MEARS Auction #46, Ends February 2nd, 2013, 9:00 CST W/15-Minute Rule

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Lot #11:

1917-21 Swetonie/Mordas Stamped Minor League H&B Louisville Slugger Professional Model Sidewritten Game Used Bat (MEARS LOA)

Offered is a 34", 33 ounce professional model H&B Louisville Slugger minor league game used bat. Bat features a 1917-21 era H&B 125 center brand stamping while "Swetonie" is stamped on the barrel and "Mordas" is stamped on the barell twice and both ends of the bats. James Swetonic played for the Columbus Senators of the American Association in 1921 while a John Mordas is listed as having played 4 season with the Wheeling Stogies of the Middle Atlantic League later in the decade. Heavy use is evident throughout most notably in the form of dead wood on the barrel and 4" handle crack. Bat is also sidewritten though it is faded and illegible. (B0185)

MEARS grades this bat as authentic.

LOA Troy Kinunen / MEARS