are Spalding black-tipped “Wagon Tongue” bats, first introduced by the sporting goods manufacturer in early 1888. But, more remarkably, close examination of the bat on the right reveals it to be quite ...

In 1876, at the time of the company's inception, Spalding was a pitcher, first baseman and Manager for the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. Gloves, once seen as unmasculine, were ...

Spalding brand baseball, marked "Official League Ball - Adopted by the National League." It was patented Feb 27, 1883 (U.S. Patent 272984). The National League formed in 1876 and the American League, ...

29, 1923. Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide editorialized in favor of the purchase: “From a sentimental standpoint, we hope that Cooperstown purchases the field if it is the will of the city to do so ...

Several players throughout the history of baseball were severely injured or killed by errant ... One of the most influential early adopters of the glove was first baseman Albert Spalding, who went on ...

“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Al Spalding HOF, Len ...

Bill Spalding is being honored posthumously with induction into the Oroville Union High School District 2024 Hall of Fame for ...

DeMatha quarterback Denzel Gardner and his teammates will provide a major test to an emerging Archbishop Spalding football team, when the Stags visit the Cavaliers in a heavyweight high school ...

1) Albert Spalding (1850) A pitcher in the National Association from ... His contributions to the game included the sporting goods business he ran with his brother Walter, a series of baseball guides ...

Flushed out of the pocket by the DeMatha rush, Archbishop Spalding’s senior quarterback saw a lane — until the Stags closed it off. Rolling to his left, Washington then spied wide receiver ...

More than 20 years ago, Esperanza Spalding was an undergraduate at Boston’s Berklee College of Music hosting a dinner party. She had begun playing bass just a few years earlier. It would be ...