Show IMP IMPROVEMENT MADE IN BASEBALLS l j 1 2 h It t Pt ENLARGED OF NEWLY PATENTED REACH AMERI AMERICAN AMERICAN CAN LEAGUE BALL SHOWING THE CORK CENTER I Ball Dall players and fans will he lie 11 stir sur surprised as well as ns deeply Interested to lo know that a remarkable change has bus been mantle made In the constructions of ff mu standard baseballs manufactured for Cor forthe Corthe the American and ond other Important leagues lla by I the A J Reach company of Philadelphia Instead of oC a n solid rubber center which has marked the highest hl grade gratIs baseballs haR since the tho curly SOs cork with a it corrugated Para Pam l rubber cover coverIng cu covering r Ing an eighth of IJ an inch thick now takes Its It place Officials of tIme the Reach He lh company which makes inoue moie baseballs than thon all other manufacturers in the country combined are Jubilant over the tho site suc success Hu cess of or the cork c rk center Patents fully full covering this novel In Invention wore granted the A J Reach company on August Au 31 of last Even before that tIme limo tests wore made In league games all ll hl over the coun country countr country try tr unknown to players Every EvOr ry base basc baseball baseball ball out with the cork corl core gave gao the lie greatest greal lt satisfaction Another interesting fart fact i ct Is Iii the tho In Increased increased creased creOl e snappy crack the now fall ball Is lilt hit This 1 lt is entirely due to the therl rigidity rl of Iho th construction mud made pos possible sible aible by b the th cork center |