October 21, 1899: The effect of Frank Merriwell's adventures on the desire in young boys to attend Yale probably cannot be underestimated. Frank had a long stint at Yale since he had to drop out due to financial difficulties for a spell (mostly this was a ploy by the writer to extend his college career as long as possible).
This particular issue focused on a sport at which Frank displayed his excellence time and again: running! Nothing complex about running clothes back then. Shoes were not the highly sophisticated, over-engineered marvels that they are today, but the science of sport was definitely underway. While football and baseball had not quite caught on to the cleat (I forgot to mention this on the football post yesterday), rubber was being used on running shoes.
Couldn't tell from the cover I used as a reference this whether the colors were just faded or if that "Y" on the shirt should have been dark blue (Yale's blue). I decided, since I had a number of "Y" outfits for Frank, to vary the blues a little, just to keep it interesting.
This particular issue focused on a sport at which Frank displayed his excellence time and again: running! Nothing complex about running clothes back then. Shoes were not the highly sophisticated, over-engineered marvels that they are today, but the science of sport was definitely underway. While football and baseball had not quite caught on to the cleat (I forgot to mention this on the football post yesterday), rubber was being used on running shoes.
Couldn't tell from the cover I used as a reference this whether the colors were just faded or if that "Y" on the shirt should have been dark blue (Yale's blue). I decided, since I had a number of "Y" outfits for Frank, to vary the blues a little, just to keep it interesting.
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