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Incorporated in 1906 the Mortimer Newman Company, a manufacture of golf
caps, conducted business as the Moneco
Company of New Haven. Yale is the brand
name for the Moneco Company, a
manufacture of Juvenile sporting goods,
baseball gloves, masks, punching bags,
medicine balls, footballs, soccer
balls, boxing gloves and similar items.
By the 1940's the Moneco Co. was
distributing their athletic equipment,
which included baseball bats to
drug, hardware and discount
stores throughout the country.
The Yale line of Athletic goods dates back to 1899, but it is not until
about 1935, 1940 when the Yale baseball
bats are advertised. Yale catalogs have
not surfaced to accurately date their
equipment, but there are some hardware
store catalogs that do feature
the Yale line of baseball goods.
There are three different Yale center
brands. Two (pictured above) are
basically the same
with the only difference being one has
the model number inside the oval under
the word Yale, the other below the oval.
The third and most rare has Yale in the
center oval, "Sporting" in the top
border, "Goods" at the bottom. The Left
border reads, The Moneco Co., the right
border, New Haven Conn.
Baseball Bat models include
Player Block letter endorsements:
Official League Ott Style, W250 Mize
Model, Big Leaguer, K120 Mickey Mantle
Model, Big Leaguer, K170 MEd Mathews
Model, Major League, K170 Richie
Ashburn Model, No. H23 Semi-Pro, No.
H25, Champion, No. K4 Special, K43
Special, K45 Regulation, K50 Regulation, K70 Official
Softball, H65S Official Softball.
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