A fist ball became
quickly soft and mushy. Soon players learned that winding wool tightly
would make it hard and it would then keep its shape.
This is a glove for any
other base it had little to no webbing at all. Your glove would be like
a snow glove your fingers were in separate slots.
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This is a first basemen glove that did not
have a lot of webbing or padding after a couple of hard throws they
would become soft and mushy it would sting after a while.