Beginning of softball

[vintagesportscollector]

Hi Bill. nice pickups. The ball appears to be about c.1930 - a little further research could probably confirm that based on that Winchester box design.

Those early multi-color stitched softballs are not in great demand as a collectible, but I find them to be cool display items, and have a few (pics below).

It is hard to tell from your pics much about the bats. Can you post a full picture of the bats?

The feature that most defines an early indoor baseball bat is that they were much thinner than a regular bat, designed to have a smaller batting surface. I've typically seen them around 32". There were a lot of bats designed for recreational, playground, youth, or indoor use, so it may be hard to ever confirm if your bats were necessarily intended for indoor rules use.

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[billyb]

Thanks Joe,
I was suspicious that it was later then 1900s softball because of the stitching. So now for the bats. Lighting is not too good down here in my mancave, so I won't be able to get a good natural light photo of them until tomorrow, but here is what I have. On the left I placed a 1940s H & B Leader bat only to give you all a normal bat to compare the others to.

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