2006-06-20 08:09:03 · 7 answers · asked by Gabby 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Baseballs were made on the spot. Some boy would take a wool sock and wrap it around a bullet, a piece of cork, some some part of a rubber shoe. The winding of the wool was an art.
One of the first companies was the Reach & Shibe company out of Philadelphia in 1881. Reach was of the Philadelphia A's and Shibe owned a hardware store. Spadling bought them out in 1889.
Spalding even said Reach on the ball until 1975.
There is an example of probably one of the first balls in baseball was found in a trunk in an attic of a friend of Doubleday. It was hand wound and stiched in a x-pattern.
2006-06-20 12:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by ic3d2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me.. I made the first baseball.
2006-06-20 15:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by DyLan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First "regular use" baseball was made by Spalding
2006-06-20 15:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by YYZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Betsy Ross.
2006-06-20 17:44:26 · answer #4 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the mans name was Steve, yeah thats it, his name was Steve. Yeah, definately Steve
2006-06-26 03:10:39 · answer #5 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i'd say rawlings. i'm not absolutly sure but they r right up there 4 chance
2006-06-20 16:20:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did..... WOW im so cool it was pretty easy though.
2006-06-20 15:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by mattdoggbball11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋