I have a Spalding Guide or Spalding Record, or a Reach Guide with a pic of him, somewhere. I don't recall which year. I've been watching for a card of his for years; have not found one.
I have a H&B bat of his, bought back when H&B was selling off their old pattern bats. It has "WAKEFIELD" at the end of the barrel. It's very long, slender, I think it's hickory. I had a shot at buying several different bats, but the cost limited me to two: Howard Wakefield's which is with me, and Ernie Orsatti's, which is on loan to the St. Louis Baseball HOF.
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