Spalding's Baseball Guide And Official League Book For 1889 Part 1

Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1889.

by edited by Henry Chadwick.

THE SPALDING TRADE MARK.

[Ill.u.s.tration : *Spalding trade mark*]

Experience has shown that in Base Ball and Athletic Goods, as in all other lines of business, unprincipled persons are always eager to prey on the reputation gained by honest dealing and good business management. We regret to state that we have not escaped the attention of such parties, who have appropriated our original designs, styles and names, and by using similar ill.u.s.trations and descriptions, deceive the public into believing that the articles were manufactured by us, and that we are responsible for their inferior quality. A wide acquaintance with sportsmen and an extended experience with the various sports, has enabled us to antic.i.p.ate the wants of our patrons in securing outfits, and to offer only such articles as were perfectly satisfactory for our own use, knowing by practical tests that they would serve the purpose properly, and be unfailing to the purchaser.

In order to protect our customers, and to preserve our reputation, we have found it necessary to place our "Trade Mark" on the higher grades of goods that we manufacture and introduce. The care and discrimination exercised in selecting only articles of the highest quality as being worthy of bearing our Trade Mark, has resulted in giving to them a reputation as being practically the best of their kind that could be produced.

In our opinion a satisfied customer is the best advertis.e.m.e.nt that we can have, and dealers and individuals will please bear in mind that on whatever article our TRADE MARK appears, we guarantee it to be exactly as represented, and wherever just cause for complaint exists, we will thank the purchaser for returning the article to us and receiving a perfect one in return, or the refunding of the purchase money. Our line of Base b.a.l.l.s is now so well known to the trade, and they are so thoroughly appreciated by the base ball players of the country, that it seems almost unnecessary to call special attention to their superior merits. Spalding's League Ball, having stood the severe test of the National League for the last ten years, and having again been adopted as the official ball of that leading organization for 1888 as well as the other prominent professional College and Amateur a.s.sociations, gives it a reputation and sale unequalled by any other ball on the market. BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITATIONS; NO League Ball is genuine without our Trade Mark on each box and ball, and the autograph of [Ill.u.s.tration: *Autogram of A. G. Spalding*]

on each label.

We hope that ball players will not be misled by the remarks of interested dealers handling inferior goods, that the articles they offer "are just as good as Spalding's" and at a cheaper price. We accept their frequent references to our goods as the highest compliment that can be paid us, and only ask that purchasers will do their own comparisons, and be convinced that our goods are really the cheapest as they certainly are the best. Special trade prices are quoted to dealers on application.

CHICAGO. A. G. SPALDING & BROS. NEW YORK.

Publisher's Notice

"Spalding's Base Ball Guide" again greets the base ball public with the official records of America's national game. First issued in 1877, it has grown in popularity, has been enlarged and improved from year to year, and is now the recognized authority upon base ball matters. The statistics contained in the "Guide" can be relied upon, nearly all of them having been compiled from official records.

The "Guide" has attained such a size--180 pages--as to preclude the possibility of publishing in the same issue the League Const.i.tution in full, and other interesting League matter. We are therefore compelled, in addition, to publish the "Official League Book," which contains only official League matter as furnished by Secretary Young, including the League Const.i.tution in full.

Copies of the "Guide" or "League Book," will be mailed to any address upon receipt of twelve cents each. Trade orders supplied through the News Companies, or direct from the publishers.

CHICAGO. A. G. SPALDING & BROS. NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5, 1889.

By the authority vested in me, I do hereby certify that Messrs. A. G.

Spalding & Bros., of Chicago and New York, have been granted the _exclusive_ right to publish the Official League Book for 1889.

N. E. YOUNG, _Secretary National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs._

DEPOTS OF SUPPLIES FOR THE SALE OF A. G. SPALDING AND BROS.

ATHLETIC GOODS

For the convenience of our patrons, and for the purpose of bringing our complete line of Athletic Goods more prominently before Base Ball Players, we have arranged with the following houses to carry at all times a complete line of all our Athletic Goods. Their prices will be the same as ours.

Orders for goods may be sent to

WESTERN DEPOTS.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS 108 Madison St., Chicago, Ill.

E. C. MEACHAM ARMS CO. 515 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

J. R. HAWLEY 164 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio BURROWS BROS. CO. 23 to 27 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio J. B. FIELD & CO. 77 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.

V. KINDLER 418 Genessee Ave. East Saginaw, Mich.

E. G. STUDLEY & CO. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

CHAS. MAYER & CO. 29 Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.

A. G. PRATT & CO. 502 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

WEST BOOK & STATIONERY CO. 379 & 381 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.

G. B. GROSVENOR 744 Main St., Dubuque, Iowa J W. RECCIUS & BRO 304 Market St., Louisville, Ky.

S. G. MORTON & CO. 426 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis, Minn.

JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Helena, Montana COLLINS GUN CO. 1312 Douglas St., Omaha, Neb.

M. F. KENNEDY & BROS 66 East 3d St., St, Paul, Minn GEO. F HIGGINS & CO. 354 16th St., Denver, Col.

F. M. MENGES Sporting Goods CO. 924 Main St Kansas City, Mo.

WM. BECK & SON 165 2d St. Portland, Oregon REDHEAD, NORTON, LATHROP & CO. Des Moines, Iowa TUFTS. LYON ARMS CO. Los Angeles, Cal.

EASTERN DEPOTS.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS 241 Broadway, N. Y.

E. W. VINE 1 Green St., Albany, N. Y.

S G. LEVALLEY 189 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

RHODE ISLAND NEWS CO. 113 Westminster St., Providence, R.I.

SCRANTOM, WETMORE & Co 10 State St., Rochester, N. Y.

R. WOOD'S SONS 72 S. Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y.

M. W. BULL & Co 445 Main St., Springfield, Ma.s.s.

M. C. EBBECKE & Co Allentown, Pa.

M. A. TAPPAN 1013 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D. C.

VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD Newark, N. J.

SOUTHERN DEPOTS.

F. F. HANSELL & BRO 28 and 30 Camp St., New Orleans, La.

A. J. ANDERSON 2d and Houston Sts. Fort Worth, Texas R. M. MANSFORD 293 Main St., Memphis, Tenn.

BIRMINGHAM ARMS Co Birmingham, Ala.

H. DREW & BRO Jacksonville, Fla.

J. W. SAWYER Key West, Fla.

FOREIGN DEPOTS.

McLEAN BROS & RIGG, Limited Sydney, Australia McLEAN BROS & RIGG, Limited Adelaide, Australia BOYLE & SCOTT Melbourne, Australia W. MCARTHUR & Co Auckland, N. Z.

THOS. LACK Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands THE HINGSTON-SMITH ARMS Co Winnipeg, Manitoba C. FLOOD & SONS St. Johns, N. B.

LOCAL AGENCIES.

WESTERN.

A. G. CASE Aurora, Ill.

C. E. DALTON Bloomington, Ill.

A. P. CUNNINGHAM Champaign, Ill.

C. H. CARYL Kalamazoo, Mich.

SPENCER BROS Marquette, Mich.

JOHN T. BUKER Rockford, Ill.