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Hillcrest Sporting Goods Inc., with a warehouse
located in Queens Village, NY, was a
sporting goods distributor, which
operated from about 1962 to 1981. The
company had a business relationship
with the Trio Sporting Goods MFG.
Company. Both companies distributed
imported and domestic sporting goods.
Like "Trio Hollander," they imported
baseball gloves from the Far East, made
from leather processed by A.J.
Hollander & Co., in Japan. By 1970,
250,000 hides a year from Garden City,
Kansas, were shipped overseas to Japan. Hillcrest
used the "Hollander" name brand on
their gloves.
This Ed Kranepool Hollander Yankee Clipper Line, signature model first
baseman's mitt features Prime Grain
Cowhide, Greased Palm, and Radial Laced
heel. The back features the Hollander -
Japan, Cloth Patch.
The Hillcrest Sporting Goods, Hollander Line of Signature Model baseball
gloves include: Clete Boyer
CB-1358, CB-1362, CB-1371; Bill Verdon
BV-1384; Ralph Terry RT 1369, RT-1380; Donn
Clendenon First Baseman's Mitt; Joe
Adcock F-1297 First Baseman's Mitt;
The
Yankee Clipper Line baseball gloves
include: Joe DiMaggio 1506 -JD, 1544
-JD, 1560 -JD, 1594 -JD; Sandy Koufax
1545 -SK, 1575 -SK, 1598 -SK; Clete
Boyer 1591 -CB; Joe Pepitone 1228 -JP;
Dean Chance 1561 -DC; Jim Pagliaroni 1255 -PA Catchers Mitt.
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