Baseball or softball glove

Abstract

A glove includes a leather member formed with a first hole, and located on a catching surface side, a core material disposed inside the leather member, and formed with a second hole, and a leather string fixing the leather member and the core material. The leather string passes through the first and second holes, and goes around an end of the core material in a sectional direction, so that the leather member and the core material are fixed to each other. Hardness of the end of the core material is higher than hardness of a center of the core material. A deformation amount of at least one part of the core material located around the second hole is less than or equal to 90% of a deformation amount of the softest part located at the center of the core material.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A baseball or softball glove comprising:
 a leather member formed with a first hole, and located on a catching surface side;   a core material disposed inside said leather member, and formed with a second hole; and   a leather string fixing said leather member and said core material, wherein   said leather string passes through said first and second holes, and goes around an end of said core material in a sectional direction, so that said leather member and said core material are fixed to each other,   hardness of said end of said core material is higher than hardness of a center of said core material, and   a deformation amount of at least one part of said core material located around said second hole is less than or equal to 90% of a deformation amount of the softest part located at the center of said core material.   
     
     
         2 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said leather member includes a finger part into which a forefinger of a user is inserted,   said core material is disposed on a side of a wrist of the user with respect to said finger part, and   said second hole is formed on a side of said finger part with respect to said center of said core material.   
     
     
         3 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 2 , wherein
 said leather string goes around said end of said core material so as to extend along an extending direction of said finger part.   
     
     
         4 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said leather member includes a pocket part provided on said catching surface side,   said core material is disposed around said pocket part, and   said second hole is formed on a side of said pocket part with respect to said center of said core material.   
     
     
         5 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 4 , wherein
 said leather string goes around said end of said core material so as to extend along a direction from said core material toward said pocket part.   
     
     
         6 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 1 , wherein
 at least one part of said second hole is formed in a region separated from an outer peripheral edge of said core material by 13 mm or less.   
     
     
         7 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said second hole comprises a plurality of second holes, and   said plurality of second holes are formed along said end of said core material, and a pitch between a pair of said second holes adjacent to each other, of the plurality of second holes is greater than or equal to 7 mm and less than or equal to 30 mm.   
     
     
         8 . The baseball or softball glove according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said end of said core material, or at least one part of periphery of said second hole is a thermally fused part.