US Patent No. 538572 Hand Protector for Ball Catchers by E L Wilson (April 3 1895) Frame Style:Bourbon Frame Distinguished Masons of the Revolution

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US Patent No. 538572 Hand Protector for Ball Catchers by E L Wilson (April 3 1895) Frame Style:Bourbon Frame Distinguished Masons of the RevolutionUs Patent No. 538572 Hand Protector for Ball Catchers by E L Wilson (april 3 1895) E. L. Wilson's 1895 schematic arrives from an era when catchers stopped fastballs barehanded and counted broken fingers as part of the job. The line drawing maps a padded shell across the palm and knuckles, an early armoring of the hand back when the mitt itself was still being invented. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American archives the U.