Bat identification
Keith,
You've got some nice examples of Spalding, Reach, and H & B bats.
1. The Bingo bat is from the 1920's and is dated by the "question marks" on either end of the label. You can also find H & B Liberty and King of the Field bats also with the same question marks.
2. The Spalding model 200 would date from the 1910's to the mid 20's. Often the thickness of the handle can help narrow the date. In general, the thicker the handle, the earlier the bat.
3. The Reach 87 is a child's model (the 83 was the adult model) bat from the 1910's to the early 20's.
4. The Spalding Axle Tree bat is from 1880's to early 1890's and is made from an old wagon axle tree. Spalding used to advertise that they would pay for old wagon tongues and axle trees, as they were extremely hard and made excellent bats.
John Harrell
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