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Show i PERSEVERANCE CLUB BY JAMLS ALBERT WALES. , ot of (i i- ' iritis n baseball , ,hw u.i I'- '"- ' "l 0,,a iui I ' ( ,!'" I'7?1I us i any i ih "Pf'"R ""' JU f i magri of the s 1 I tn elrfri I ho lie r ' "' lltct ', , iw.ii. .dire- ..lint 111 '"I'' " "" lo IW I '' V "'Bnnlunl U i hi n i ilonilili Bumm , 11 , a I. iRUe with L it. . 1 1 n KnlMit ill"! ihl lit " la" " Tl i li at no team tt un 1 i 1 l ou kn,;w ,', to ni" "l'."l.li'c.r"lll. .ifpllis tn of nui rrlncl ."fi I .' .11 f nns thing, io into Ihl league with the Jon to '" neither thc ,n' foi n place on the team After thc ilriit few lui of pmulce the club utMtiliiiouil elected Juck Ilcn tenon captain of the trim, for he had easily procil himself the best all nrotinl plaver uiut most conscientious trainer t-upt llcnilirson taw that u coach wns iiecdeil to bring out the best polntB of evny plascr Ho vlslteil Stuait l'os-In, l'os-In, n soiing Hlvervlcw lawsei, who htil been captain of the lnsohitll team iIuiIiik the senior seui Mi fouler una intrusted In the ilubR success, so he URiciil Id roiih tlie team froin 4 to G on Mmidnss Wednosdnvs and 1'rlliS" lake It easy at Mist, ha sni I to the pinners It sou use too much strength Jit the vcrj mart sou will ro lame ant get what they call n "glass aim" lie. meinher that lerfoct umtiol of the ball la moiu Impntnnt than anything else Some of tho bos who were not bat-tine, bat-tine, uoulil Held thc bills sent out by tl.o battmcli, who merely bunted the ' r fik it- , Ho Pulled Down tho Ball. ror ai y trim Is Kilns I 1t i li uiilv n plnuilrd 1tr ' t m nil Ire of thiec t' " nlllcrm of tho " 1 1I thin u week 1 It s mil i.oldrn 'I a 1 i th proposition ""t cl ii io a inertlnR "' l fliilliniiKP A "I'lliut i i niloplul and ' I I follow Will f tl 1 ! ranir club, rvniwit 1 of the Inv Incites Inci-tes tr it r 1 1P organl-. organl-. calk i Ik iiialriir linse ' Th f a ls tlc ln( ,t itajluj f Unci, mllea Uich ball thc exorcise brine Intended only fin the purpose of training Ihe esesnn! learnlnR ho tn hold the hit Don I holt nur hands rinse together on the bat ' ndlsed Mi Foster. Hold I hem nbout two Inches apart nnd let the lower hand be nt least an Inih from tho end of the bit When sou strike nt the hall drn t chop up or down nt It, or swlnjr nt It vvlldls with s out ee ilored but meet It fairly un I iquarelj with a direct blow When the pitcher tethers the ball, keep jour feet to-Rrther, to-Rrther, very neiu the plate. Again renumber that a welbplncd hit even If It la only a bunt Is bellet than n long rlrlvo sent nt random" After the batting practice the boys n ill '" I"1 I encloKvl Ihr h F ,n" " Ihe visit n " "ir 1 1 hcdtiln was P"'. ', v Invlu.l- m i" at I'alU IB" M I.. ,,ll,nKiil(.lil i , '" 'einnio s II r ' ' IMW, In 111. ru Ml ml I. , ' inl.iMew with h , "' , " which luil , ' ' 'u, nthlell, i ' nil u.i, f, ,le i 1 '. the i nuudtf i' wiih thiee hi I 1 1 ah In i . ' "id f itiinliy P ' inruiliei of I" i Ike, mixloiiH foimAil two teams and plajel o practice prac-tice BKinf W hen th had 1 Hjcd se -rial InnlnRS, the coach i illed the plas-ci plas-ci ! i In unl explained a few principles '" Hoini"!?? you hold our linnds In the wioni position when latching tho ball nr!"d of l.oldlnB tl.o w.lsts Inge the. mi 1 Hiiictiiflnfr out the h ind whkli "tin 'lesiliB In bieaklim u llneir . two oii should noil thv llimtrs t... gethri nnd the hand, pfi.nll"' l.le t Tide like this -and he lllui i ed Ihe point by liolillnir lil IihihIm In U.o m in-n-r shown In tho iliuwlm. ,,,, When HeMliiR a Biound.i 01 I Icku P ken. tho heels togelhii and the feet a ilitht mmliH to p'rent tho hill fipni pet tmlf Si " When pkklnB up th a"ds sn .. I" be ura ot ge lnB It Wo shall llnlBli the I ractlro to lyW; half-mllo run, four tlmca nruund tlio field Thli will deelop the lunsa nnd staying powers On th following dnjs the bnyi Improve Im-prove 1 Rrrntlj In their playing Although Al-though SJr roster colli I not alwaB attend at-tend paclld his Biiggrstlons were uircfull) followed out Ouslnim days the bo) went through light pincllie In the clubhouse Aftei piactk e eery day thr repaired to the houe, changed their clothes and h id a sliow-ri sliow-ri h ith and ruh down ('apt Ilrndrrson was soon able to chooio his team He selected nine regular reg-ular pliei3 an 1 foui substltulei to compose the squad Mr Postri gie eprclal Instruction to each playrr te-ftardlug te-ftardlug his own tiosltlon nnd took gieat earn with the pltrhlng stff The diy of the opening ginie arrived W'.lbur Whentleys posters brought a large crowd, some WO In nil, nt 25 cents rach which netted ISO lo each club The Perseverance playcis appeared In natty unlfnims similar to those used by the Indooi bisebill teams They bitted lr the following oidei. Tlcknor ss savles, rf, Olmsted, Sh, Ollilrn 3b Wheatlev, If, Ornhain lb, Ilnnford ef, Henderson c, ltogcrs p The Invlnclbles looked upon the gnme ns nn assure 1 lctor fot themselves Ihrlr track pltchrr, Ukk Ivrs, wns In thA box, nnd he hid not lost a came for niarlv twnrais After both teams had practiced for tlftc"n minutes the lnvlnclbles came to the bat TYiseveiaiKe made a good Impiesslon by putting out the tlrst three busmen In order, and added to the good ilfect b suiilng a run In the latter half of the Inning on a single by Hex und Iteiibs three bate hit Dick Ivrti brace 1 up after tills, and till not allow a jiiim tn naih srionil till the ninth Inning In the meanwhile mean-while Hoy Hogeis was knocked out of the I ox In the llfth Inning having given tin re bases on halls nnd made a wild 1 Itch lleub changed positions with him The Hioro was now 4 to 1 In favor of the visitors The lnvlnclbles lnvlncl-bles woicd twice In tho seventh, on errors er-rors b) the I'ersevernnre InP ' When the home team nunc up fo titer Inlf of the ninth the score s still H to 1 (Irnham and llanfnrd ent out on giounderii, hut Hcnder n nnd lingers madn safe hits He got a base on kill" making threo on base, mil lleub euinc lo the hat amid loud cheeis fiom the Pel severance supporters support-ers Ho nt a long drive far out Into left Held, nnd tho erowd lose to their feet ns one man thinking It was u sife hit 'Io every ones surpilse however, tho left fielder leiod Into the all and pulled tho ball down with ono hand llio bntsman was out the Mime over, and the score was still 6 to 1 Won! was locked Inter In tho day that Ihe (tolden knights had beaten tho Hangers 13 to 1J so thc Golden Knlghta nnd Invlmlbles weie accordingly accord-ingly tied for tho lendeishlp of tho league 'Ihe Perseverance team practiced and trained harder than ever aftei their defeat, and on the following h.ituritnj they went to Park Heights and plajed tho Hangers The bovn plu)ecl In the same older ns on Hnturdav, except that Ilarrj llanfoid pitched and Hoy nnd Itiuli plajed ccntei und light Holds ictpectlvel). noth tc.imii scoici! one run In tho opening Inning, then neither sinicd till tho sixth, when the Perscverunic got two liiiiio In tho seventh tho Hangers got a tall), but Churlcv OlmMeud s three hanger diove In three urns foi the vlrllors making tho Heme il to .' 'Iho llnal noic was in to 3 In favor of I'erovcienic Iho Invliuililes however how-ever beat the (iolden Knights .'.' to I lii the league standing1 wna now us foi-lows W on L.ost P " Imlnclhlex .... 2 0 l "00 Oolrten knights 1 1 OTi 1 erseveriince club .1 t WO Haligers ... 0 2 WS On May 10th the final games In the schedule were to be played The Perseverance Per-severance bovs tried conclusions with their old rivals the ("Iolden Knights at Hlvcrvlew, nnd the lnvlnclbles plaed the Hangers at Glendntc, hoping to win the league champlomhip by a third Victors Hoy Kogcri pitched for the Knights nnd his work was of a high older During tho nine Innlngn he nllowid onlj three base hits struck out fourteen four-teen men nnd gave, but Jive bases on bills, four ot them In the lost Inning, when he got rattled nnd let down Perseverance batted hard and conflst-entl, conflst-entl, seeming a well earned viclorv The stnrv of the game Is best told In the tabulated scoio GOLIU N KNIOIlTa , .. .. A.H h mi po a. i; W right, 2b ...... 4 n o 2 1 2 Wrmon c f ., . . 4 0 I l 1 ft Hohinson lb .... 4 ft ft 12 ft 1 Siulklll 3h 4 ft 0 2 ft 3 Tnnen If... 1 1 ft 1 ft ft Ilugho r f t ft ft 0 ft ft nort s s ... 3 ft 2 1 ) ll Miller, c . .. 1 0 ft 4 1 ft Sands, p 3 0 ft o 1 1 Total 31 J :i lj 7 ri.iisiivi hvaci: a ii ii mi po a r Tlcknor sb. f,23fthl B es rt ...tl.iono (llmsten I .li . " il I 1 5 J O llrlen fh ..51310ft Whrnlles If....'. 1 1 2 ft ft (irnham Hi . . J t ft x ft ft Ilnnford cf... 4 ft 3 J ft ft Urn lersoil, c .... 4 1 4 11 1 ft Hogers, p 3 ft 3 0 ft ft Totals . ... 37 1 19 27 9 "s Huns s Innings 12341B781 Persevcrnnce Club 0 0 1 ft 4 ; ft fl-1 C.l.lrn Kliilil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 I rrt on bases 1 rsevcrnnce 6 Oolden Knights, t Hrst bise on errors I crse-vcrnuce, crse-vcrnuce, 3 Two bnse hits W henlley and llenilcnon Hirer Inse hits Saj les and Tlcknor Ilnuio 1 tin Henderson btiuck out Ik Ilitns II h hands 2 llisrs on bnll-Off llfgrrs 6 ntr hail Is 4 Dili-bin Dili-bin pliss llcknor 10 Uluistcad lo Qn-ham Qn-ham (2j Tom Harrs. the club scorer kept n full ik.oro of ciers Riuno In tho form given above, and sent nn account to the Hlvcrvlew pipers everj week It was supiostd thut the lnvlnrlbles had trounced the HnngerH, and there-bs there-bs had secured the championship nnd Filk pennant. Howevei, we can 1m-nRlno 1m-nRlno how much surprise Ihero was when tho news came tint tho Hangers by a grand uphill light, had managed tn win out taking udvuntugo of the tact thit Ives had an off dij and could not control tho bill Thin b 1111 unlooked-for slate of of. falls Peucverauee nnd the lnvlnclbles lnvlncl-bles had each won two games and lost onn while the Hangers and Oolden Knights were a!o tied each with one game won nnd two lost. Delegates fiom the four clubs met In tho Peiseveranco clubhouse Tues lay afteinoon and decided that the Invln-clblo Invln-clblo mid Peiseveranco teams iihould lias a deciding gimo foi the eh em-plonshlp em-plonshlp lit Ulendalo Haturclas. Mas 17lh " ' Tho llnal game between the leading clubs went down Into local hlstors us Iho most exclllng of the season Space forbids describing It this week but If sou look foi the next tale In tho seiles sou will learn how tho rival teums fought It out and which of tho teams tlimlls woathe championship pennant of the Amateur 11 neb ill league |