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1930 Patent Information Added To Knob

1931 Catalog

1931 Barrel Stamping
Players Last Name

1934-1935 Barrel Stamping
Player "Type"

1935 Court Dession

1932 Catalog

1933 Catalog

1936 Catalog
1936 Catalog


1937 Catalog

1942 Catalog

Turning Report For Hand Lathe Custom Made Bats


  Burke-Hanna MFG Company Baseball Bats
 
 Hanna MFG Company Batrite Baseball Bats
Item Details

MANUFACTURING PERIOD
1925-1976

MANUFACTURER
Hanna Manufacturing Company
Athens, Georga

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   The Hanna Manufacturing Company of Athens, Georgia, was established in 1911 by Clay Hanna. The company turned out handles for scoops, shovels, and spades in Macon, GA, then moved to Athens Georgia in 1921. William Burke, founded the Burke Golf Company in 1910. After losing control of the company to Robert Crandall in 1922, Burke left the firm in 1925, and formed a partnership with Clay Hanna, and Robert Crandall's brother L.W. Crandall, who was vice president of the Hanna Manufacturing Company.

 In 1925 Hanna expanded into making toy bats for discount and department stores which featured the Burke-Hanna MFG. C., "Flying Bat" trademark logo. By 1927 Hanna started the production of baseball bats for sporting goods stores, colleges, and Major League ballplayers.

 The "Flying Bat" Logo is the earliest used by Hanna and dates to about 1925 to 1935. "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." was added below the Flying Bat Logo around 1927. In April 1932, the Hanna Manufacturing Company applied for a patent for a new center brand for its bats in the shape of an oval. Hillerich & Bradsby filed for an injunction against the copyright and patent, but the "Burke-Hanna" oval center brand baseball bats were produced and hit the market in 1933. After the injunction was filed by Hillerich & Bradsby, Hanna brought the "Flying Bat" logo out of retirement, until they came up with a new design for 1936.

 In 1934 Hillerich & Bradsby was granted an injunction to restrain Hanna from using on its baseball bats the names of noted players whom H&B have under contracts.

  Hanna had to produce a new flying Bat logo dye for 1934-1935, and the name Burke was left out. The Barrel branding was redesigned and the word "Type" was added after the players last name. The 1931 and 1932 catalogs have the TA and model number on the barrel with the players last name. Bats made after the injunction have the TA and model number atop the Bat logo.

 The 1932 case against Hanna was withdrawn due to the Court not having jurisdiction. The Hillerich & Bradsby Co. refiled the case on January 12, 1933 and included in their summery that by using an oval/ellipse, and also adding the name of a player on the end of the bat, Hanna was violating the Hillerich & Bradsby Co. oval trademark by making Hanna bats look like Louisville Sluggers. Hanna counter sued saying that H&B had stolen their process of hardening their bats with a glue.

 The patent for a method for treating baseball bats, golf clubs, etc, was filed on October 17, 1928 by Henry Clay Hanna. Patent no. 1,770,403, is granted on July 15, 1930, and this information is added to the knob.

 The new "Hanna Batrite" branding introduced in 1936, was used until 1976 when the company closed. In 1962 "Northern Ash" was added to the right of the "Hanna Batrite" center brand. In 1937 "Burke-Hanna Quality Baseball bats" featured a "Hanna MFG Company, Burke-Hanna, Athens Georgia" center brand. Hanna's Flagship line of Batrite models used the trademark branding introduce in 1936.


 
 
Burke-Hanna MFG Company Baseball Bat Dating Guide
The Hanna Manufacturing Company used a number of center brands over the years. The Logo samples pictured below are listed in chronological order, dated to the years they appear in catalogs.

1925-1926 1927-1929

1930-1932 1933

1934-1935 1936-1976

Inexpensive  Store Models
1933-1949 1933-1934? (Columbia)

1937

1937-1942 1949-1976

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    In 1930 Hanna's patented non-chipping treatment was granted. The method of treating a baseball bat impregnating the outer layers of the bat barrels with a mixture containing casein glue, while preserving the handle portion and core of the bat in its natural condition. Hanna's 1932 countersuit that Hillerich & Bradsby had stolen their process of hardening their bats with the same glue, (Powerized) was dismissed by the court, stating that "Both parties are free to practice it." The court ruled the Hanna method patents invalid.

 In 1935, the Flox "hold fast" grip was introduced and a cork grip was marketed in 1936. Hanna also introduced the CM - Custom Made - Bats with Registered Balance. Each CM-Custom Made bat is registered at the factory, enabling the bat to be reordered using the unique serial number to duplicate the exact specifications; style, length, weight, wood, finish and balance.

 In 1972, "The cupped-end bat" was approved by the major leagues. It was thought to be a Japanese innovation at the time but, the Hanna Batrite company, introduced the cup-Bat in the 1930s. "The bat with the concaved end" was in fact patented and manufactured in 1898 by the Robert Reach Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia.

  Around 1962 Hanna marketed the fiberglass sleeve, which was incorporated into the bat handle. The purpose of this sleeve was to reduce the number of broken bats. Believed to be a Hanna MFG Co. innovation the patent was actually applied for by the Mueller Perry Co. in 1960. The Patent was approved in 1964, but the company began to market the product in 1961.
 
 
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