In the school-room, spring-fever is that longing and dream we have stuck inside, looking out with the stirring to escape. Recess, games, sport are our excuse to run out onto the grass and burn and shine in the glow of spring-time. Baseball has belonged to spring on the Bluff, and across the United States, since before the University’s founding. We dug through the museum’s athletic collection for some vintage baseball artifacts and uncovered this Reach Baseball Glove, ca1908. Follow our link to the Museum and Archives blog to learn more about this glove and where it fits in baseball equipment history: https://sites.up.edu/museum/baseball-fever-every-spring/
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu