Could this be Hughie Jennings Game Used Bat?

[murphusa]

Brent,

The real thing is that all of the PTC bats that show an endorsement in block letters all have a different block used to make them. Some even with letters of different sizes.

Curly Blount bat??? of course a pitcher with only 49 at bats would have an endorsement deal

I have seen too many early bats doctored up with someone else punching a name on them

[Mark]

Originally Posted by murphusa

Brent,

I have seen too many early bats doctored up with someone else punching a name on them

I have seen this a couple of times, but, of course, I could tell because the attempts were very badly done. Do you have any good stories or helpful hints about spotting the fakes?

[Huysmans]

Hey Jim, I'm not disputing whether the Jennings PTC bat is an actual player-endorsed model, what I'm questioning is whether it's well documented or not that Wagner was in fact the first athlete to have an endorsed product.

[insidethewrapper]

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[murphusa]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

Hey Jim, I'm not disputing whether the Jennings PTC bat is an actual player-endorsed model, what I'm questioning is whether it's well documented or not that Wagner was in fact the first athlete to have an endorsed product.

Endorsed product or bat. According the H&b record, Wagner was the first to be paid and have his name on a bat.

[Republicaninmass]

Great read, thanks for posting

[ullmandds]

john taube's response:


john@gameusedbats.com
11:19 AM (11 minutes ago)
to me

Yes....quite possibly a Jennings bat. Pontiac Turning company did
produce bats for the major leagues.

JT

[JoeDfan]

Way cool.