. Western field. The Apsley Rubber Gos Improved Duck Boot PACIFIC COAST RUBBER CO. 138-140 FIRST STREET. TradeJopics ?^; OlARTER? AG. SP.\LDIXG &? BROS, who are known in. every land and clime as the largest dealers ofathletic goods in the world have re-establishedihcir -Stare on the site formerly occupied by them onGeary street, between Grant avenue and Stocktonstreet, being the first firm in that line to locate downtown. In conjunction with well stocked store roomsandsalesrooms the firm have added a factory to theestablishment where everything necessary to theathlete will be man
. Western field. The Apsley Rubber Gos Improved Duck Boot PACIFIC COAST RUBBER CO. 138-140 FIRST STREET. TradeJopics ?^; OlARTER? AG. SP.\LDIXG &? BROS, who are known in. every land and clime as the largest dealers ofathletic goods in the world have re-establishedihcir -Stare on the site formerly occupied by them onGeary street, between Grant avenue and Stocktonstreet, being the first firm in that line to locate downtown. In conjunction with well stocked store roomsandsalesrooms the firm have added a factory to theestablishment where everything necessary to theathlete will be manufactured. The name of A. G. Spalding is legion* in the worldof athletics, but stands foremost in baseball. From1865 till 1S77 Spalding was a player himself, beingcaptain and pitcher of the Forest Citys, of the Bos-tons and of the Chicagor, who were the first cham-pions of the National League. He was also one ofthe organizers of that league and has been identifiedwith the pastime ever since. In 1876 A. G. Spalding, with his brother J. Walter,commenced business on a capital of $800. Twoyears
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