? 1. The Switch.This is an act which is easily performed and affords much amusement for spectators. Stand in an erect position with hands hanging at sides, spring up a foot-and-a-half from the ground and give a quick jerk or switch with the body and come down facing in the opposite direction. Do not jump around. The turn is made by a twist of the body, not with the feet or legs. No. 2. The Sitdown. 2. The Sit Down.Stand with the feet about one foot apart, bend over, keeping the legs perfectly straight, until the finger tips nearly touch the toes, then fall back to a sitting position on the floor. Do not bend the knees. If performed correctly this can be done on a very hard floor without hurting the performer in the least. (See illustration.) 3. The Back Roll.Performed the same as No. 2, only instead of stopping at the sitting position the performer rolls No. 4. The Fish Flop. 4. The Fish Flop.Lie on stomach, feet close together with the toes touching the floor. Place hands on sides, near ribs, flop over onto back with help of hands and feet, keeping the body perfectly rigid. (See illustration.) 5. The Front Roll.Stand with heels close together, toes turned out. Bend over, place hands on floor about one foot apart and about a foot-and-a-half in front of feet, bend head in toward body and touch the back of head on floor between hands and, with a push from the feet, roll over on back and up onto feet again. “Curl up” in doing this act. Bring feet well under body. 6. The Cart Wheel.Stand erect, throw left hand hard down on the floor, about two feet from the left foot, follow with the right hand, two feet from the left hand, then the right foot down about two feet from the right hand, and so on. The feet and hands should be placed as nearly on a straight line as possible. 7. The Round-off.This may be done with either running or standing start. Strike hands on ground in front of feet, letting the left strike a little before the right, as in the cart-wheel. Place them about ten inches apart, at the same time swing the body over and around, so as to land in a sitting position directly opposite the one in starting. 8. The Handspring.Possibly the most common acrobatic feat. May be done from running or standing start; strike hands hard on the ground, turn head under and in, throw feet over head and as they begin to come down give a hard spring or push up with the hands, curling feet down and back under body and coming to standing position, facing the same way as when starting. 9. The One-hand Handspring.Same as No. 8, except that but one hand is used. The weight of the body should be brought well over the hand used. No. 10. The Headspring. 10. The Headspring.Instructions same as for No. 8, only the spring is made from the head instead of the hands. (See illustration.) No. 11. The Snap Up. 11. The Snap Up.Lie on back, carry feet up and back over head so that the toes nearly touch the ground, bearing the weight on the back of head, neck and shoulders. The hands should be placed on the ground near shoulders and neck. Give a quick hard whip with the feet and legs over toward first position and a hard snap or push up with the neck, shoulders and hands. With a little practice it can be done without the aid of the hands. It is a pretty act and a good “finish” to every act ending with a fall on the back. (See illustration.) 12. The Elephant Walk.A comical contortion act. Place hands on floor in front of feet as near to toes as possible. Do not bend the knees. Walk. 13. The Long Dive or Lion’s Leap.This is a long dive made on the mats or some soft place, much as one dives into the water. Take a short run, strike both feet at the same time 14. The Hop Over Hand and Foot.Grasp left foot with right hand, with thumb of right hand under great toe joint; fingers of right hand over top of toes with backs of fingers up. Jump over hand and foot with right foot. The point to be observed in performing this trick is to keep the right hand and left foot perfectly still while jumping with the right. If moved, they are apt to trip the foot when jumping. This is excellent practice in developing quickness in handling the feet, which is an important factor in tumbling. 15. The Hop Back.Jump back to original position from finish of No. 14. Try the same trick with both feet over and back. 16. The Jump Over Stick in Hands.Practice this with a cane or rattan that can be bent down while jumping over. Grasp stick with 17. The Jump Over Hat.Same as No. 16, except jump is made over hat held in hands. 18. The Jump Over Razor-Blade.This should never be practiced until the performer can successfully jump over short lead pencil held in hands. It is a “stage trick” that takes well and usually makes a hit. It should be done with a razor-blade so dull that if struck with the feet it would do no harm. Hold the blade of the razor in the hands so loosely that if tripped upon by toes it would easily slip from hands without injury. No. 19. The Jump Over Hands. 19. The Jump Over Hands.This is one of the prettiest and most difficult acts that is performed. Entwine the fingers together and jump through the arms and over the hands. It may take months of practice to get this feat, but, when once learned, the legs will be so supple and quick that nearly all other acrobatic feats will come easier in consequence. (See illustration.) 20. The Twist Handspring.Performed the same as No. 8, only, after touching the hands, the body gives a quick turn or twist to the right or left so as to finish the act facing in position used in starting. 21. The Twist Snap-Up.Same as No. 11, only the body gives a quick turn or twist to the right or left after the shoulders leave the ground so that the finish is made opposite the position taken in starting. 22. The Cradle.First do the snap-up, No. 11, and immediately after landing fall back onto the shoulders, neck, head and hands as in the snap-up, then snap back to feet and continue to rock back and forth. 23. The Kicking Jackass.Stand with heels close together, jump onto hands, with the feet carried well back and the back arched. Then spring (not fall) back to the feet from the hands and continue the movement. Be sure that the feet leave and strike the ground together, also the hands. Do not “crow-hop,” that is, don’t strike first one foot and then the other, a sort of “ker-flap,” “pit-pat” sound. No. 24. The Curl. 24. The Curl.Stand erect, fall slowly forward on the hands, keeping the body perfectly straight. Break the force of the fall by letting the arms bend slightly, but straighten them immediately. Curl up, bringing the knees well up toward the chin and carry the feet through between the hands, not letting them touch the floor; extend legs in front of arms, curl up again, carry feet back through hands and straighten into the “handstand.” This is a difficult feat, but it may be practiced with perfect safety. It is excellent practice for developing the muscles of the stomach and abdomen. (See illustration.) No. 25. Running Forward Somersault. 25. Running Forward Somersault.Take a quick run of about twenty yards, strike both feet together on the mat or floor. Jump well into the air, duck the head down and in, and try to describe a half circle through the air, with the feet landing in a position, the same direction as when starting. It is well to practice this over a very soft place, having a board or some hard object to turn from and land into hay, shavings, soft sand, sawdust or tan-bark. When one has a soft place on which to practice he should go at it boldly; he 26. The Back Somersault.This is done from a standing position. Get two men to hold you up while trying. The “lungers” that are generally used in the gymnasium—“coward-strap” they are called—may be used with perfect safety. However, I think the best kind of strap is a long strong towel. Stand firmly with the heels about four inches apart, spring up as high as possible, throw the head back and down and try to describe a half circle with the feet landing in a position facing the same way as when starting. This should be performed with a “cut,” that is when the feet get well over the head catch the legs back of the knees and pull them down under the body. The way of using the hands in performing the back somersault will gradually come to the performer with practice. 27. The Flip.Sometimes called “Back Handspring.” Should be practiced over a moderately soft place. Stand 28. The Twister.This is No. 26, the back somersault, with a half turn to the right or left, so that the finish is made facing in an opposite position from the position in starting. It is well in practising this act to try and turn just a little at first, then an inch further, and so on until the complete half turn is made. 29. The Twist Flip.Same as No. 27, the “flip,” only a half turn is made from the hands so as to finish facing in an opposite direction from that taken when starting. 30. The Spotter.This is the back somersault turned in such a way as to finish with the feet in the same spot they were when starting. It is best acquired by trying to make each finish nearer and nearer to the starting position. 31. The Gainer.Same as No. 30, except that the finish is made with the feet striking in front of the starting position. 32. The Tuck-up.This is a high back somersault performed without the “cut.” It is usually done as a finish to a succession of “flips.” 33. The Standing Forward.This is the forward somersault performed without a run. To do this one must jump high into the air, turning as he would in the running forward and “cut” by catching the legs in front, just above the ankles, and drawing them under the ankles. It is a difficult act. 34. The Half Forward.The first part of this act is performed as in No. 25, only, instead of having the feet describe a No. 35. The Half Back. 35. The Half Back.Like No. 26, only the finish is made onto the hands and the body balanced there. Instead of turning all the way around, jump back onto the hands and stand there. (See illustration.) This concludes the article on “single acts.” In the next chapter I will describe how the acts can be suitably combined. A clever performer can make combinations other than these. In fact, there are an endless variety of combinations that can be made with the acts here described. Space will not allow of a longer or more thorough description. COMBINATIONS
ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE THE SPALDING TRADE-MARK GUARANTEES QUALITY 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
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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.
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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.
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.
The Irish Regulation Balls have been improved in quality and will give excellent satisfaction.
For other balls suitable for Hand Ball Game, see page devoted to Lawn Tennis Balls. Spalding Hand Ball Gloves and Mitts
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
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 ?-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.
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.
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.
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 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
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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.
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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 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.
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PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Shaker Sweater In Stock Colors Fills a demand for as heavy a weight as our “Highest Quality” grade, but at a lower price.
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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.
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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.
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. A. G. Spalding & Bros. 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 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.
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. |