettering on any of above bags extra. Prices on application. 
 
 Substantially made, very durable, and has separate 
 
 compartments for shoes, etc. 
 
 No. I. Best canvas. . . Each, $2.50 
 
 No. 2. Fine bag leather. . " 5.00 
 
 Send for Spalding's Complete Catalogue of all Athletic Sports 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Bxrffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 THE SPALDING 
 HIGHEST ©UALITY" SWEATERS 
 
 Made of the very finest 
 Australian lamb's wool, and 
 exceedingly soft and pleasant 
 to wear. They are full fash- 
 ioned to body and arms and 
 without seams of any kind. 
 The various grades in our 
 ** Highest Quality" Sweat- 
 ers are identical in quality 
 and finish, the difference 
 
 in price being due entirely to variations in weight. 
 Our No. AA Sweaters are considerably heavier 
 
 than the heaviest sweater ever knitted and cannot be 
 
 furnished by any other maker, as we have exclusive 
 
 control of this special weight. 
 
 No. AA. Particularly suitable for foot ball and 
 
 skating. Heaviest sweater made. Each, $7.00 
 No. A. "Intercollegiate" special weight. " 6.00 
 No. B. Heavy weight. . . " 5.00 
 
 No. C. Standard weight. . . " 4.00 
 
 Colors: White, Navy Blue, Black, Gray, Maroon 
 
 and Cardinal. Other colors to order. Prices on 
 
 application. All made with lo-inch collars; sizes 
 
 28 to 44 inches. 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 Spalding 
 Vest Sweater 
 
 Very popular with base 
 ball players. 
 
 Made of best quality wor- 
 sted, medium weight. 
 Gilt buttons down front. 
 Made up in Gray only. 
 
 No. VG. Each, $5.50 
 
 Spalding 
 Jersey Shirts 
 
 To be worn with base 
 ball suits. 
 
 Made with solid gray 
 
 bodiesand striped sleeves; 
 
 any color desired. 
 
 No. 16X. Each, $2.50 
 
 The Pittsburg Club has adopted this style of collarless 
 jersey, to be worn under the flannel shirt, the sleeves 
 of which extend only to the elbow, displaying the 
 striped jersey sleeves underneath and matching the 
 striped stockings. 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
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 PATENT ANKLE SUPPORTER 
 
 (Patented, May 12, 1897. A. G. Spalding & Bros, Sole Licensees.) 
 
 No. SH. 
 
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 No. (H. 
 
 AN ankle support of some 
 kind has now come to be 
 recognized as a necessity 
 by most athletes. The styles 
 which we manufacture under 
 the Hackey Patent have given 
 universal satisfaction, and are # 
 absolutely reliable and prac- / 
 tically perfect in construction// 
 and design. They are wornf/ 
 over or under stocking and sup- / 
 port the ankle admirably, whileis 
 not interfering in any way with '^ 
 free movements. Relieve pain 
 immediately and cure a sprain 
 in a remarkably short time. In 
 ordering, give size of shoe worn. 
 
 No. H. Made of soft tanned 
 
 leather, best quality. 
 
 Per pair, $ 1 .00 
 
 No. SH. Good quality sheep- 
 skin, lined, bound and rein- 
 forced. 
 Per pair, 50c. 
 
 No. CH. Black duck, lined and 
 
 bound, leather reinforced. 
 
 Per pair, 25c. 
 
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 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athlet ic Supplies shown at the World's Fair, 
 
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 THE SPALDING OFFICIAL LEAGUE BALL 
 
 Used exclusively by the National League, Minor Leagues, and by 
 all Intercollegiate and other Associations for over a quarter of a 
 century. Each ball wrapped in tinfoil and put in a separate box, 
 and sealed in accordance with the regulations of the National 
 League and American Association. Warranted to last a full game 
 when used under ordinary conditions. 
 
 Each, $1.25 
 
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 Buffal 
 
A SPECIAL AWARD ""S" GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 , Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
 The Spalding 
 'Varsity League 
 
 No. X. Each, $1.00 
 
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 Regulation size and weight, fine 
 selected horsehide cover, rubber 
 center, all wool yarn and far su- 
 perior in material and workman- 
 ship to any of the various imita- 
 tions of our Official League Ball. 
 Warranted to last a full game without losing its elasticity or shape. 
 
 Spalding Interscholastic League 
 
 No. XB. Same quality as the 'Varsity League, but smaller 
 Warranted to last a full game. - - Each, 50c. 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 Spalding Official ^^^^ with horsehide cover, 
 
 rL J T rl rubber center and wound 
 
 UOyS League ^^^^ wool yam. same as 
 
 No. IB. Each, 75c. our Official League Ball in 
 
 every respect except slightly smaller in size. It is 
 
 especially designed for junior clubs (composed of boys 
 
 under sixteen years of age), and all games in which 
 
 this ball is used will be recognized as legal games, 
 
 the same as if played with the Official League Ball. 
 
 Warranted to last a full game. 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Sup plies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 High Flyer 
 
 No. 10. A very lively ball; the inside is all rubber, making it the 
 liveliest ball ever offered at the price. Put up in a separate box 
 and sealed Each, 25c. 
 
 Boys' Favorite 
 
 No. 7. Horsehide cover and well constructed. An excellent large 
 size ball for boys. Put up in a separate box and sealed. Each,25c. 
 
 Boys' Amateur 
 
 No. 14. This ball is a little under regulation size, has a sheepskli; 
 cover, and is very lively. Put up in a separate box and 
 Each. 15c. 
 
 Boys' Lively 
 
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 No. 9B. A good Boys' Lively ball* juvenile size, two-piece cover. 
 
 Each ball trade-marked Each, 10c. 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Sun 
 Protecting 
 
 Mask 
 
 This mask is used by practically all catchers 
 on league, college and semi-professional 
 teams. The patent sun shade protects the 
 eyes without obstructing the view. Mask is 
 made throughout of finest steel wire, extra 
 heavy black enameled. Fitted with molded 
 leather chin strap, hair filled pads and spe- 
 ial elastic head band. 
 
 No. 4-0. Each, $4.00 
 
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A SPECIAL AWARD ^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 Neck Protecting 
 Mask 
 
 Careful players realize 
 the value of the neck pro- 
 tecting attachment with 
 which this mask is fitted. 
 The arrangement is made 
 so as not to interfere in 
 the slightest with free 
 movements and it affords 
 absolute protection to the 
 neck. Finest steel wire, 
 extra heavy and black 
 enameled to prevent re- 
 flection of light. 
 No. 3-0. Each, $3.00 
 
 Regulation 
 League Mask 
 
 Made of heavy, soft an- 
 nealed steel wire. Well 
 finished and reliable in 
 every particular. 
 
 BLACK ENAMELED 
 
 No. OX. Each, $2.00 
 
 BRIGHT WIRE 
 
 No. 0. Each, $1.50 
 
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A SPECIAL AWARD^rGRAND PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World 's Fair. 
 
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 Special League 
 
 Mask 
 
 Black Enameled 
 
 For the ordinary player there 
 is no mask more suitable than 
 our League style, which is 
 made on our special form as 
 approved by the best players 
 in this country. Extra heavy 
 and best annealed steel wire 
 black enameled. Fittings of 
 best quality throughout. 
 
 No. 2-0. Each, $2.50 
 
 Spalding 
 Amateur Mask 
 
 Bright Wire 
 
 Same size and general style of 
 the League mask. Substan- 
 tially made and warranted 
 perfectly safe. 
 
 No. A. Each. $L00 _ 
 
 No. A 
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 flN^York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
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 1 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
A SPECIAL AWARD ^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
 Spalding 
 Regulation Mask 
 
 Bright Wire 
 Made in same style as our Am- 
 ateur mask, but without head 
 or chin piece. Warranted. 
 No. L. Each, 75c. 
 
 No. L 
 
 Spalding 
 Boys' Amateur Mask 
 
 Bright wire No. B 
 
 Exactly same quality as our No. A mask, only smaller in size. 
 
 An absolutely safe mask 
 
 for boys. 
 
 No. B. Each, $1.00 
 
 Spalding 
 Youths' Mask 
 
 Bright Wire 
 
 Well padded. No head or 
 
 chin piece. 
 
 No. C. Each, 50c. 
 
 No. D. Each, 25c. 
 
 No. C 
 
 No. D 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
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 We were the first to 
 introduce an inflated 
 body protector, made 
 under the Gray pat- 
 ent, and the method 
 of inflation used then 
 has been retained in 
 the improved style, 
 with the addition of a 
 special break at the 
 bottom, which makes 
 it more pliable and 
 convenient. Made of 
 best rubber, inflated 
 with air. When not 
 in use the air may be 
 let out and the pro- 
 tector rolled into a 
 very small package. 
 
 No. 2-0. Special quality, covering of extra fine 
 
 selected material. .... Each, $7.50 
 No. 0. League Catchers' Protector. . " 5.00 
 No. I. Amateur Catchers' Protector. " 3.50 
 
 No. 2. Boys' Catchers' Protector. . " 2.00 
 
 Umpires' Body Protectors 
 
 Made to order only. Patterns showing exact size 
 and shape required must be sent with order. $10.00 
 
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X SPECIAL AWARD "^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base B all and Athletic Supp lies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
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 Professionar' Catchers' Mit,L 
 
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 The facing of this mitt is white buck specially selected and 
 absolutely the best quality procurable. Made without heel 
 pad; padding in accordance with the ideas of the best profes- 
 sional catchers in this country. Sides and back are of the 
 finest quality calfskin, padded with the best hair felt, raw- 
 hide lacing at the back, strap-and-buckle fastening, reinforced 
 and laced at the thumb. This mitt is slightly smaller than 
 our Perfection No. 7-0, and in weight is somewhat lighter. 
 
 No. 8-0. Each, $?.00 
 
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 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
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 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 I Montreal, Can. London. England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition. 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 No 7-0 
 
 THIS mitt we consider about as near perfection 
 as it is possible to come in making an article 
 of this kind. The leather is of finest quality 
 calfskin, padding of best hair felt obtainable and 
 every other detail of manufacture has been carefully 
 considered, including patent lace back with ra\y- 
 hide lacing. Thumb reinforced and laced, doub e 
 row of stitching on heel pad, strap-and-buckle 
 fastening at back. 
 No. 7-0. Each, $6.00 
 
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 f^i^York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 
 1^ Montreal. Can. London, England 
 
A$PEClJU.AWiUtD'i!°(RlND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete , 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatt 
 Base B all and Athletic Supp lies shown a t the World's 
 
 Mitt — Patent Lace Back 
 
 A VERY service- 
 •**■ able youths' 
 mitt. Face and finger 
 piece made of velvet 
 tanned brown leather, 
 sides and back of firm 
 tanned leather; rein- 
 forced and laced at 
 thumb and double row 
 of stitching on heel 
 pad; strap-and-buckle 
 fastening at back. 
 
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 No. CC. 
 
 Each, 50c. 
 Spalding Youths' Mitt — Patent Lace Back 
 
 A GREAT favorite; 
 made of extra 
 quality firm tanned 
 oak leather; well pad- 
 ded and substantially 
 made; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad; 
 reinforced and laced 
 thumb, strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at 
 back. 
 
 No. BB. 
 
 Each, 50c. 
 
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 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base B all and Athletic Sup plies shown at the World's Fair. 
 
 Spalding 
 Youths' Mitt 
 
 Patent Lace Back 
 Superior quality 
 youths' mitt. Made 
 with extra quality 
 white buck, face and 
 finger-piece extremely 
 tough and durable; 
 well padded; reinforced 
 and laced at thumb and 
 double row of stitching 
 on heel pad; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at 
 back. 
 
 NO. AB. Each, $1.00 
 
 Spalding 
 Practice Mitt 
 
 Patent Lace Back 
 Men's size. Face and , 
 back of asbestos buck, / 
 sides of fi r m tanned 
 leather. Reinforced 
 and laced at thumb, 
 double row of stitching 
 on heel pad; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at 
 back. 
 
 NO. B. Each, $1.00 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair, 
 
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 "League" Mitt 
 
 Made of special tanned leaher, 
 very soft and pliable, heavily 
 padded. An old favorite. 
 
 No. 5-0. Each, $4.00 
 
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 S|>dIdinS Extra large and heavily pad- 
 
 ^ * M*!-* ^^^' Velvet tanned leather 
 ^* ^^^^ 1 Ml*- face and special tanned leather 
 finger-piece and back. Extremely well made. 
 
 No. OA. Each, $2.00 
 
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 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ISPECIALIWAKDTCRAIW PRIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition. 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base B all and Athletic Supp lies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Amateur 
 
 Mitt 
 
 Made of extra qual- 
 ity asbestos buck, 
 perspiration proof, 
 extremely tough 
 and durable. A 
 very popular mitt. 
 
 No. A. 
 Each, $1.50 
 
 Spalding 
 No. C MiLL 
 
 Face and finger- 
 piece of special 
 velvet tanned 
 brown 1 e athe r ; 
 sides and back of 
 firm tannedleather. 
 Superior quality 
 throughout. 
 
 No. C. 
 Each, $1.00 
 
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 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
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 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
TN all athletic contests the implements and ^^V^*^ 
 •*• apparatus must conform to the official rules C ^ M If 
 as laid down by the governing bodies of the ^^ ^ ^ i 
 various sports, the object being to enable all contestants to com 
 pete under uniform conditions and with the same kind of an imple 
 ment, for a record in any sport will not be allowed unless th 
 official implement is used. That is why Spalding implemeni 
 are always selected, because they never vary in weight o 
 measurement, but invariably conform to the rules 
 
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 HE officials of the Louisiana Purchase 
 Exposition, recognizing the importance 
 of the OLYMPIC GAMES and the value of 
 :stablishing authentic Olympic records, selected Spalding Athletic 
 mplements for exclusive official use in connection with the 
 Dlympic Games (held in the Stadium of the Exposition, from 
 Vlay to November) because of their acknowledged superiority, 
 eliability and official standing. For over a quarter of a century 
 A. G. Spalding & Bros.' implements have been officially used. 
 
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 was entirely equipped by A. G. Spalding & Bros, with an 
 exhibit that was pronounced a model one by American 
 European experts and the International Jury of the Expositiono 
 
wer 
 I Base ] 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 ' most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 Ball a nd Athletic Sup plies shown at the World's Fair. 
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 No. 4 Mitt 
 
 Men's size, improved 
 style. Face and back of 
 asbestos buck; extra 
 heavily padded ; r e i n - 
 forced and laced at thumb 
 joint and double row of 
 stitching on" heel pad. 
 
 No. 4. Each. 50c. 
 
 Spalding 
 Junior Mitt 
 
 PATENT LACE BACK 
 
 Most popular mitt made; 
 face and back of asbestos 
 buck; well padded; laced 
 thumb; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad. 
 
 No. CB. Each, 25c. 
 
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A SPECIAL AWARD "r (RAND PRBf 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base B all and Athletic Supp lies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Improved style; 
 face and back 
 made of asbestos 
 buck; lace thumb; 
 well padded and 
 double row of 
 stitching on heel 
 
 pad. 
 No, 5. Each 25c. 
 
 SPALDING No. 7 MITT 
 
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 Face of asbestos buck; canvas back; 
 size and well padded. 
 
 No. 7. Each, lOc. 
 
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 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can. London, England 
 
ASPECIALAWARD^r GRAND PRIZE 
 
 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatt 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World' " 
 
 "DECKER PATENT" 
 
 ]\/JADE same as our No. O Mitt, with the addition 
 of a heavy piece of sole leather on back for extra 
 protection to the hand and fingers. 
 
 No. OX. Each, $3.00 
 SPALDING No. O MITT 
 
 pace, sides and finger-piece made of velvet tanned 
 leather and the back of selected asbestos buck, 
 well padded. Well known for reliability. 
 
 Each, $2.50 
 
 New York Chicago St. Louis Denver San Francisco 
 
 Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans 
 
 Buffalo Philadelphia Washington Pittsburg Syracuse Cincinnati 
 Montreal, Can, London, England 
 
« SPECIAL AWARD ':° GRAND PKIZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition, 1904, for tha best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair, 
 
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 FIRST BASEMEN'S MITT 
 
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 "LJIGHEST quality material and workmanship and 
 adapts itself to the conformation of the hand 
 without any necessity for breaking in. The only 
 really correct first basemen's mitt. Made of fine 
 selected and specially tanned calfskin, extremely 
 well made throughout, leather lined and padded to 
 meet the special requirements of a baseman's mitt; 
 rawhide lacing all round; strap-and-buckle fastening 
 at back. 
 
 No. BX. Each, $4.00 
 
 Send for Spalding's Complete Catalogue of all Athletic Sports. 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 rchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
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 Professional 
 
 First 
 
 Basemen's 
 
 Mitt 
 
 Composed of same quality 
 materials and workman- 
 ship as in our No. BX First 
 Basemen's Mitt. It has no 
 heel pad and is made up 
 especially for professional 
 use; strap-and-buckle fas- 
 tening at back. 
 
 Each, $4.00 
 
 No. CX First 
 Basemen's 
 
 Mitt 
 
 Fine quality and finish; 
 made on same lines as our 
 No. BX Mitt; face of spe- 
 cially tanned drab leather; 
 back of firm tanned brown 
 leather; extra well padded 
 at wrist and thumb; laced 
 all around; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at back. 
 
 Each, $2.00 
 
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ASKCULAWARD'rCeitNDIitlZE 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 
 Purchase Exposition. 1904, for the best, most complete 
 
 and most attractive installationof Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair, 
 
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 NO. DX 
 
 First Basemen's 
 
 Mitt 
 
 Men's size; a good 
 article at a moderate 
 price; made of oak 
 tan specially selected 
 leather, laced all 
 around; a very easy- 
 fitting mitt; strap- 
 and -buckle fastening 
 at back. 
 Each, $1.50 
 
 NO. EX 
 
 first Basemen's 
 Mirt 
 
 An excellent mitt for 
 boys; made of good 
 quality white leather, 
 laced all around; 
 suitably padded and 
 will give very good 
 service; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at 
 back. 
 Each, $1.00 
 
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 No. 2X$ Infielders' 
 
 Glove 
 
 A special glove with fea- 
 tures that will appeal to 
 the professional player. 
 Made extra long, of se- 
 lected velvet tanned buck- 
 skin, lined and lightly 
 padded. Has no heel 
 pad. Made in rights and 
 lefts. 
 
 N0.2XS. Each, $2.50 
 
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 No. XS Infielders' 
 
 Glove 
 
 Mans' size glove, IMade 
 of good quality oil tanned 
 leather, well finished and 
 exceedingly durable; 
 double row of stitching 
 on heel pad, and nicely 
 padded. Made in rights 
 and lefts. 
 No.XS. Each, $1.50 
 
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 passed. The quality of buckskin used in making up 
 this glove is the finest we have been able to obtain, 
 and all other items of manufacture have been care- 
 fully looked into. It is heavily padded around edges 
 with fine quality felt, and padding extends well up 
 into the little finger. Has no heel pad, but is made 
 extra long to protect wrist. 
 
 No. PX. Each, $3.00 
 
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 in Men's Size 
 i infielders' Glove 
 
 //Made in style similar 
 / to our No. PX profes- 
 sional glove, but of 
 material same as in 
 our No. 15. Has no 
 heel pad and is extra 
 long. ]\Iade in rights 
 and lefts. 
 
 No. 15L. Each, $1.00 
 
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 Men's Size 
 infielders' Glove 
 
 A well made glove, 
 improved style. Made 
 of extra fine quality 
 brown leather, well 
 padded; double row of / 
 stitching on heel pad. / 
 Made in rights and 
 
 lefts. 
 No. 15. Each, $1.00 
 
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 This glove is well made of soft 
 t-anned white leather, nicely pad- 
 ded; leather bound, and a first-class 
 article in every way. 
 
 No. 14. Each, 50c. 
 
 A youths' glover all leather, 
 good quality, well made and 
 padded; double row of stitch- 
 ing on heel pad. 
 
 No. 1 7. Each, 25c. 
 
 All styles made in rights and lefts. 
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 Youths' size. Made of asbestos 
 buck and well padded ; double 
 row of stitching on heel pad. 
 Best quarter glove on the 
 market. 
 
 No. 18. Each, 25c. 
 
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 No.XLInfielders' 
 
 Glove 
 
 Made in style similar to 
 our No. PX professional 
 glove, but of white tanned || 
 horsehide. Has no heel 
 pad and is made extra 
 long. 
 
 No. XL. Each, $1.50 
 
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 No. X Inf ielders' 
 
 Glove 
 
 A good all-around glove, 
 improved style. Made of 
 good quality white tanned 
 horsehide, well padded 
 and leather lined; double 
 row of stitching on heel 
 pad. Will give excellent 
 service. 
 
 No. X. Each, $1.50 
 
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 ity of material, workmanship 
 and style same as our No. 
 2X men's glove; an article 
 of particular merit. Made 
 in rights and lefts. 
 
 NO. 2XB. Each, $2.00 
 
 A good youths' size 
 glove. Made of fine qual- 
 ity v^hite tanned horse- 
 hide. Similar in material, 
 workmanship and style 
 to our No. X men's 
 glove. Made in rights 
 and lefts. 
 
 NO. XB. Each, $1.00 
 
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 Men's size 
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 Made of good quality- 
 soft suede tanned white 
 leather, leather lined, 
 nicely padded ; double 
 row of stitching on heel 
 pad. 
 
 No. 12. Each, 75c. 
 
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 Men's Size 
 Infielders' Gloves 
 
 A good glove, full size, 
 improved style. Good 
 quality soft tanned white 
 leather, nicely padded; 
 double row of stitching 
 on heel pad. 
 
 No. 16. Each, 50c. 
 
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 This glove has retained its pop- 
 ularity year after year, and 
 to-day is acknowledged to be 
 the most practical in style and 
 get-up of any on the market. 
 Made of selected velvet tanned 
 buckskin, lined and correctly 
 padded with finest felt. High- 
 est quality workmanship 
 throughout ; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad. No bet- 
 ter made at any price. 
 
 No. 2X. Each. $2.50 
 
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 No.AXInfielders' 
 
 Glove 
 
 A very popular style. Made 
 throughout of specially tanned 
 calfskin. Padded with best 
 quality felt ; double row of 
 stitching on heel pad. Highest 
 quality workmanship through- 
 out. 
 
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 An exceedingly good mitt at a popular price; the face made of 
 white tanned buckskin, brown leather back; laced thumb; con- 
 structed throughout in a most substantial manner; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening at back. .... Each, $1.00 
 
 Spalding No. 6X Boys' Fielders' Mitt 
 
 A substantial mitt for boys; made thooughout of a good quality 
 brown cape leather, well padded and laced thumb, and without 
 doubt the best mitt of the kind ever sold at the price. Each, 50c. 
 
 Spalding No. 7X 
 Boys' Fielders' Mitt 
 
 Made of asbestos buck, well 
 
 padded and substantially made; 
 
 laced thumb. 
 
 No. 7X. Each, 25c. 
 
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 Made of the very best 
 and softest white tanned 
 buckskin; the thumb and 
 at wrist is extra well pad- 
 ded; laced thumb, leather 
 lined. Our highest qual- 
 ity Fielders' Mitt, the 
 finest procurable and of 
 the best workmanship; 
 none better made for 
 the purpose; strap-and- 
 buckle fastening: at back. 
 
 No. 3X. Each, $2. 
 
 Spalding No. 4X Fielders' Mitt 
 
 Style much improved; 
 made of specially tanned 
 drab leather, well padded 
 with fine felt, leather 
 lined, and carefully sewed 
 and finished; laced 
 thumb; strap-and-buckle 
 fastening at back. 
 No. 4X. Each, $1.50 
 
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 IN this bat a principle has been utilized which makes a bat 
 of the same weight many times more effective than the 
 ordinary style under certain conditions, and as an all- 
 round bat we have received many letters from prominent 
 professional players testifying to their appreciation of the 
 good points of its construction. They say: "Both balance 
 and model are perfect." Only the very best quality of air 
 dried timber has been used and every one is carefully tested 
 by an expert before leaving our factory. The knob arrange- 
 ment at the end of the bat enables us to get a more even dis- 
 tribution of weight over the whole length than is possible 
 under the old construction, and for certain kinds of play 
 
 the bat is practically invaluable. 
 We recommend it heartily to our customers, feeling certain 
 that they will find in the combination of good qualities which 
 it possesses something that they have sought for in vain else- 
 where—a perfect bat. 
 
 [NO. M. The SpaldlDg Mushroom Plain Bar. special flnlsb. each. $l. 
 No. MT. The Spaldlog Mushroom Taped Bai, Taped Handle. " Ij 
 
 New York, Sept. 22, 1903. 
 For a long time I have been trying to 
 find a bat that would balance when chok- 
 ing. Not until I used the Mushroom Bat, 
 invented by Jack Pickett, have I found a 
 bat that was up to my idea. This bat is 
 used exclusively by the New York players. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 JOHN J. McGRAVV, 
 Manager New Yo.k B. B. Club. 
 
 I n all my experience as a base ball player 
 I have not (ound a more satisfactory base 
 ball bat than the Spalding Mushroom Bat. 
 The timber is the best I have seen ; the 
 balance and model of the bat is perfect. 
 Yours truly, 
 JAMES J. CALLAHAN, 
 Manaser-Captain Chicago American League Club. 
 
 1903. 
 ball for 
 ried all 
 
 'ickett. 
 
 Chicago, Oct. 1. 
 I have played professional ba^ 
 the last fifteen years and have 
 kinds of bats, but no bat has ( 
 such good service as the Spaldi; 
 room bat, introduced by Jack 
 Quality and balance are perfect. , 
 Yours truly, 
 
 WM. GLEASON, 
 Captain PhiUdelphia National League B. B. Club. 
 
 Chicago, Oct. 14, 1903. 
 The Spalding Mushroom Bat, intro- 
 duced by Jack Pickett, receives my hearty 
 endorsement. My experience as a ball 
 playerenables me to thoroughly appreciate 
 its good qualities. Yours truly, 
 
 CHAS. A. COMISKEY, 
 President Chicago American League Club. 
 , „ Chicago, Oct. 14, 1903. 
 
 In all our experience as base ball players we have not found a bat more satisfactory 
 an the Spalding Mushroom Bat, introduced by Jack Pickett. 
 JAMES F. SLAGLE JOHN EVERS F. L. CHANCE 
 
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 plac- 
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 Gold 
 
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 to emphasize 
 the fact that ir 
 bat making some- 
 thing more than 
 mere manufactur- 
 ing skill is neces- 
 sary. The man who 
 makes a base ball bat 
 should know just whal 
 is required, not merely 
 in a general way but in 
 a special sense, and when 
 he is shaping the timber 
 there must be within him 
 the knowledge and skill re- 
 quired to shape it so that the 
 balance will be perfect and 
 the bulk left in the correct place 
 This is something that comes only 
 through experience, and we claim 
 that a bat-making career extending 
 over twenty-nine years, with un- 
 equalled facilities at our command, 
 should be considered when players 
 decide whose bats they will use, 
 
 m 1 s e 
 that these 
 bats will be 
 found per- 
 fect in balance, 
 nish and qual- 
 ity of timber, and 
 in placing our 
 trade-mark and mark 
 of superiority upon 
 them we do so with per- 
 fect confidence that they 
 will sustain the reputation 
 of A. G. Spalding & Bros, 
 for furnishing goods of satis- 
 factory quality. 
 All Spalding Gold Medal Bats 
 are made of most carefully selec- 
 ted best white ash, seasoned in 
 open sheds for three years (not kiln 
 dried). Each bat is passed under 
 the critical eye of one of the best 
 known old-time base ball players and 
 carefully tested before being packed. 
 
 No. CM. Spalding Cold Medal Plain Bat. golden finish. • • • Each, $1.00 
 No. CMT. Spalding Cold Medal Taped Bat, white wax finish. - - " 1 .00 
 
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 both style and quality from time to time, and the assortment as now made up comprises absolutely 
 the most up-to-date and thoroughly trustworthy styles that can be produced. The timber used in 
 their construction is seasoned from two to three years before using, thus ensuring not only a 
 lighter and stronger bat, but also retaining the life quality and driving power of the natural 
 
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 No. 3-0. Spalding Wagon Tongue Ash Bat, League quality, special finish, spotted 
 
 burning. ........ Each, 60c. 
 
 Spalding "Axletree" Bat, finest straight grained ash; tape wound handle. " 26c. 
 Spalding Black Band Bat, extra quality ash. . . . . "26c. 
 
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 No. 3X. Spalding Junior [<eague Bat, extra quality ash; spotted burning. . Each, 26c. 
 
 No. 2X6. Spalding Boys' Bat, selected quality ash, polished and varnished; 
 
 antique finish. ..... ., ., ., Each, lOc. 
 
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 Edge Shoe Plates 
 
 RAZOR STEEL. 
 
 No. 3-0. Toe Plates. 
 Per pair, 50c. 
 
 Erofessional 
 
 Best Quality Steel 
 No. 1. Toe Plates, 10c. 
 No. IH. Heel Plates, 10c. 
 
 No. 4-0. Heel Plates. 
 Per pair, 50c. 
 
 League 
 
 Hardened Steel 
 No. 0. Toe Plates, 25c. 
 No. 2-0. Heel Plates, 25c. 
 
 Spalding Pitchers' Toe Plate 
 
 Aluminum. 
 Brass, 
 
 A thorough protection 
 to the shoe and a most 
 valuable assistant in 
 pitching. ]\Iade for right 
 or left shoe. Used by all 
 professionals. 
 
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 Made of carefully selected satin 
 calfskin, machine sewed, very 
 substantially constructed, and a 
 first-class shoe in every par- 
 ticular. Steel plates riveted to 
 heel and sole. 
 Per pair, $5.00 
 
 Spalding Amateur Special Shoe 
 
 Made of good quality calfskin, 
 machine sewed; a serviceable 
 and durable shoe, and one we 
 can specially recommend. 
 Plates riveted to heel and sole. 
 
 No. 35. Per pair, $3.50 
 
 Spalding Junior Shoe 
 
 A leather shoe, complete with 
 
 plates. Made on regular base 
 
 ball shoe last and an excellent 
 
 shoe for junior teams. 
 
 No. 2)7' Per pair, $2.00 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
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 Base Ball Shoe 
 
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 No. 2-0 No. 30-S 
 
 Our "Highest Quality" Base Ball Shoe is hand-made throughout 
 and of specially selected kangaroo leather. Extreme care is taken 
 in its general construction, and no pains or expense spared in 
 making this shoe not only of the very highest quality, but a per- 
 fect shoe in every detail. The plates, made exclusively for this 
 shoe, are of the finest hand-forged razor steel and firmly riveted 
 to heel and sole. 
 No. 2-0. "Highest Quality." Per pair, $6.00 
 
 liTe Spalding Sprinting Shoe 
 
 Same quality as our No. 2-0 shoe, but built on our famous running 
 
 shoe last. Weigh about eighteen ounces to the pair and made 
 
 with extra care throughout. 
 
 No. 30-S. Sprinting Shoe. Per pair, $6.50 
 
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 were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana 
 ~>k Purchase Exposition, 1904, for the best, most complete 
 -^ and most attractive installation of Gymnastic Apparatus, 
 Base Ball and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair 
 
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 Club Special 
 Uniform No. 3 
 
 Made of good quality flannel, 
 in a variety of very desirable 
 patterns. Well finished and a 
 most excellent outfit for ama- 
 teur clubs. A most desirable 
 young men's suit. Elegantly 
 made, and of good, strong, 
 handsome material. On ex- 
 actly same patterns as the 
 league suits. 
 
 Club Special Uniform No. 3 
 
 Complete $7.00 
 
 Net price to clubs ordering 
 
 for Entire Team. Suit, $5.50 
 
 Colors: White, Pearl Gray, 
 Yale Gray. Light Gray, Black, 
 Maroon. Royal Blue, Navy 
 Blue, Brown, Cardinal. 
 
 Consisting of: Club Special 
 Shirt, any style; Club Special 
 Pants, any style; Club Special 
 Stockings, No. 3R; Club Spe- 
 cial Cap, any style; Club 
 Special Web Belt 
 
 Amateur Special 
 Uniform No, 4 
 
 Made of good quality flannel, 
 and compares favorably with 
 uniforms of other makers 
 quoted at a much higher price. 
 An excellent wearing uniform, 
 cut and finished as well as our 
 higher-priced suits. Very pop- 
 ular with the younger base 
 ball players. 
 
 Amateur SpecialUniformNo.4 
 Complete $5.00 
 
 Net price to clubs ordering 
 for Entire Team. Suit, $4.00 
 
 Colors: White, Light Gray, 
 Blue Gray, Maroon, Navy 
 Blue, Green. 
 
 Consisting of: Amateur Spe- 
 I cial Shirt, any style; Ama- 
 teur Special Pants, padded; 
 Amateur Special Stockir.gs, 
 No. 4R; Amateur Special 
 Cap, styles 21 and 5 only; 
 Amateur Special Web Belt. 
 
 I No extra charge for lettering shirts with name of club nor for 
 detachable sleeves. 
 
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 The Spalding 
 Junior Unitorm INO. 5 
 
 This uniform is made ex- 
 pressly for clubs com- 
 posed of boys and youths, 
 and will stand the hard- 
 est kind of wear. Made 
 and trimmed in first-class 
 
 style. 
 Spalding Junior Uniform No. 
 
 5. Complete, $4.00 
 
 Net price to clubs ordering 
 
 Nine or more Uniforms, 
 
 Per suit, $3.00 
 
 colors: 
 
 Maroon, Blue Gray, 
 
 Green, Brown Mix. 
 
 No extra charge for lettering 
 
 shirts with name of club nor 
 
 for detachable sleeves. 
 Consisting of: Spalding Jun- 
 ior Shirt, any style; Spalding 
 Junior Pants, padded; Spald- 
 ing Junior Cap, styles 21 and 
 5 only; Spalding Junior Belt; 
 Spalding Junior Stockings. 
 
 The Spalding 
 Youths' Uniform No. 6 
 
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 times, indoor and outdoor, and is the recognized American cyclopedia of 
 sport. Each book is complete in itself; and those sports which are gov- 
 erned by National Associations always designate Spalding's Athletic 
 Library as the official publication. This gives to each book the official 
 authority to contain the rules. Each year the books are brought up to 
 date, with the latest rules, new ideas, new pictures and valuable informa- 
 tion, thus making the series the most valuable of its kind in the world. 
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 library can be complete unless all numbers are found therein. 
 
 No. 12-Association Foot Ball 
 
 Contains valuable information, diagrams of play, and rules for both 
 the Gaelic and Association styles of play. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 13-Howto Play Hand Ball 
 
 By the world's champion, Michael Egan, 
 of Jersey City. This book has been re- 
 written and brought up to date in every 
 particular. Every play is thoroughly ex- 
 plained by text and diagram. The 
 numerous illustrations consist of full 
 pages made from photographs of 
 Champion Egan, showing him in all his 
 characteristic attitudes. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 14-Curling 
 
 History of the sport; diagram of curling rink; rules for curling; dia- 
 grams of play. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 23-Canoeing 
 
 By C. Bowyer Vaux. Paddling, sailing, cruising and racing cances 
 and their uses; canoeing and camping. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 27-College Athletics 
 
 M. C. Murphy, the well-known athletic 
 trainer, now with Yale University, the 
 author of this book, has written it especi- 
 ally for the schoolboy and college man, 
 but it is invaluable for the athlete who 
 wishes to excel in any branch of athletic 
 sport. The subjects comprise the follow- 
 ing articles: Training, starting, sprint- 
 ing ; how to train for the quarter, half, 
 
 mile and longer distances; walking; high and broad jumping; hurdling; 
 
 pole vaulting; throwing the hammer. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 29-Exercising With 
 Pulley Weights 
 
 By Dr. Henry S. Anderson, instructor 
 in heavy gymnastics Yale gymnasium, 
 Anderson Normal School, Chautauqua 
 University. In conjunction with a chest 
 machine anyone with this book can be- 
 come perfectly developed. Contains all 
 the various movements necessary to be- 
 come proficient and of well-developed physique. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 40-Archery 
 
 By J. S. Mitchel. An introductory 
 chapter on the use of the bow and arrow; 
 archery of the present day; the bow and 
 how to use it, with practical illustrations 
 on the right and wrong method of aiming. 
 Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 55-Ofncial Sporting Rules 
 
 Contains rules not found in other publications for the government of 
 many sports; rules for wrestling, cross-country running, shuffleboard, 
 skating, snowshoeing, quoits, potato racing, professional racing, rac- 
 quets, pigeon flying, dog racing, pistol and revolver shooting. Price 10 
 cents. 
 
 No.87-Athletic Primer 
 
 Edited by James E. Sullivan, Secretary- 
 Treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union; 
 tells how to organize an athletic club, how 
 to conduct an athletic meeting, and gives 
 rules for the government of athletic meet- 
 ings; contents also include directions for 
 building a track and laying out athletic 
 grounds, and a very instructive article on 
 training ; fully illustrated with pictures of 
 leading athletes in action. Price 10 cents. 
 
 NOi 102-Cround Tumbling 
 
 By Prof. Henry Walter Worth, who was for years physical director of 
 the Armour Institute of Technology. Any boy, by reading this book and 
 following the instructions, which are drawn from life, can become a pro- 
 ficient tumbler; all the various tricks explained. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 104-The Grading of Gymnastic Exercises 
 
 By G. M. Martin, Physical Director of the Y. M. C. A. of Youngstown, 
 Ohio. It is a book that should be in the hands of every physical director 
 of the Y. M. C. A., school, club, college, etc. The contents comprise: 
 The place of the class in physical training; grading of exercises and sea- 
 son schedules— grading of men, grading of exercises, season schedules 
 for various classes, elementary and advanced classes, leaders, optional 
 exercises, examinations, college and school work; calisthenic exercises, 
 graded apparatus exercises and general massed class exercises. Nearly 
 200 pages. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. r24-How to Become a 
 Cymnast 
 
 By Robert Stoll. of the New York A. C, 
 ^he American champion on the flying: 
 rings from 1885 to 1892. Any boy who 
 frequents a g-ymnasium can easily follow 
 the illustrations and instructions in this 
 book and with a little practice become 
 proficient on the horizontal and parallel 
 bars, the trapeze or the "horse." Price 
 10 cents. 
 
 No. 128-How to Row 
 
 By E. J. Giannini, of the New York A. 
 C, one of America's most famous ama- 
 teur oarsmen and champions. This book 
 will instruct any one who is a lover of 
 rowing- how to become an expert. It is 
 fully illustrated, showing how to hold the 
 oars, the finish of the stroke and other 
 information that will prove valuable to 
 J the beginner. Contains also the official 
 
 laws of boat racing: of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. 
 Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 129-Water Polo 
 
 By Gus Sundstrom, instructor at the 
 New York A. C. It treats of every detail, 
 the individual work of the players, the 
 practice of the team, how to throw 
 the ball, with illustrations and many valu- 
 able hints. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 135-OfTicial Handbook 
 of the A. A. U. of the United 
 States 
 
 The A. A. U. is the governing body of 
 athletes in the United States of America, 
 and all games must be held under its rules, 
 which are exclusively published in this 
 handbook, and a copy should be in the 
 hands of every athlete and every club 
 officer in America. This book contains the official rules for running, 
 jumping, weight throwing, hurdling, pole vaulting, swimming, boxing, 
 wrestling, etc., and is an encyclopedia in itself. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 136-OfTicial Y. M. C. A. Handbook 
 
 Edited by G. T. Hepbron, the well-known athletic authority. It contains 
 the official rules governing all sports under the jurisdiction of the Y. M. 
 C. A., a complete report of the physical directors' conference, official 
 Y. M. C. A. scoring tables, pentathlon rules, many pictures of the lead- 
 ing Y. M. C. A. athletes of the country, official Y. M. C. A. athletic 
 rules, constitution and by-laws of the Athletic League of Y. M. C. A., all 
 around indoor test, volley ball rules; illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 138-Offlcial Croquet Guide 
 
 Contains directions for playing, diagrams of important strokes, descrip- 
 tion of grounds, instructions for the beginner, terms used in the game, 
 and the official playing rules. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. t40-Wrestling 
 
 Catch as catch can style. By E. H. Hitchcock, M. D., of Cornell, and 
 R. F. Nelligan, of Amherst College. The book contains nearly seventy 
 illustrations of the different holds, photographed especially and so de- 
 scribed that anybody who desires to become expert in wrestling can with 
 little effort learn every one. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 142-Physical Training Simplified 
 
 By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known physical culture expert. Is a 
 complete, thorough and practical book where the whole man is consid- 
 ered—brain and body. By following the instructions no apparatus is 
 required. The book is adapted for both sexes. The exercises comprise 
 directions as follows: how to stand; how to sit; how to rest; breathing; 
 exercises for the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, hips, knees, 
 ankles; a word about the muscles; the arms and thighs; shoulders and 
 chest; waist; sides; back and abdomen; bowing; bending; twisting; the 
 liver squeezer, etc., etc. Fully illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 143 -Indian Clubs and 
 Dumb-Bells 
 
 Two of the most popular forms of home 
 or gymnasium exercise. This book is 
 written by America's amateur champion 
 club swinger, J. H. Dougherty. It is 
 clearly illustrated, by which any novice 
 can become an expert. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. (49-The Care of the Body 
 
 A book that all who value health should read and follow its instruc- 
 tions. By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well known lecturer and authority on 
 physical culture. The subject is thoroughly treated, as a glance at the 
 following small portion of the contents shows: An all-around athlete; 
 muscular Christianity; eating; diet— various opinions; bill of fare for 
 brain workers; bill of fare for muscle-makers; what to eat and drink; a 
 simple diet; an opinion on brain food; why is food required? drinking wa- 
 ter; nutrition— how food nourishes the body; a day's food, how used; 
 constituents of a day's ration— beefsteak, potatoes bread, butter, water; 
 germs of disease, etc. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 154-Field Hockey 
 
 To those in need of vigorous and health- 
 ful out-of-doors exercise, this game is 
 recommended highly. Its healthful at- 
 tributes are manifold and the interest of 
 player and spectator alike is kept active 
 throughout the progress of the game. 
 The game is prominent in the sports at 
 Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr and 
 other leading colleges. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. (56-The Athlete's Guide 
 
 How to become an athlete. It contains 
 full instructions for the beginner, telling 
 how to sprint, hurdle, jump and throw 
 weights, general hints on training; in fact, 
 this book is one of the most complete on 
 the subject that has ever appeared. 
 Special chapters contain valuable advice 
 to beginners and important A. A. U. rules 
 and their explanations, while the pictures 
 comprise many scenes showing champions in action. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 174-Distance and Cross 
 Country Running 
 
 By George Orton, the famous University 
 of Pennsylvania runner. Tells how to be- 
 come proficient at the quarter, half, mile, 
 the longer distances, and cross-country- 
 running and steeplechasing, with instruc- 
 tions for training and schedules to be ob- 
 served when preparing for a contest. 
 Illustrated with numerous pictures of 
 
 leading athletes in action, with comments by the editor on the good and 
 
 bad points shown. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. r77-How to Swim 
 
 By J. H. Sterrett, the leading authority 
 on swimming in America. The instruc- 
 tions will interest the expert as well as the 
 novice; the illustrations were made from 
 photographs especially posed, showing the 
 swimmer in clear water; a valuable feature 
 is the series of "land drill" exercises for 
 the beginner, which is illustrated by many 
 drawings. The contents comprise: A plea 
 for education in swimming; swimming as an exercise and for develop- 
 ment; land drill exercises; plain swimming; best methods of learning; 
 the breast stroke; breathing; under-arm side stroke; scientific strokes— 
 over-arm side stroke: double over-arm or "trudgeon" stroke; touch- 
 ing and turning; training for racing; ornamental swimming; floating; 
 diving; running header; back dive; diving feet foremost; the propeller; 
 marching on the water; swimming on the back; amateur swimming 
 rules; amateur plunging rules.. Price 10 cents. 
 
 
 No. 178-Hovv to Train for 
 Bicycling 
 
 Gives methods of the best riders when 
 training for long or short distance races; 
 hints on training. Revised and up-to-date 
 in every pax'ticular. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. f80-Ring Hockey 
 
 A new game for the gymnasium, invented by Dr. J. M. Vorhees of 
 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, that has sprung into instant popularity ; as 
 exciting as basket ball. This book contains official rules. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 182-AII-Around Athletics 
 
 Gives in full the method of scoring the All-Around Championship, 
 giving percentage tables showing what each man receives for each per- 
 formance in each of the ten events. It contains as well instructive articles 
 on how to train for the All-Around Championship. Illustrated with many 
 pictures of champions in action and scenes at all-around meets. Price 
 10 cents. 
 
No. 185-Health Hints 
 
 A series of articles by Prof. E. B. Warman, the well known lecturer and 
 authority on physical culture. Prof. Warman treats very interestingly 
 of health influenced by insulation; health influenced by underwear; 
 health influenced by color; exercise, who needs it? Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 187-How to Play Roller Polo 
 
 Edited by J. C. Morse. A full description of the game ; oflficial rules ; 
 pictures of teams ; other articles of interest. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 188-Lawn Hockey, Tether Tennis, Coif Cro- 
 quet, Volley Ball, Hand Tennis, Carden Hockey, 
 Parlor Hockey, Badminton 
 
 Containing the rules for each game. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. l89~Rules for Cames 
 
 Compiled by Jessie H. Bancroft, director of physical training, depart- 
 ment of education. New York City. These games are intended for use 
 at recesses, and all but the team games have been adapted to large 
 classes. Suitable for children from three to eight years, and include a 
 great variety, divided under the general heads of ball games, bean bag 
 games, circle games, singing and miscellaneous games. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 191-How to Punch the 
 Bag 
 
 By W. H. Rothwell ("Young Corbett"), 
 champion featherweight of the world. 
 This book is undoubtedly the best treatise 
 on bag punching that has ever been 
 printed. Every variety of blow used in 
 training is shown and explained. The 
 pictures comprise thirty-three full page 
 reproductions of Young Corbett as he appears while at work in his train- 
 ing quarters. The photographs were taken by our special artist and can- 
 not be seen in any other publication than Spalding's Athletic Library No. 
 191. Fancy bag punching is treated by a well known theatrical bag 
 puncher, who shows the latest tricks. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 193-Howto Play Basket 
 Ball 
 
 By G. T. Hepbron, editor of the Official 
 Basket Ball Guide. Contains full instruc- 
 tions for players, both for the •xpert and 
 the novice, duties of officials, and specially 
 posed full page pictures showing the cor- 
 rect and incorrect methods of playing. 
 The demand for a book of this character 
 is fully satisfied in this publication, as 
 many points are included which could not be incorporated in the annual 
 publication of the Basket Ball Guide for want of room. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 207-Bowling on the 
 Green; or. Lawn Bowls 
 
 How to construct a green ; necessary equip- 
 ment; how to play the game, and the offi- 
 cial rules as promulgated by the Scottish 
 Bowling Association. Edited by Mr. Jamea 
 W. Greig. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 208-Physical Education and Hygiene 
 
 This is the fifth of the Physical Training series, by Prof. E. B. Warman 
 {see Nos. 142, 149, 166 and 185), and a glance at the contents will show the 
 variety of subjects : Chapter I— Basic principles ; longevity. Chapter II 
 —Hints on eating ; food values ; the uses of salt. Chapter HI— Medicinal 
 value of certain foods. Chapter IV— The efficacy of sugar ; sugar, food 
 for muscular work ; eating for strength and endurance ; fish as brain 
 food ; food for the children. Chapter V— Digestibility ; bread ; appen- 
 dicitis due to flour. Chapter VI— Hints on drinking— Water, milk, butter- 
 milk, tea, coffee ; how to remain young. Chapter VII— Hints on bathing ; 
 cold, hot, warm, tepid, salt, sun, air, Russian, Turkish, cabinet. Chapter 
 VIII— Hints on breathing; breathlessness, heart strain, second wind, 
 yawning, the art of yogi. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 209-How to Become a Skater 
 
 Contains advice for beginners; how to become a figure skater thor- 
 oughly explained, with many diagrams showing how to do all the 
 different tricks of the best figure skaters, including the Mohawk, with 
 all its variations; Q's, forward and backward, inside and outside; the 
 crosscuts, including the difficult Swedish style; inside and outside 
 spins; the grapevine, with its numerous branches, and many other styles, 
 which will be comparatively simple to any one who follows the directions 
 given. Profusely illustrated with pictures of prominent skaters and 
 numerous diagrams. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 210-How to Play Foot Ball 
 
 Edited by Walter Camp. The contents embrace everything that a 
 beginner wants to know and many points that an expert will be glad 
 to learn. The pictures are made from snapshots of leading teams and in- 
 dividual players in action, with comments by Walter Camp. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 211 -Spalding's Official 
 Foot Ball Guide 
 
 Edited by Walter Camp. Contains the 
 new rules, with diagram of field as newly 
 arranged; special chapters on the game, 
 foot ball for the spectator. All- America . 
 teams, as selected by leading authorities ; 
 Middle West, Southern, Canadian foot 
 ball, records, and pictures of all the prom- 
 inent teams, embracing nearly 3,000 
 players. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 212-Offlcial Basket Ball 
 Guide 
 
 Edited by George T. Hepbron. Contains 
 the revised official rules, decisions on dis- 
 puted points, records of prominent teams, 
 reports on the game from various parts 
 of the country, and pictures of hundreds 
 of players. The standard basket ball an- 
 nual of the country. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 213-285 Health Answers 
 
 Contents: Necessity for exercise in the summer; three rules for bicy- 
 cling; when going up-hill; sitting out on summer nights ventilating a 
 bedroom; ventilating a house; how to obtain pure air, bathing salt 
 water baths at home; a substitute for ice water; drinking ice water; to 
 cure insomnia; asleep in two minutes; for those who ride wheels; summer 
 outdoor exercise; profuse perspiration; danger of checking perspiration; 
 dress, hot weather, etc., etc. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 2r4-Craded Calisthenics and Dumb-Bell 
 Drills 
 
 By Albert B. Wegener, Physical Director Y. M. C. A., Rochester, N. Y. 
 Ever since graded apparatus work has been used in gymnastics, the ne- 
 cessity of having a mass drill that would harmonize with it has been felt. 
 For years it has been the established custom in most gymnasiums of 
 memorizing a set drill, never varied from one year's end to the other. 
 Consequently the beginner was given the same kind and amount as the 
 older member. With a view to giving uniformity the present treatise is 
 attempted. Price 10 cents 
 
 No. 215-lndoor Base Ball 
 
 America's national game is now vieing with other indoor games as a 
 winter pastime. This book contains the playing rules, pictures of leading 
 teams, and interesting articles on the game. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 216-How to Become a Bowler 
 
 By S. Karpf, Secretary of the American Bowling Congress, and one 
 of the best posted men on bowling in America. Contents: History of the 
 sport; diagrams of effective deliveries; how to bowl; a few hints to be- 
 ginners; American Bowling Congress; the national championships; how 
 to build an alley; how to score; spares— how they are made. Rules for 
 cocked hat, cocked hat and feather, quintet, battle game, nine up and 
 nine down, head pin and four back, ten pins— head pin out, five back, the 
 Newport game, ten pin head pin game, duckpin game, head pin game, 
 Dayton candle (rubber neck) pin game. New England candle pin game. 
 Illustrated with portraits of all the prominent bowlers. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 217-Offlcial Athletic Al- 
 manac 
 
 Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, Chief Depart- 
 ment Physical Culture, Louisiana Purchase 
 Exposition, and Director Olympic Games, 
 1904. The only annual publication now 
 issued that contains a complete list of 
 amateur best-on-records; complete inter- 
 collegiate records; complete English re- 
 cords from 1866; swimming records; inter- 
 scholastic records: Irish, Scotch and Australasian records; reports of 
 leading athletic meets; skating records; important fthletic events and 
 numerous photos of individual athletes and leadmg athletic teams. This 
 year's issue is a special Olympic Games number and contains the only full 
 account of the Olympic Games of 1904, and a review of Anthropological 
 Days at the World's Fair stadium, being the first time on record where 
 athletic events were contested in which savages were the exclusive par- 
 ticipants, thus forming the first authoritative basis for a comparison 
 between the abilities of the civilized athlete and the savage. Price 10 cents. 
 
No.2l8-lce Hockey and Ice Polo 
 
 Written by the most famous player in Canada, A. Farrell, of the 
 Shamrock hockey team of Montreal, It contains a complete description 
 of the game, its origin, points of a good player, and an instructive ar- 
 ticle on how game is played, with diagrams and official rules. Illus- 
 trated with pictures of leading teams. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 219-Base Ball Percen- 
 tage Book 
 
 To supply a demand for a book which 
 would show the percentage of clubs with- 
 out recourse to the arduous work of figur- 
 ing, the publishers of Spalding's Athletic 
 Library have had Mr. John B. Foster, 
 Sporting Editor of the New York Evening 
 Telegram, compile a book which answers 
 every requirement, and which has met 
 
 with the greatest praise for its accuracy and simplicity. No follower of 
 
 the game can afford to be without it. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 220-Officlal Base Ball 
 Guide 
 
 Edited by Henry Chad wick, the " Father 
 of Base Ball," the official publication of 
 base ball. It contains a complete record 
 of all leagues in America, pictures of 
 teams, official rules and reviews of the 
 game. The standard base ball annual of 
 the country. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 221-Spalding's Lawn 
 Tennis Annual 
 
 Contains official statistics, photographs 
 of leading players, special articles on the 
 game, review of important tournaments, 
 official rules, handicapping rules and tab- 
 les; list of fixtures for the current year and 
 other valuable information. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 222-Spalding's Official 
 Cricket Guide 
 
 Edited by Jerome Flannery. The most 
 complete year book of the game that has 
 ever been published in America. It con- 
 tains all the records of the previous year, 
 reports of special matches, official rules 
 and pictures of all the leading teams and 
 individual players. Price 10 cents. 
 
An Encyclopedia of Base Ball 
 
 Attention is called to the following ten numbers of Spalding's Athletic 
 Library, embracing the greatest collection of books of instruction for 
 playing the various positions in the game that has ever been published. 
 These books are entirely new and up-to-date, and contain the latest 
 methods of play, as only last season's star players were consulted in their 
 compilation. Each number is complete in itself and is profusely illus- 
 trated. Be sure and ask for Spalding's Athletic Library. Price 10 cents 
 for each book. For detailed description see following numbers; 
 
 No. 223-How to Bat 
 
 The most important part of ball playing 
 nowadays, outside of pitching, is batting. 
 The team that can bat and has some good 
 pitchers can win base ball games ; there- 
 fore, every boy and young man who has, of 
 course, already learned to catch, should 
 turn his attention to this department of the 
 game, and there is no better way of becom- 
 ing proficient than by reading this book and 
 then constantly practising the little tricks explained therein. It is full of 
 good advice to batsmen, and many good batters will be surprised to find 
 contained in it so many points of which they were unaware. Edited by 
 Jesse F. Matteson of the Chicago American, and profusely illustrated. 
 Price 10 cents. 
 
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 No. 224-How to Play the 
 Outrield. 
 
 Compiled especially for the young player 
 who would become an expert. The best 
 book on playing the outfield that has ever 
 been published. There are just as many 
 tricks to be learned, before a player can 
 be a competent fielder, as there are in any 
 other position on a nine, and this book ex- 
 plains them all. Illustrated with numerous 
 page pictures of leading outfielders. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 225-How to Play First Base 
 
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 No other position on a ball team has 
 shown such a change for the better in 
 recent years as first base. Modifications in 
 line with the betterment of the sport in 
 every department have been made at inter- 
 vals, but in no other department have they 
 been so radical. No boy who plays the 
 initial sack can afford to overlook the points 
 and hints contained in this book. Entirely 
 new and up to date. Illustrated with full 
 page pictures of all the prominent first basemen. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 226-How to Play Second Base 
 
 There are so few men who can cover. 
 
 second base to perfection that their names 
 can easily be called off by anyone who fol- 
 lows the game of base ball. Team owners 
 who possess such players would not part 
 with them for thousands of dollars. These 
 men have been interviewed and their ideas 
 incorporated in this book for the especial 
 benefit of boys who want to know the fine 
 points of play at this point of the diamond. 
 Illustrated with full page pictures. Edited 
 
 by J. E. Wray, sporting editor Globe-Democrat, St. Louis. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 227-How to Play Third Base 
 
 Third base is, in some respects, the most 
 important of the infield. No major league 
 team has ever won a pennant without a 
 great third baseman. Collins of the Boston 
 Americans and Leach of Pittsburg are two 
 of the greatest third basemen the game 
 has ever seen, and their teams owe much 
 of the credit for pennants they have won 
 to them. These men in this book describe 
 just how they play the position. Every- 
 thing a player should know is clearly set 
 
 forth and any boy will surely increase his chances of success by a careful 
 
 reading of this book. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 228-How to Play Short- 
 stop 
 
 Shortstop is one of the hardest positions 
 on the infield to fill, and quick thought and 
 quick action are necessary for a player 
 who expects to make good as a shortstop. 
 The views of every well known player who 
 covers this position have been sought in 
 compiling this book, and it is offered as be- 
 ing the most complete book of its class ever 
 
 produced. The boy who would excel at short needs to study it thoroughly. 
 
 Illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 229-How to Catch 
 
 Undoubtedly the best book on catching 
 that has yet been published. Every boy 
 who has hopes of being a clever catcher 
 should read how well known players cover 
 their position. Among the more noted 
 ones who describe their methods of play in 
 this book are Lou Criger of the Boston 
 Americans, Johnnie Kling of the Chicago 
 Nationals and Jack O'Connor of the St. 
 
 Louis Browns. The numerous pictures in the book comprise those of all 
 
 the noted catchers in the big leagues. Price 10 cents. 
 
No. 230-How to Pitch 
 
 A new, up-to-date book. Published for 
 the first time this year. No boy can afford 
 to be without a copy of it. Edited by John 
 B. Foster of the Evening Telegram (New 
 York). The object of this book is to aid 
 the beginners who aspire to become clever 
 twirlers, and its contents are the practical 
 teaching of men who have reached the top 
 as pitchers, and who have had experience, 
 both as members of the best clubs playing 
 base ball and as contenders against teams 
 that have enjoyed national reputations, Cy Young, the famous Boston 
 American pitcher, whose steadiness in the box is proverbial, gives advice 
 on control of the ball and tells what a boy should do to obtain it; Sam 
 Leever of the Pittsburgs shows how to pitch the outcurve; William Di- 
 neen of the Boston Americans tells how to pitch an inshoot; Thomas 
 Hughes gives hints on pitching the drop; Joe McGinnity, the "iron man," 
 of the New York Nationals, explains how he uses his successful raise 
 ball and his famous "cross fire"; Christy Mathewson, tfee pride of the 
 New York Polo Grounds, discusses the body swing; Frank Hahn, who is 
 left-handed, has something of interest to those who use that member; 
 John J. McGraw, New York Giants' brilliant manager, discourses on the 
 pitcher as a fielder, and as he started in his base ball career as a twirler, 
 his advice has grounds for attention; Al Orth, the "curveless wonder," 
 tells how to make a batter do what you want him to do; John Powell ex- 
 plains how to act when runners are on bases; Charley Nichols, the former 
 pitcher of the Boston Nationals and now manager of the St. Louis Na- 
 tionals, describes the jump ball; Frank Sparks treats of change of pace, 
 and Jack Chesbro, the star of the New York Americans' pitching corps, 
 describes at length the "spit" ball, of which he is so famous an exponent. 
 The book is profusely illustrated. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 231-How to Coach; How to Captain a Team; 
 How to Manage a Team; How to Umpire: How 
 to Organize a League. 
 
 A useful guide to all who are interested 
 in the above subjects. Jimmy Collins, 
 manager-captain of the Boston Americans, 
 writes on coaching; M. J. Kelly of the St. 
 Paul champions, on captaining; Al Buck- 
 enberger of the Boston Nationals, on 
 managing; Frank Dwyer of the American 
 League stafi', on umpiring; Fred Lake on 
 minor leagues, and the editor of the book, 
 T. H. Murnane, President of the Nev/ 
 England League, on how to organize a league. Price 10 cents. 
 
 No. 232-How to Run the Bases 
 
 The importance of base running as a 
 scientific feature of the national game is 
 becoming more and more recognized each 
 year. Besides being spectacular, feats of 
 base stealing nearly always figure in the 
 winning of a game. Many a close contest 
 i s decided on the winning of that little strip 
 of 90 feet which lies between cushions. 
 When hits are few and the enemy's pitchers 
 steady, it becomes incumbent on the op- 
 posing team to get around the bases in 
 some manner. Effective stealing not only increases the effectiveness of 
 
the team by advancing its runners without wasting hits, but it 
 to materially disconcert the enemy and frequently has caused an entire 
 opposing club to temporarily lose its poise and throw away the game. 
 This book gives clear and concise directions for excelling as a base runner; 
 tells when to run and when not to do so ; how and when to slide ; team 
 work on the bases ; in fact, every point of the game is thoroughly ex- 
 plained. In addition such clever men as Harry Bay, the fleet footed 
 Clevelander; Frank Chance, Bill Dahlen and Hans Wagner describe their 
 methods of action. Illustrated with pictures of leading players. Price 
 10 cents. 
 
 No. 233— Jiu Jitsu 
 
 A complete description of this famous Japanese system of self-defence. 
 Each move thoroughly explained and illustrated with numerous full page 
 pictures of Messrs. A. Minami and K. Koyama, two of the most famous 
 exponents of the Jiu Jitsu in America, who posed especially for this 
 book. Be sure and ask for the Spalding Athletic Library book on Jiu 
 Jitsu. Price 10 cents. 
 
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