Winters Pneumatic Pad
"Sporting Life" 9-1-1900
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/43056

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Winters' Patent

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Winters' Pneumatic Recoil Pad, June 1898 Sports Afield, with an endorsement from Fred Gilbert who was arguably the best of the best at that point

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Gilbert at the 1904 GAH and his Parker looks to be wearing both a "recoil boot" and a Heikes Hand Guard

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