in NY, a sporting goods company, the Spalding company
The company, founded in Chicago (and now headquartered in Massachusetts), has a very interesting history. Albert Goodwill Spalding was a baseball superstar in the 1870's, "at annual salaries ranging from $1,500.00 to $2,500.00, amounts considered fabulous in the rather limited baseball world of that time." When pitching for the Chicago Cubs in their 1876 championship year, "Spalding compiled an amazing record of 52 victories and 14 defeats."

http://www.spalding.com/pressroom/ag_spalding.html