1973 Vintage Torspo Stick

In 1973, Tom Granelli–Newark Brewers GM, had a new stick company, Torspo, send him eight-dozen sticks to try out with the team. Jim Szymanski drove to the Newark Airport North Terminal to retrieve the sticks. Inadvertently, he noted to the Customs Agents these new sticks had a hollow shaft which made them stronger, though more flexible. That statement caused a delay as a drug sniffing German Shepard was brough in to inspect the cargo before it could be released. Lesson learned. This stick from that shipment, more than 50 years old, is still brand new – never used.