Description: UPDATED LISTING: This is a SUPER RARE vintage Outseam Draper & Maynard No. P89 (marked) “OFFICIAL OUTDOOR LEAGUE” Cowhide Softball made c. 1928-31. Javenese Kapok center. This ball was NOT made with the patented double safety stitch. The ball is also imprinted with “L.B.S. 8” and has (unknown origins) an added stamp “V.N.Sr.”, and written black ink “Dick Carter 69 7”. It weighs 6.9 ounces and is approx. 3-3/4” in diameter. Please see pictures. D&M Catalogs prior to 1928 display “Official Playground Ball” made from horsehide and a different model number and after 1931, the “P89” is marked “Official Playground Ball.” D&M 1928-29, 1929-30, and 1930-31 catalogs advertise the Official Outdoor League ball (P89), Official Playground Ball with double safety stitch (P99), Official Regulation Playground (P69), and the Playground ball (P59). The manufacturing location (New Hampshire) was about an hour from Boston, Mass. and was visited by Babe Ruth and teammates. “The Draper-Maynard Company of Plymouth and Ashland, New Hampshire, operated under various names and in three different locations from 1840 to 1937. Originally a glove manufacturing company, with production primarily in local homes, the factory began making baseball gloves in the 1880 s. By the 1920s, Draper-Maynard was one of the largest sporting goods manufacturers in the country. While the company instituted and advertised increasingly rigorous testing and inspection procedures in its manufacturing processes, home baseball production was still used into the 1930s. This article discusses those various manufacturing processes.” - jstor.org
Price: 110 USD
Location: Houghton, Michigan
End Time: 2025-01-03T20:16:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Sport: Baseball
Year: 1929
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vintage: Yes
