Wright & Ditson

"Founded in 1871 by Baseball Hall of Famer George Wright and Boston businessman Henry Ditson, the Wright & Ditson company specialized in tennis rackets, and golf clubs. Sometime around the turn of the 19th century, they added baseball equipment. By the early 1900's, A.G. Spalding & Brothers controlled 99.7% of the company's shares. In 1910, Wright & Ditson announced the formation of a partnership with Victor Sporting Goods of Springfield, Massachusetts. The Victor's baseball factory would produce their specialties, namely baseballs, bats, mitts, and gloves, for Wright & Ditson, and the goods would thereafter bear the Wright & Ditson logo. In 1918, the Victor Sporting Goods Company consolidated with the Wright & Ditson Company. All sporting goods produced from their facilities thereafter were stamped with a new Victor, Wright & Ditson logo. In 1928, Spalding consolidated Reach and the Wright & Ditson-Victor Co. into A.J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc."--http://keymancollectibles.com/bats/victoraportinggoodsbaseballbat.htm