COMBINATIONS

36. A succession of No. 5. 37. A combination of Nos. 2 and 3. 38. A succession of No. 6. 39. A combination of Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 11. 40. A combination of Nos. 11 and 8. 41. A combination of Nos. 10 and 8.

Home Apparatus

“It is not so important to have big muscles as it is to have good digestion; it is not so important to have powerful muscles as it is, to have a strong, regular heart; it is not so important to have great skill with one’s muscles as to have good lungs and kidneys.”—Extract from Spalding Athletic Library No. 161—“Ten Minutes’ Exercise for Busy Men.”

The value of a few minutes’ exercise daily with scientific and properly designed apparatus, is rapidly becoming apparent to the vast number of business men who find it simply impossible to take regular outdoor exercise.

Spalding Gold Medal Indian Clubs

Model, material and finish as perfect as the most complete and up-to-date factory can make them.

Natural Color, Lathe Polished, High Finish,

Spalding Gold Medal Indian Clubs are made of selected first grade clear maple, in two popular models and are perfect in balance. Each club bears fac-simile of the Spalding Gold Medal. Each pair is wrapped in paper bag.

Model E

Model B

MODEL E
Weights specified are for each club.
½lb.Model E.Pair,$ .60
¾lb.Model E.Pair,.60
1lb.Model E.Pair,.70
1½lb.Model E.Pair,.80
2lb.Model E.Pair,1.00
3lb.Model E.Pair,1.20
MODEL B
Weights specified are for each club.
½lb.Model B.Pair,$ .50
¾lb.Model B.Pair,.50
1lb.Model B.Pair,.55
1½lb.Model B.Pair,.60
2lb.Model B.Pair,.70
3lb.Model B.Pair,1.00

Spalding Trade-Mark Indian Clubs

Stained Finish.

The following clubs bear our Trade-Mark, are made of good material, and are far superior in shape and finish to the best clubs of other makes. Furnished in two popular models. Each pair wrapped in paper bag.

Model ES

Model BS

MODEL ES
Weights specified are for each club.
½lb.Model ES.Pair,$ .35
¾lb.Model ES.Pair,.35
1lb.Model ES.Pair,.40
1½lb.Model ES.Pair,.50
2lb.Model ES.Pair,.60
3lb.Model ES.Pair,.70
MODEL BS
Weights specified are for each club.
½lb.Model BS.Pair,$ .30
¾lb.Model BS.Pair,.30
1lb.Model BS.Pair,.35
1½lb.Model BS.Pair,.45
2lb.Model BS.Pair,.55
3lb.Model BS.Pair,.65

No. A

No. AA

Spalding Exhibition Clubs

Handsomely finished in ebonite and made for exhibition and stage purposes. The clubs are hollow, with a large body, and although extremely light, represent a club weighing three pounds or more.

No. A. Ebonite finish.$3.50
No. AA. With German Silver Bands.Pair, $5.00

No. 1

Spalding Indian Club and Dumb Bell Hangers

Made of iron and nicely japanned.

No. 1. For Indian Clubs or Dumb Bells.Per pair, 16c.
No. 1M. For Indian Clubs or Dumb Bells, mounted on oak strips.Per pair, 25c.

Spalding Gold Medal Wood Dumb Bells

There is Skill Used in Turning Spalding Dumb Bells. They Feel Right

Because They Are So

Natural Color, Lathe Polished, High Finish

Model A

Spalding Gold Medal Dumb Bells are made of selected first grade clear maple, and are perfect in balance. Each bell bears fac-simile of the Spalding Gold Medal. Each pair is wrapped in paper bag. Weights specified are for each bell.

½ lb.¾ lb.1 lb.1½ lb.2 lb.
Pair,40c.45c.50c.55c.65c.

Spalding Trade-Mark Wood Dumb Bells

Stained Finish

Model AW

Spalding Trade-Mark quality. Made of good material and superior in shape and finish to the best wood dumb bells of other makes. Each pair wrapped in paper bag. Weights specified are for each bell.

½ lb.¾ lb.1 lb.1½ lb.2 lb.
Pair,30c.30c.35c.45c.55c.

Spalding Iron Dumb Bells

Made on approved models, nicely balanced and finished in black enamel.

Sizes 2 to 40 pounds,6c.
Over 40 pounds,8c.
Bar Bells, any weight, wrought iron handles, any length made specially.Pound, 10c.

Spalding Nickel-Plated Dumb Bells

Nickel-plated and polished.

1N. 1 lb.$ .25
2N. 2 lb..50
3N. 3 lb..65
4N. 4 lb..75
5N. 5 lb.1.00

Spalding Nickel-Plated Dumb Bells

With Rubber Bands

Nickel-plated and polished.

1B. 1 lb.$ .65
2B. 2 lb..75
3B. 3 lb.1.00
4B. 4 lb.1.15
5B. 5 lb.1.25

Savage Bar Bell—Especially designed by Dr. Watson L. Savage.

Model S. Has large pear-shaped ends with a flexible hickory shaft ½-inch in diameter, producing a vibratory exercise, similar to that obtained with the French wand.Per dozen, $6.00

Spalding Ash Bar Bells

No. 2. Selected material, highly polished, 5 feet long.Per dozen, $5.00

Spalding School Wand

No. 3. 3½ feet long. Made of straight grain maple.Per dozen, $1.30

Spalding Calisthenic Wand

No. 4. 4½ feet long. 1-inch diameter.Per dozen, $1.60

Home Apparatus

“If a man gets plenty of food, and his digestive apparatus works it up into good rich blood; if the heart is strong and regular so that this good blood goes to all parts of the body with vigor and regularity, and if the respiratory and excretory apparatus is in such good order that this blood is kept pure, the fundamental conditions of health are laid.”—“Extracts from Spalding Athletic Library No. 161.”—“Ten Minutes’ Exercise for Busy Men.”

Rational exercise with simple but correct apparatus will enable almost any man to arrive at approximately a correct state of health.

SPALDING IMPROVED MEDICINE BALLS

An excellent form of exercise for business men

Weigh from four to eleven pounds. The covering is of selected tan leather, sewn in the same manner as our foot balls. Quality throughout has been much improved and the balls as now made are extremely durable. The exercise consists of throwing ball to one another, and the catching of it develops the chest, exercises the back, arms, legs; in fact, improves the whole system.

No. 11. 4-pound Ball.Each, $5.00
No. 12. 6-pound Ball.Each, 6.00
No. 13. 9-pound Ball.Each, 7.00
No. 14. 11-pound Ball.Each, 10.00

Home Apparatus

“One of the aims of physical training is to make exercise interesting and enjoyable. To be beneficial in the highest sense it must be recreative. Particularly is this true of physical exercise for business men. As a class, in their daily work, they are kept on a constant mental strain. Besides, they are, to a large degree, physically inactive. Life becomes too intense, too serious, too sordid. Exercise therefore, for business men, must be largely recreative, relaxing and restful.”—Extract from Spalding Athletic Library, No. 262—“Exercises with the Medicine Ball.”

SPALDING HAND BALLS

Hand ball, played indoors, will keep base ball players and other athletes in good condition during hard weather when outdoor athletics are out of the question.

The leather-covered hand balls we make are wound by hand, and are the same as those used by the best ball players in this country.

No. 1. Match, regulation size and weight, leather cover.Each, $1.25
No. 2. Expert, leather cover..85
No. 6. Rubber, best quality, almost solid..40
No. 4. Amateur, leather cover..25
No. 5. Rubber hand ball..25

The Irish Regulation Balls have been improved in quality and will give excellent satisfaction.

Red Ace, Irish Regulation red rubber ball.Each, 50c.
Black Ace, Irish Regulation black rubber ball.Each, 50c.

For other balls suitable for Hand Ball Game, see page devoted to Lawn Tennis Balls.

Spalding Hand Ball Gloves and Mitts

No. A. Gloves. Best quality glove leather with stitched front and special wrist pad.Pair, $4.00
No. B. Mitts. Lightly padded.3.00
No. C. Gloves. Full fingered.1.50
No. D. Fingerless Gloves..75

Sandow’s Patent

Spring Grip

Dumb Bells

EUGEN SANDOW, Patentee.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS.

SOLE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN LICENSEES

An entire system of Physical Culture is embraced within the exercises possible with these wonderful dumb bells.

The bells are made in two halves connected by steel springs, the effort necessary in gripping compelling the pupil to continually devote his whole mind to each movement. This concentration of will power on each muscle involved is what is responsible for the great results obtained through properly exercising with them.

No. 6. MEN’S

No. 4. LADIES’

No. 2. BOYS’

Sandow’s Patent Spring Grip Dumb Bells

No. 6. MEN’S. Nickel-plated; fitted with seven steel springs.Per pair, $3.00
No. 4. LADIES’. Nickel-plated; fitted with five steel springs.Per pair, $2.50
No. 2. BOYS’. Nickel-plated; fitted with four steel springs.Per pair, $2.00

We include with each pair of Sandow Dumb Bells a chart of exercises by Sandow and full instructions for using. Also a piece of selvyt cloth for keeping dumb bells in good condition.

Spalding Home Apparatus

Exercise acts on the health of an individual in the same way as the draught does on the fire in a furnace. Pile on the coal and shut off the draught and you kill the fire. Continue to eat heavy meals and take no exercise and your health will be affected, not because of the food you have eaten so much as on account of the lack of exercise. A little exercise is all that is necessary to keep you in good condition. Some rational, pleasant and interesting exercise, persisted in with regularity and, preferably, with Spalding Home Apparatus, will help you to retain your health.

Spalding Chest Weight No. 2

An ideal machine for home use. Well made and easy running. Rods are ⅜-inch coppered spring steel. Bearings are hardened steel cone points running in soft, gray iron, noiseless and durable. Weight carriage packed with felt, good for long wear, but easily removed and replaced when necessary without the use of glue or wedges of any kind. Weight carriage strikes on rubber bumpers. Weights are 5-pound iron dumb-bells, one to each carriage, and may be removed and used as dumb bells. Wall and floor boards are hard wood, nicely finished and stained. All castings heavily japanned. Every part of machine guaranteed free of defect.

No. 2.Each. $5.00

Spalding Chest Weight No. 12

We have just added this very well-made machine to our line. Cast iron parts are all nicely japanned. The wheels are iron, turned true on centers, and have hardened steel cone point bearings. The guide rods are spring steel, copper-plated. The weight carriage has removable felt bushings, noiseless and durable. Each handle is equipped with 10 lbs. of weights.

No. 12.Each, $10.00

Showing important details of Construction of No. 12 Machine.

THE SPALDING TRADE-MARK IS PLACED UPON EVERY GENUINE SPALDING ARTICLE. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE.

The Laflin Friction Rowing Machine

Do not use oil on friction cylinder. If its action is not perfectly smooth a little clear soap rubbed on its surface will properly correct its action. The means used to produce the resistance is a simple friction clutch, which takes instant hold at the commencement of the stroke and retains the pressure till its completion, when it instantly releases it precisely as in a boat. Quickly taken apart without loosening any bolts or screws. Each machine is adjustable to any amount of friction or resistance.

No. 119.Complete, $16.00

Home Apparatus

The apparatus listed in this catalogue is designed particularly for private use; i. e., in homes and private gymnasiums. It retains the same superior marks of quality which distinguish the regular line of gymnasium apparatus manufactured by A. G. Spalding & Bros., but its distinctive design permits it to be sold at a price more in keeping with its use than heretofore obtainable, without any sacrifice of practical value or durability.

Kerns’ Rowing Machine

Operated just like rowing a boat

Suitable alike for the Athlete or the ordinary Man or Woman

The ideal boat for home use and training purposes. Used by the leading athletic clubs, colleges and prominent oarsmen of the world, and pronounced the most perfect rowing machine ever produced. Fitted with the Kerns’ Patent Roller Seat and Shoes, the shoes having a three-inch adjustment, to suit either a tall or a short person. By turning a thumb-nut the belt can be tightened to any desired degree, and more or less friction thrown into the running parts, imitating the resistance which exists when forcing a row-boat through the water. The weaker sex can use the machine by simply loosening the thumb-nut which reduces the resistance; and on the other hand, by reversing the operation the resistance can be so increased that the strongest athlete can have any amount of resistance. The oars are pivoted in such a way that the operator can handle and turn them the same as he would during the return and feathering motion with a boat oar.

Spalding New and Improved Worsted Jerseys

Following sizes carried in stock regularly in all qualities: 28 to 44 inch chest.

Other sizes at an advanced price.

Jerseys are being used more
and more by base ball players,
especially for early
Spring and late Fall games.
The Spalding line includes a
complete assortment of
styles and qualities.

We allow two inches for stretch in all our Jerseys, and sizes are marked accordingly. It is suggested, however, that for very heavy men a size about two inches larger than coat measurement be ordered to insure a comfortable fit.

STOCK COLORS

PLAIN COLORS—The following stock colors are supplied in our worsted jerseys (NOT Nos. 6 or 6X) at regular prices. Other colors to order only in any quality (EXCEPT Nos. 6 and 6X). 25c. each extra.

Gray

Orange

Black

White

Maroon

Scarlet

Cardinal

Navy Blue

Royal Blue

Columbia Blue

Peacock Blue

Dark Green

Olive Green

Irish Green

Pink

Purple

Yellow

Seal Brown

Old Gold

Drab

No. 1P. Full regular made; that is, fashioned or knit to exact shape on the machine and then put together by hand, altogether different from cutting them out of a piece of material and sewing them up on a machine as are the majority of garments known as Jerseys. Special quality worsted. Solid stock colors.Each, $4.50
No. 10P. Worsted, fashioned. Solid stock colors,Each, $3.00
No. 12P. Worsted; solid stock colors.Each, $2.75
No. 12XB. Boys’ Jersey. Worsted. Furnished in sizes 26 to 36 inches chest measurement only. Solid stock colors only. No special orders.Each, $2.00

SPECIAL NOTICE

We will furnish any of the above solid color Jerseys (except Nos. 6 and 6X), with one color body and another color (not striped) collar and cuffs in stock colors only at no extra charge.

Nos. 1P, 10P and 12P

Spalding Cotton Jerseys

No. 6. Cotton, good quality, fashioned, roll collar, full-length sleeves. Colors: Black, Navy Blue, Gray and Maroon only.Each, $1.00
No. 6X. Cotton, same as No. 6, but with striped sleeves in following combinations only: Navy with White or Red stripe; Black with Orange or Red stripe; Maroon with White stripe.Each, $1.25

Woven Letters, Numerals or Designs

We weave into our best grade Jerseys, No. 1P, Letters, Numerals and Designs in special colors

as desired. Prices quoted on application. Designs submitted.

PRICES SUBJECT TO ADVANCE WITHOUT NOTICE

Spalding Coat Jerseys

Following sizes carried in stock regularly in all qualities: 28 to 44 inch chest. Other sizes at an advanced price.

We allow two inches for stretch in all our Jerseys, and sizes are marked accordingly. It is suggested, however, that for very heavy men a size about two inches larger than coat measurement be ordered to insure a comfortable fit.

STOCK COLORS

Gray

Orange

Black

White

Maroon

Scarlet

Cardinal

Navy

Royal Blue

Columbia Blue

Peacock Blue

Dark Green

Olive Green

Irish Green

Pink

Purple

Yellow

Seal Brown

Old Gold

Drab

PLAIN COLORS—The above stock colors are supplied in our worsted jerseys (NOT Nos. 6 or 6X) at regular prices. Other colors to order only in any quality (EXCEPT Nos. 6 or 6X) 25c. each extra.

STRIPES AND TRIMMINGS—Supplied as specialised in any of the above stock colors (not more than two colors in any garment) at regular prices. Other colors to order only in any quality (EXCEPT Nos. 6 or 6X) 25c. each extra.

Nos. 10C and 12C

No. 10CP

The Spalding Coat Jerseys are made of the same worsted yarn from which we manufacture our better grade Jerseys, Nos. 10P and 12P, and no pains have been spared to turn them out in a well-made and attractive manner. Plain solid stock colors (not striped) or one solid stock color body and sleeves with different stock color solid trimming (not striped) on cuffs, collar and front edging. Pearl buttons.

No. 10C. Same grade as our No. 10P.Each. $3.50
No. 12C. Same grade as our No. 12P.Each. $3.00
No. 10CP. Pockets, otherwise same as No. 10C.Each, $4.25

Nos. 10PW and 12PW

No. 12PV

Spalding Striped and V-Neck Jerseys

Note list of stock colors above

No. 10PW. Good quality worsted, same grade as No. 10P. Solid stock color body and sleeves, with 6-inch stock color stripe around body.Each, $3.50
No. 12PW. Worsted; solid stock color body and sleeves with 6-inch stock color stripe around body.Each, $3.00
No. 10PX. Good quality worsted, fashioned; solid stock color body, with stock color striped sleeves, usually alternating two inches of same color as body, with narrow stripes of any other stock color.Each, $3.50
No. 12PV Worsted, solid stock colors, with V-neck instead of full collar as on regular jerseys.Each, $3.00
No. 12PX. Worsted, solid stock color body, with stock color striped sleeves, usually alternating two inches of same color as body, with narrow stripes of any other stock color.Each, $3.00

Nos. 10PX and 12PX

SPALDING Automobile SWEATER

Collar Turned Up

Collar Turned Down

No. WJ. Most satisfactory and comfortable style for automobilists; also useful for training purposes, reducing weight, tramping during cold weather, golfing, shooting, tobogganing, snowshoeing; in fact, for every purpose where a garment is required to give protection from cold or inclement weather. High collar that may be turned down, changing it into neatest form of button front sweater. Highest quality special heavy weight worsted. Sizes, 28 to 44 inches. In stock colors.Each, $8.50

PLAIN COLORS—All Spalding Sweaters are supplied in any of the colors designated, at regular prices. Other colors to order only in any quality, 50c. each garment extra.

SPECIAL NOTICE—We will furnish any of the solid color sweaters with one color body and another color (not striped) collar and cuffs in stock colors only at no extra charge.

N. B.—We designate three shades which are sometimes called RED: These are Scarlet, Cardinal and Maroon. Where RED is specified on order Scarlet will be supplied.

STOCK COLORS

Gray

Orange

Black

White

Maroon

Scarlet

Cardinal

Navy

Royal Blue

Columbia Blue

Peacock Blue

Dark Green

Olive Green

Irish Green

Pink

Purple

Yellow

Seal Brown

Old Gold

Drab

Spalding “Highest Quality” Sweaters

We allow four inches for stretch in all our sweaters, and sizes are marked accordingly. It is suggested, however, that for very heavy men a size about two inches larger than coat measurement be ordered to insure a comfortable fit.

WORSTED SWEATERS. Made of special quality wool, and exceedingly soft and pleasant to wear. They are full fashioned to body and arms and put together by hand, not simply stitched up on a machine as are the majority of garments sold as regular made goods.

All made with 9-inch collars; sizes 28 to 44 inches.

No. AA. The proper style for use after heavy exercise, inducing copious perspiration, for reducing weight or getting into condition for athletic contests. Particularly suitable also for Foot Ball and Skating. Heaviest sweater made. In stock colors.Each. $9.00
No. A. “Intercollegiate.” In stock colors. Special weight.7.00
No. B. Heavy weight. In stock colors.6.00

Front View

Back View

Spalding Combined Knitted Muffler and Chest Protector

No. M. Special weight; highest quality worsted in solid stock colors to match our sweaters.Each, $1.25

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

WITHOUT NOTICE

Shaker Sweater

In Stock Colors
Sizes 30 to 44 in.

Fills a demand for as heavy a weight as our “Highest Quality” grade, but at a lower price.

No. 3. Standard weight, slightly lighter than No. B.Each, $4.00

Spalding Vest Collar Sweater

No. BG. Best quality worsted, good weight; with extreme open or low neck. In stock colors.Ea., $6.00

SPALDING JACKET SWEATERS

STOCK COLORS PLAIN COLORS—All Spalding Sweaters are supplied in any of the following stock colors at regular prices. Other colors to order only in any quality 50c. each extra.

GRAY

ORANGE

BLACK

WHITE

MAROON

SCARLET

CARDINAL

NAVY BLUE

ROYAL BLUE

COLUMBIA BLUE

PEACOCK BLUE

DARK GREEN

OLIVE GREEN

IRISH GREEN

PINK

PURPLE

YELLOW

SEAL BROWN

OLD GOLD

DRAB

SPECIAL NOTICE—We will furnish any of the solid color sweaters mentioned below with one color body and another color (not striped) collar and cuffs in stock colors only at no extra charge. This does not apply to the No. 3JB Boys’ Sweater.

Sizes 28 to 44 inch chest measurement. We allow four inches for stretch in all our sweaters, and sizes are marked accordingly. It is suggested, however, that for very heavy men a size about two inches larger than coat measurement be ordered to insure a comfortable fit.

No. VGP

No. VG. Showing special trimmed edging and cuffs supplied, if desired, on jacket sweaters at no extra charge.

BUTTON FRONT
No. VG. Best quality worsted, heavy weight, pearl buttons. Made in regular stock colors, also in Dark Brown Mixture.Each, $7.00
No. DJ. Fine worsted, standard weight, pearl buttons, fine knit edging. Made in regular stock colors, also in Sage Gray.Each, $6.00
No. 3J. Standard weight wool, Shaker knit, pearl buttons. In stock colors.Each, $5.00
WITH POCKETS
No. VGP. Best quality worsted, heavy weight, pearl buttons. In stock colors. With pocket on either side and a particularly convenient and popular style for golf players.Each, $7.50

No. CDW

No. 3JB

Spalding Special Base Ball Sweaters

No. CDW. Good quality worsted, ribbed knit. In stock colors. Special trimmed edging and cuffs in stock colors supplied at no extra charge.Each, $5.50

Boys’ Jacket Sweater

No. 3JB. This is an all wool jacket sweater, with pearl buttons; furnished only in sizes from 30 to 36 inches chest measurement. In stock colors.Each, $3.50

Spalding Ladies’ Sweaters

Knit in the Spalding athletic stitch of best quality long fibre worsted; full fashioned to shape of body on special machine and finished by hand. Cuffs, pocket and edging of special stitch. Good quality pearl buttons. Patch pockets. Attractive in appearance and, being properly made, they fit well and give satisfactory wear. Furnished in regular stock colors.

No. LDJ. Ladies’ Sweater, regular button front.Each, $8.00
No. LWJ. With special reversible collar, as on our Men’s No. WJ Automobile Sweater.Each, $10.00

The Spalding Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball

This is the ONLY OFFICIAL COLLEGE FOOT BALL, and is used in every important match played in this country. Guaranteed absolutely if seal of box is unbroken. We pack with leather case and guaranteed pure Para rubber bladder (no composition), an inflater, lacing needle and rawhide lace.

No. J5. Complete, $5.00

WE GUARANTEE every Spalding Foot Ball to be perfect in material and workmanship and correct in shape and size when inspected at our factory. If any defect is discovered during the first game in which it is used, or during the first day’s practice use, and if returned at once, we will replace same under this guarantee. We do not guarantee against ordinary wear nor against defect in shape or size that is not discovered immediately after the first day’s use.

Owing to the superb quality of every Spalding Foot Ball, our customers have grown to expect a season’s use of one ball, and at times make unreasonable claims under our guarantee which we will not allow.

Spalding All-Steel Playground Apparatus

Acknowledged as the Standard. Specified and purchased by practically all Municipal Park and Playground Commissions in America.

Correspondence Invited.

Special Plans and Estimates on Request.

SPALDING PLAYGROUND APPARATUS IS USED IN

Alameda, Cal.

Allegheny, Pa.

Ashburnham, Mass.

Baltimore, Md.

Bayonne, N. J.

Bloomfield, N. J.

Boston, Mass.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Buffalo, N. Y.

Catskill, N. Y.

Chicago, Ill.

Cincinnati, O.

Cleveland, O.

Dallas, Texas

Dayton, O.

Denver, Col.

Dongan Hills, N. Y.

East Orange, N. J.

Forest Park, Md.

Ft. Plain, N. Y.

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Galesburg, Ill.

Geneva, N. Y.

Greeley, Col.

Hamilton, Ontario, Can.

Havana, Cuba

Hoboken, N. J.

Jersey City, N. J.

Kansas City, Mo.

Kentfield, Cal.

Lancaster, Pa.

Leavenworth, Kan.

Lexington, Ind.

Lockhart, Ala.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Louisville, Ky.

Lowell, Mass.

Lynn, Mass.

Madison, N. J.

Melrose, Mass.

Meridian, Miss.

Milwaukee, Wis.

Morristown, N. J.

Nashville, Tenn.

Naugatuck, Ct.

Newark, N. J.

New Brunswick, N. J.

New Haven, Ct.

New London, Ct.

New Paltz, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.

Oakland, Cal.

Omaha, Neb.

Orange, N. J.

Oswego, N. Y.

Pasadena, Cal.

Passaic, N. J.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pocatello, Idaho

Polk, Pa.

Portland, Me.

Portland, Ore.

Porto Barrios, S. Am.

Pueblo, Col.

Reading, Pa.

Rochester, N. Y.

Rye, N. Y.

Sag Harbor, N. Y.

San Jose, Cal.

Seattle, Wash.

Springfield, Mass.

Somerville, Mass.

St. Louis, Mo.

Summit, N. J.

Utica, N. Y.

Walla Walla, Wash.

Washington, D. C.

Watertown, Mass.

Watervleit, N. Y.

Westfield, Mass.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Winnipeg, Man., Can.

Winthrop, Mass.

Worcester, Mass.

Ypsilanti, Mich.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS., Inc.

Gymnasium and Playground Contract Department

CHICOPEE, MASS.

Spalding “Official National League”

REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

Ball

Official Ball of the Game for over Thirty Years

Adopted by the National League in 1878, and the only ball used in Championship games since that time. Each ball wrapped in tinfoil, packed in a separate box, and sealed in accordance with the latest League regulations. Warranted to last a full game when used under ordinary conditions.

Durand-Steel Lockers

Some of the 6,000 Durand-Steel Lockers Installed in the
Public Gymnasiums of Chicago. 12′ × 15′ × 42′, Double Tier.

Six Lockers In Double Tier

Three Lockers In Single Tier

Wooden lockers are objectionable, because they attract vermin, absorb odors, can be easily broken into, and are dangerous on account of fire.

Lockers made from wire mesh or expanded metal afford little security, as they can be easily entered with wire cutters. Clothes placed in them become covered with dust, and the lockers themselves present a poor appearance, resembling animal cages.

Durand-Steel Lockers are made of finest grade furniture steel and are finished with gloss black, furnace-baked japan (400°), comparable to that used on hospital ware, which will never flake off nor require refinishing, as do paints and enamels.

Durand-Steel Lockers are usually built with doors perforated full length in panel design with sides and backs solid. This prevents clothes in one locker from coming in contact with wet garments in adjoining lockers, while plenty of ventilation is secured by having the door perforated its entire length, but, if the purchaser prefers, we perforate the backs also.

The cost of Durand-Steel Lockers is no more than that of first-class wooden lockers, and they last as long as the building, are sanitary, secure, and, in addition, are fire-proof.

The following Standard Sizes are those most commonly used:

DOUBLE TIER

12 × 12 × 36 Inch

15 × 15 × 36 Inch

12 × 12 × 42 Inch

15 × 15 × 42 Inch

SINGLE TIER

12 × 12 × 60 Inch

15 × 15 × 60 Inch

12 × 12 × 72 Inch

15 × 15 × 72 Inch

Special Sizes made to order.

We are handling lockers as a special contract business, and shipment will in every case be made direct from the factory in Chicago. If you will let us know the number of lockers, size and arrangement, we shall be glad to take up, through correspondence, the matter of prices.

PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS ADDRESSED TO USA. G. SPALDING & BROS. STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIESFOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK

Prices in effect January 5, 1910. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special Canadian catalogue.

The following selection of items from their latest Catalogue will give an idea of the great variety of ATHLETIC GOODS manufactured by A. G. SPALDING & BROS. SEND FOR A FREE COPY.

Standard Policy

A Standard Quality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy.

Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a manufacturer to long maintain a Standard Quality.

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a profit for the jobber as well as the retail dealer. To meet these conditions of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list price on his goods to the consumer.

To enable the glib salesman, when booking his orders, to figure out attractive profits to both the jobber and retailer, these high list prices are absolutely essential; but their real purpose will have been served when the manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured his order from the retailer.

However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who does not, and, in reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices.

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading but alluring high list prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and grapples with the situation as best he can, by offering “special discounts,” which vary with local trade conditions.

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer and the jobber are assured; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are practically eliminated.

This demoralization always reacts on the manufacturer. The jobber insists on lower, and still lower, prices. The manufacturer, in his turn, meets this demand for the lowering of prices by the only way open to him, viz.: the cheapening and degrading of the quality of his product.

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that, ten years ago, in 1899, A. G. Spalding & Bros. determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic Goods Trade, and inaugurated what has since become known as “The Spalding Policy.”

The “Spalding Policy” eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer secures his supply of Spalding Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer under a restricted retail price arrangement by which the retail dealer is assured a fair, legitimate and certain profit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the consumer is assured a Standard Quality and is protected from imposition.

The “Spalding Policy” is decidedly for the interest and protection of the users of Athletic Goods, and acts in two ways:

First—The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods, and the same fixed prices to everybody.

Second—As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in purchasing at the proper time, the very best raw materials required in the manufacture of our various goods, well ahead of their respective seasons, and this enables us to provide the necessary quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Quality.

All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are required to supply consumers at our regular printed catalogue prices—neither more nor less—the same prices that similar goods are sold for in our New York, Chicago and other stores.

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated exactly alike, and no special rebates or discriminations are allowed to anyone.

Positively, nobody; not even officers, managers, salesmen or other employes of A. G. Spalding & Bros., or any of their relatives or personal friends, can buy Spalding Athletic Goods at a discount from the regular catalogue prices.

This, briefly, is the “Spalding Policy,” which has already been in successful operation for the past ten years, and will be indefinitely continued.

In other words, “The Spalding Policy” is a “square deal” for everybody.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS.

By A. G. Spalding.

PRESIDENT.