Chapter 17

SPALDING IMPROVED MEDICINE BALLSAn excellent form of exercise for business menWeigh 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.No.11.4–pound Ball.Each,$5.00No.12.6–pound Ball.„6.00No.13.9–pound Ball.„7.00No.14.11–pound Ball.„10.00Home 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 BALLSHand 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 asthose used by the best ball players in this country.No.1.Match, regulation size and weight, leather cover.Each,$1.25No.2.Expert, leather cover.„.85No.6.Rubber, best quality, almost solid.„.40No.4.Amateur, leather cover.„.25No.5.Rubber hand ball.„.25The Irish Regulation Balls have been improved in quality and will give excellent satisfaction.Red Ace, Irish Regulationred rubber ball.Each,50c.Black Ace, Irish Regulationblack rubber ball.„50c.For other balls suitable for Hand Ball Game, see page devoted to Lawn Tennis Balls.Spalding Hand Ball Gloves and MittsNo.A.Gloves. Best quality glove leather with stitched front and special wrist pad.Pair,$4.00No.B.Mitts. Lightly padded.3.00No.C.Gloves. Full fingered.4.50No.D.Fingerless Gloves..75

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.”

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 asthose used by the best ball players in this country.

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

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