KrenBats
01-07-2014, 08:39 AM
In doing some unrelated research, I came across a 1934 Horace Partridge catalog that offered a line of Kren bats. I recently picked up a Haverford 2 Kren bat thinking that is was a college bat (Haverford College is a liberal arts college founded in 1833) but was surprised to see that is was a store model offered by Horace Partridge. I have not found this specific bat offered by any other retailers at that time. To date, I've found that Kren supplied their bats to the following sporting goods stores:
Horace Partridge (Boston, MA)
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. (only 1923)
Johnny Evers Sporting Goods, (Albany, NY)
Alexander Grant & Son's (Syracuse)
Jos. C Zacko Sporting Goods (PA)
Syracuse Collegiate Supplies Company (Syracuse, NY)
Babcock, Hinds and Underwood
Harold's, (Syracuse, NY)
The WM N. Gregorie Co (Buffalo, NY)
Wallace & Cook, Inc. (?)
If anyone is aware of any other Sporting Goods companies that offered Kren bats, I'd love to hear it.
Horace Partridge (Boston, MA)
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. (only 1923)
Johnny Evers Sporting Goods, (Albany, NY)
Alexander Grant & Son's (Syracuse)
Jos. C Zacko Sporting Goods (PA)
Syracuse Collegiate Supplies Company (Syracuse, NY)
Babcock, Hinds and Underwood
Harold's, (Syracuse, NY)
The WM N. Gregorie Co (Buffalo, NY)
Wallace & Cook, Inc. (?)
If anyone is aware of any other Sporting Goods companies that offered Kren bats, I'd love to hear it.