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- Hohenwald Bat Co.
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William Walter Pollock (1886-1970) owned
and operated the Hohenwald Bat Company
in Hohenwald, Tennessee. He had a
couple lathes in a shed behind his home
at 100 S. Walnut where he would turn the bats
on. It was a very small, rustic
operation as the shed also served as a
Smoke House to cure hams. He made the
bats in various lengths to accommodate
different aged players.
W. W. Pollock became editor and
publisher of the Lewis County Herald in
March 1920. Ernest and Carlene Pollock
purchased the Lewis County Herald when
William Pollock retired in 1953. Will
had various interests, he taught
school, served on the Lewis County
School Board, Lewis County Magistrate,
sold real estate, grave monuments, and
after retirement had a small bat shop
at his home. He made bats under the
name of the "Hohenwald Bat Co."
Pollock made little league and regular
size bats. He gave away some of the
smaller bats to kids. The A & B
Hardware store in Hohenwald, sold his
bats, and some of the regular size bats were bought by the
baseball team in Nashville. His greatest
joy came from giving bats to the
Tennessee Orphans Home in Spring Hill,
TN. He also made a smaller bat that he
gave as souvenirs. William W. Pollock also owned and operated Hohenwald
Monument Company selling and installing
Grave Headstones in Lewis
and Perry County. Pollock would
sometimes give a bat away when you
purchased a headstone.
There is one basic baseball bat oval branding which reads: "Hohenwald Bat
Co." above "Tennessee' and "Hohenwald.
Tenn." below. Some bats have "W.W.
Pollock" stamped between "Tennessee"
and "Hohenwald. Tenn."
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