Thread: c1889-90 Spalding Catalog - WAGON TONGUE BAT questions
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Old 04-25-2009, 09:32 AM
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Default c1889-90 Spalding Catalog - WAGON TONGUE BAT questions
Posted By: Rhys

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I forget where I saw it, but at one time I do remember seeing an advertisement in a Spalding publication where they were buying wagon tongues to make bats out of. It went something like

"BUYING, 10,000 Wagon Tongues to make our celebrated Spalding Wagon Tongue Bats" and then it gave some sort of price they were paying.

So I think that the answer is yes, they really were made from old wagon tongues and that kept their price down.

I have a few of these, one I just barely put up for sale on ebay. They are slightly later than the black tipped version, but still a 1890's bat I belive.

Rhys

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