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As with the early baseballs that were made, they used what ever leather that was readily available. Cow, and horse hide was commonly used. Saddle makers commonly worked with leather, and the early ball players would have sought the advice of these leather workers to develop a glove used to play Baseball. Some of the early baseball gloves were simple leather gloves with the fingertips cut off. Baseball games were played in large fields on or near farms, and a local saddle maker would not be too far away. What the saddle maker had available was use. As the glove developed horse hair was used to pad the gloves.

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