Like the internet, if it's in an auction catalog it must be true.
if you take your time to read through auction descriptions they tell you they aren't really sure. In one instance, Mears tells you that the first was a Wagner, then a Cobb.
They list a Cobb article from December 20, 1913 asking H&B to come up with a cork bat for use in 1914
One of their other reserchers says because the copyright say September 1914 then the bats were not used till the 1915 season.
Logic would tell you that like anyone, players would not experiment with new things during the season, but they would try stuff out in spring training.
Is that where the pictures come from?
if the bats are to the players specs? Then haven't the specs changed as they have now added weight, ever so small to the handle of the bat.
If you add cork or another substance to the handle hasn't the grip become bigger or did they cut down on the handle so it was the same thickness as a non cork bat.
If so then they are not the same specs
why buy a question?
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