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am‘El-noatime-^ardwasgolfmlesuticoff I;ht.”reasdentdentere!theifes-omeIB* ,e of be80stops pool, only way irdly the t re-torok*twocourg, ria , inis spring a is jan shell and lining hut this type of glove is more active. Players today wear the gloves off their hands and use them like a Jai-Alai player Seldom does the whole hand come in contact with the glove and they catch them in the I? *rw^lrnf nurf ! IVHpocket part “Of course,’* Harry added.;‘ there are some players, like Red T* Schoendienst. who still catch theI ball full ui the hand ’* I• • • | of ITHE SHEW, of a glove used by j the players. Harry explains, is of **** cowhide leather The lining also is M of cowhide, but lighter and softer, mari 1 Some felt is used for padding andi •ifh I the lacings are of leather jOver the years Harry estimates «*rn he has repaired 10,000 gloves in I addition to designing some of them earl j Most unusual job Harry had was Pa,f 1 with Phil Rizzuto's glove, which l,lt; Phil kept for 11 seasons “I re-paired that several times.'* Harry ,n* said, “and re lined it three times.” j l*J* Another special job was for Don Tl Buddin. he was suffering bruises exP' on hu hand with the glove he used Karr and Harry had to fix up a rubber macpadding which would prevent that. *• • * BtHARRY LATINA entered his un '**rusual business after a minor n® league career which was hailed ,() *s when he broke an ankle while ' yf*' playing for Terre Haute in 1920 Rl He joined Rawlings as a clerk and J*e*P was made factory superintendent after seven months. IfJ*As a boy around his home at Rpf1 East St Louis. Ill , Harry was the | kanr “Glove Doctor” for the neighbor-! y hood kids, too He did ail the re j1( lf pairs, sewing up the lone baseball1 *h”1 they used when it became ripped ‘-09 and re sltlching the kids' gloves at C,P night after a sandlot game. j **• Harry's son. Roland, also is a i 1 Rawlings' designer. He does much j * of Harry's work today. In fact, i ; Harry will tell you that “my son I I is a better glove doctor than I am.” N - i mu«Al I A . If
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Van Wert Times Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio, US
Sat, Apr 01, 1961
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