This
is a vintage late 1930's Joe Gordon "Buckle
Back" Baseball
Glove. This is a great example of a 1930's style baseball
glove showing one of the many experiments in glove
design for its time. Pre war gloves were mostly split
finger gloves that had no lacing between the fingers.
This patented 1936 glove is an experimental predecessor to the post war
laced fingered gloves. It has a small leather strip sewn
into the index finger, fed through the middle finger, then
sewn into the forth finger (ring finger) connecting
three of the four fingers. (see below) It is
generally accepted that fielders gloves with unlaced
fingers "Split Finger" are considered
prewar (WWII) models or styles while gloves with the
fingers laced are considered postwar models, or styles.
