Show THE PERSEVERANCE CLUBBy CLUB-By James Albert Wales During severe storm on the Saturday Satur-day afternoon after the basketball game the river roso considerably and much driftwood was cast ashore Amos Jackson Alex McGregor and Walter Gladwin went out In Walters duck boat after the storm and collected I lected a number of heavy square I beams about I by C Inches In good condition to serve as sills for the ground frame ot the clubhouse They were towing them astern when a sudden sud-den gust of wind caused a Jibe upset Frrl rl I i 0 rtoJ rf I school The river had frozen firmly alnco Saturday so the sills had been found none too soon Ten brick piers were needed for the foundation and fortunately tho bricks were to be ob tained from the ruins of tho barn which bad previously been on the gJta of the house A mortar bed was made and a dozen of the fellow began to build the piers The heavy Bills were I then laid upon the piers and spiked r together The boys had brought saws hammers planes chisels mallets etc from home and the more skilful ones there Intrusted with the difficult parts of the work The foundations having been laid It was decided to stop work for the day and seek recreation on the Ice Most of the boys had brought skates and shinney sticks and a spirited same was the result Many of them played well and the idea of organizing a hockey team was enthusiastically approved ap-proved Rex Tlcknor as captain and Jack Higgins as manager were urged I r I 1 f 0 s ti l 1 1 f I It I1 rIIf I l t rf r itftll ¼ i JJ Y + tr3 1m7 g 4 f U I f t 44 11 T 1 i yJ + C r JIa2S I ling the boat All three were good swimmers and they made for the cap sized hull at once The boat and logs were quickly driven ashore and the boys though half chilled from their Icy bath managed man-aged to right the boat and draw the logs up on shore Their determined spirit shown In this Incident was in line with that of the entire club The building materials were deliv ered Monday morning and the boys got to work that afternoon after If 1IJJh t 701 to get up a team that would bring to the Perseverance club Its first victory On the following afternoon the boys resumed work They laid 26 beams 25 feet long across the ground frame 2 v feet apart spiking the ends to the I sills An equal number of bconiH 1C I feet in height were stood upright at I the junctions and oams were laid across the tops of these Beams were I then laid to meet a heavy ridge pole In the center which was supported at I either end by a beam from the ground j I = frame All these beams wcre carefully across the tops oC these Beams VOPSOC were doubled i It tool all the boys the best Part of the afternoon tO gel thus far working Industriously Nothing Inse cure Ol slipshod l Grahams was permitted George father a carpenter watched the work nn on Tuesday and gave much helpful advice The hockey team was chosen after the boys had stopped 1 work for the r day Manager < Hlgglns announced a game with the Rangers to be played on thw leo In front of the clubhouse on Friday This added zest and interest Inter-est to the practice The boys who had not made tho team formed a scrub team and made the first team hustle A special meeting of the team and scrub was held that evening A book of rules was carefully studied ball b-all and the boys found that hockey was much more scientific than ahln ney they had been playing although a somewhat similar game They worked out a number of combination plays on the blackboard and agreed upon signals On Wednesday the beams for the ends of the house were mortised Into the ground frame spiked to the roof beams and sawed off lush During the progress of the work provision had been made for the doors and windows specified In the plans Much time was devoted to hockey practice as the game was to come off on Friday The treasury had been drawn upon to equip the team with regulation hockey sticks and skates and the boys were neatly attired In heavy sweaters football trousers and stockings and stout shlnguards A regular hockey puck was used instead p ct S agUgtbuntullu11 ° IIUIIn111Illplll II r l r r 6 s t r J w 1 Iu F d n R Csll94 of a rubber ball as formerly and a space 58x112 feet was marked out on the Ice with goal posts at either end six feet apart and Joined by a bar four feet above the surface Terry OBrien did so well on the scrub team that Captain Hex put him at cover point Ion I-on the first team In place of Wilbur WheaUey Wilbur was so angry at this that he wanted to light Hex on I the spot Reuben Sayles came forward for-ward as peacemaker telling Wilbur that every member of the club should forget his own Interests In the efforts to help the team to victory whereupon the latter repented of his Impulsive action and shook hands with Bex much to everyones relief Thursday saw most of the Weatherboarding Weather-boarding and part of the roofing In place The hockey practice consisted mostly In signals without the scrub Building operations on Friday were suspended owing to the game Wilbur Wheatley had posted the town with notices of the game and a large crowd assembled on tho Ice A rope had been fixed to keep the crowd away from the section of the weak Ice near the north goal The Perseverance boys had trained hard for this game and fell that they deserved to win The general impression Impres-sion was one of pluck and Perseverance Persever-ance They lined up In this order Gladwin goal Barry point OBrien cover point Ticknor captain center Stratford forward Sayles left wing and Higgins right wing Two goal umpires and a referee were selected as well as Uo timekeepers and the came began On the faceoff the puck shot Into Perseverance territory terri-tory Rex got the rubber In his club and went tearing down the field eluding the opposing point and cover point very skilfully lie made a long lift for goal missing by a few Inches The disk traveled up and down the Ice till the I Rangers center secured It In Piose verance territory Ue started for goal with Terry OBrien making desperate Jabs to get the puck away from him Tom Barry also got In his way but he cleverly side stepped and drove the ball Into goal Score Hangers 1 Perseverance Perse-verance 0 It was only a few minutes later when the Rangers forward got the disk out of a spirited scrimmage near the Perseverance Perse-verance goal and shot the second tally making the score 20 Hex took the puck on the faceoft and dashed down the Ice He went through the field of skaters and when within ten yards of the goal lifted the rubber The shot went rather high and the goalkeeper stopped the puck with his hand This wao certainly unfortunate After the squareoff the rubber was close to the Pcr crancc goal Rcub Sayles cleared the bunch and was away like a flash Ho traveled through the center of the field sidestepping the two wings and cover point and Shooting goal Score 21 Jack Ulgglns put tho rubber through for another the re auk of a lively mlxup at the goal and the score was now 22 During the Intermission Treasurer Charley took up a collection from the crowd In behalf of the clubhouse fund The halffinished house on tho river bank had been admired generally and Charleys hat was well filled The sum collected was 2310 which made a welcome wel-come addition to the treasury In the meantime Capt Rex was encouraging his men lie admitted that there had been too much Individual playing Loo much grandstand work and he told them that team work was necessary If I Perseverance was to win The playing In the second half was fast and scientific on both sides For ten minutes there was no scoring then the Rangers center got the puck on a poor pass and shot It home Score 32 Perseverance quickly tied the score on a clever combination play In which faultless passing by the forwards brought the puck so close to he I goal that Jack Higglns had no difficulty in sliding It between the posts The score was now 33 and the crowd cheered enthusiastically In the excitement excite-ment several of the onlookers ventured on tho weak Ice near the north goal which the Rangers were defending Rex Tlcknor got the puck out of a scrimmage and was rushing with it for the goal when the thin Ice at the side gave way and a little girl about 10 years old went through disappearing In the deep water beneath Rex turned instantly In-stantly and raced for the break In the Ice The girl came to the surface and clutched the Jaggcd edge of the break flex dropped Hat or his face about three feet away and sketched out his stick to the girl shouting to her to catch it She took hold of the stick and cllnibed out on the ice which At first broke beneath be-neath her wclglit She was soon in safety arid In thecare of wlllinjf hands while flex was lionized for his courage I and piosence of mind He laughed l his I admirers asldo and went back to the game as if he had done nothing at all In the last minute of play Bill Stratford Strat-ford got the dl k near the center At q signal from CapU L Rex the wings nr rnyed themselves one on either side and the three tore down the Ice at lightning speed with Rex following closely In the rear The formidable quartette took the Rangers by storm and soon only the gojltnder was to be passed At this point the real value of the triangular formation was proved The goalkeeper caught Will on the hip with a body lct before he could take the puck Rex had rushed forward and caught It In his stick Had the fourabreast formation been used all four would have been off side when Will was thrown out of the play As It was however Rex quickly reached the open and with a well directed lift sent the puck spinning between the posts just at the call of time and Perseverance Per-severance had won 13 1 I The spectators swarmed upon the Ice and triumphantly carried the boys off the field on their shoulders A bonfire had been built and Capt Rex doubly the hero of the day was brought forward for-ward and urged to make a speech This I ho modestly declined to do but every I one wanted to shako hands with him and altogether he got all that was coming to him In the Joy of their first victory tho boys Joined hands around the fire and pranced around shouting and Hinging too happy for restraint re-straint 0 In the next story we shall learn how the clubhouse was completed and how the boys tried a new and popular game Indoor baseball |