Circa 1910 Undersized baseball

[vintagesportflips]

I posted the photo of this baseball a couple of months ago in the pick up thread. I haven't been trying to find other similarly sized balls via online searchs, but have come up empty. I bought the ball with a red and blue stitch baseball and other circa 1910 to 1920 equipment. The smaller one is probably just about a 1/2 inch less in diameter than the other ball. Has anyone seen a smaller ball like this one? Did they make smaller sized balls for kids in the 1910 to 1920 time period? I know newer little league balls are the same size as regular balls, and it doesn't make sense to make them smaller for kids as they'd be harder to hit anyway. Any thoughts on this ball?

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp36/VintagePigskin/baseballs.jpg

[william_9]

That's a junior baseball. It was fairly common for companies to offer a slightly smaller ball for kids. Some companies still do.

[vintagesportflips]

Thanks William,
I didn't realize they made smaller baseballs, thanks for the help.