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Wolverine
Sporting Goods Baseball
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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
1931-1935
MANUFACTURER
(unknown) Produced for
the
Wolverine Sporting
Goods Co.
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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In 1931 businessman Harry Levey, opened the Wolverine Sporting
Goods company at 231 Michigan avenue,
Detroit, MI. Levey, previously owned a
sporting goods store located on Gratiot
avenue for over 20 years, under the
same name. A fire starting with three
explosions, caused by gas and
ammunition stored in the building
totally destroyed two buildings, and
forced the move. Four years later in
1935, the Wolverine Sporting Goods Co.
would be closed for good because of a
tragic event.
On August 1, 1935 a Wolverine store
clerk discovered the dead bodies of
owner Harry Levey, and Joseph Danneck,
manager of a rival sporting goods
company on the balcony of the store.
The two reportedly had a pistol duel at
close range, because of a dispute over
Leveys refusal to recommend Dannerek to
a bonding company. In his report to the
bonding company, Levey accused Danneck
of "acquiring too many debts and
keeping money."
It is not known who manufactured the privately branded bat for the
Wolverine Sporting Goods Company.
The center brand features a "Wolverine"
script logo with a tail extending below
and across. Below the tail reads
'Sporting Goods Co., Detroit Michigan."
Not to be confused with the "Wolverine
Sporting Goods Co." of Detroit
Michigan, there are a number of
companies that carry a Wolverine line
of bats that include; the
Buhl Sons Co. Hardware
Supply of Detroit, Michigan, and the
M.H.&T Co. of Saline, Michigan.
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Wolverine Sporting
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M.H.&T Co. of
Saline, Michigan
Wolverine Baseball Bat |
Buhl Sons Co. Hardware
Supply
Wolverine Baseball Bat |
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