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BASEBALL BAT
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M.R. Campbell Inc. Official Indoor Baseball
Bat |
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M.R. Campbell Inc. No.
30 Official Indoor
Baseball Bat |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1920's
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MANUFACTURER
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M.R. Campbell Inc.
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SIZE
- 33"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $50.00-$75.00
Very Good -
Excellent condition
Information
Provided by:
Rocky Bowker
Keymancollectibles.com
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This 1920's M.R. Campbell Inc.
No. 30 Official Indoor Baseball Bat
features the popular Camel logo. The
chain-link bordered center brand oval
centers the camel that is flanked by a
baseball on each side. Above Reads M.R.
Campbell, INC. and below Tullahoma -
Tenn. The barrel is stamped "Official
Indoor" and the handle still has the
original grip tape.
Indoor baseball was invented in 1887
by George Hancock. The game became
popular with Colleges and High school
girls and boys. When the game was taken
outdoors around 1907, it was called
“playground ball,” and eventually
renamed softball.
Founded by Michael Ross Campbell in 1870, the M.R. Campbell Co. operated a
hub & spoke company in Tullahoma, Tenn.
Manufacturing automobile parts,
carriages and buggy shafts, M.R.
Campbell entered the baseball bat
market by the 1920's. They also
manufactured golf shafts and other
sporting goods of wood. Just as JF Hillerich Co. did,
they began to
manufacturer baseball bats from wagon
tongues that had been used for covered
wagons. The company remained in
operation until 1935.
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