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Post by lebaneaver on Apr 1, 2018 16:37:25 GMT -8
My rookie baseball season at LUHS. Coach Woody Bennett (many OSU folks MAY know him....loved the guy) informed the team, after 20 were cut...big classes in those days....that "Bill and Caps" sporting goods store in Lebanon had some new shoes called NIK(E)...hard I, silent E...,and they had a "wing" on the side. A white, steel cleated baseball shoe with a RED "wing" on the side. He wanted us to all have the same shoe. Folks and I went down to Bill and Caps...a GREAT sporting goods store in downtown Lebanon!....and we (they) bought me a pair for NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY FIVE CENTS..American ...($9.95). Swoosh. www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/page/how_nike_dominated_oregon_high.html#incart_breaking#incart_target2box_default_#incart_target2box_targeted_ |
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Post by sagebrush on Apr 10, 2018 6:16:16 GMT -8
Forgot all about Bill and Caps. It was indeed a great store back in the day when almost everything in Lebanon and Sweet Home were family owned businesses who took care of folks.
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Post by lebaneaver on Apr 10, 2018 14:16:02 GMT -8
Forgot all about Bill and Caps. It was indeed a great store back in the day when almost everything in Lebanon and Sweet Home were family owned businesses who took care of folks. Cap was a GREAT guy....although his son became a schmuck.....Not only did he run the store, but worked several years at the Champion plywood mill. Graveyard shift the entire time he was there. They don't "make 'em like that" anymore. Bought every glove, every pair of athletic shoes, every jock strap, every pair of socks (and sanis...remember those?) from Bill and Caps all through high school. Riddell, Puma, Spot-Bilt. . . . until that shoe with "the wing" came along. Changed a lot of s%#t. I owe you a beer in downtown Albany. When I can......MY life is NOT my own...... (I should probably patent that statement, but I'm sure it's been used before.). |
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Post by osuft3 on Apr 11, 2018 13:25:27 GMT -8
My rookie baseball season at LUHS. Coach Woody Bennett (many OSU folks MAY know him....loved the guy) informed the team, after 20 were cut...big classes in those days....that "Bill and Caps" sporting goods store in Lebanon had some new shoes called NIK(E)...hard I, silent E...,and they had a "wing" on the side. A white, steel cleated baseball shoe with a RED "wing" on the side. He wanted us to all have the same shoe. Folks and I went down to Bill and Caps...a GREAT sporting goods store in downtown Lebanon!....and we (they) bought me a pair for NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY FIVE CENTS..American ...($9.95). Swoosh. www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/page/how_nike_dominated_oregon_high.html#incart_breaking#incart_target2box_default_#incart_target2box_targeted_My Dad owned a small town department store in Sutherlin during the 60's through the early 80's. The largest inventory was clothing and shoes for the whole family, but he also had yardage, bedding, etc. We sold U. S. Keds. Adidas and Converse were the brands that took off in the 60's, but you had to be a sporting goods outlet to get a contract. The store was part of a chain, and eventually the Reedsport store stocked a few sporting goods so as to get Converse. He was able to stock the others stores as well, and the high school kids were happy. At some point in the early 70's, Nike was looking for retail outlets, being weary of selling from the trunk of the car, and convinced Dad to sign a deal and stock their shoes. He was one of the first stores to take a chance with them, but not many wanted running shoes in those days, and those that did still wanted Adidas. After a year or so, they weren't selling well, ended up on the sale table, and he cancelled the deal with Nike. Later, as they caught on and became the rage, they wouldn't sell him anymore. Unfortunately, he jumped on them too early for the market he served. |
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Post by lebaneaver on Apr 11, 2018 17:41:11 GMT -8
Loved those great locally owned, small town department stores. Hate losing them. We want EVERY damn thing on the cheap, now. No service, no relationship, no loyalty. Hate it. I'm to blame as much as anyone. Not proud of it.
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