Show I rUE PERSEVERANCE CLUBBY t CLUB-BY JAMES ALBERT WALES On the following Alonday evening o special meeting of the club was held nt which Mr Foster was present t Tieas urer Charley presented a report of the four baseball games In the first panic with the Invlncibles our share of the receipts was 7975 In p J I j I 2 IJ Reub Tlinnked the Donors t the gnmC wllh the Hungers wo lecelved 3750 and wo made JoG73 when we played he I Golden Knights Hie paid attendance at our last game was JOSS representing lL707o 1 The advertising and oilier necessary expense amounted to l2Q > leaving a balance oi lor > 0no our share of which Is 52L Aflor deducting de-ducting all oxpeudltuies of the club in cluilinfc team and clubhouse expense since the last report we havo In the treasury G1J21 At present we liavo j I S20 In honds outslandlni I move that we buy up these bonds which would cancel our obligations and loavu about tr > 0 on hand Charleys report was enthusiastically applauded and his motion carried after I I e i I 0 i < v 1fP1jf I I Ii jJ Wi mp aasm ssiffimwflSffi < lJ13IaIVIikm i7 f > tf > ttrifJIII rtivVitj i vo I w A Smash Joe Could Not Bench I tho report had boon formally accepted It was a great relief to the boys to fel that tho club would soon be free from financial obligations of any kind Mr 1 Foster spoke a few words praising the Toys for their work In winning the championship and urging the continuance continu-ance of Iho doiermliifd spirit and our nest training which hail resulted ip victory vic-tory lie concluded by declaring that while their financial I gain was most nratlfyJng they should never allow I money couslderalloiiK to Influence their I sports in any way the t rile aim of I sport being a wholesome enjoyment of i athletic exercise on a strictly amateur 1 basis Roy Rogers attended the meeting although l al-though his ankle still troubled him a little It came around nicely In n I few days but ha always regretted that he could not have finished that great game The handsome silk pennant was embroidered em-broidered with the name of tho winning club and by the end of the week It hung In the t clubhouse a precious trophy of a memorable struggle The citizens of the town who had always al-ways expressed great interest In the club found a very appropriate meiuu of pioving to the boys how deeply they appreciated their Torts In bringing the championship to Klvcrvlow A number of the boys had played tennis ten-nis and In deference to their wishes the club voted to lay out a tennis court and organized a tennis leant There was nn excellent place for the courts at the side of the clubhouse The ground was of a olayllke substance making an Idoal suifaco The boys essayed to do the work thcmsulvcs and they found It I more difficult I I than I Ihej had expected They cleared a spafci 00 by 110 feljl to allow room for TO double courts each 78 by SC l feet fakIng fak-ing up the sod was a hard enough task but the work of leveling the courts was much worse After the mounds had been reduced and the hollows nicely filled In a malignant rainstorm washed deep furrows In the I ground and spoiled all the previous work The boys Ilug a ditch around the cleared space to drain on moisture and sd to worJc again at leveling the courts They secured the use I oC a heavy roller from a local paving pav-ing concern and rolled the courts faithfully faith-fully for several days Succqcs finally crowned their efforts for the I ground hardened nicely and required only a little I 1 lit-tle care now and hen lo keep it in I llrsLclass condition A far as laying out the courts are I concerned remarked George Graham I Id much rather play plngponcr i Tho treasurer t was autborlcd tn buy two dozen tennis balk 120 yards of wire netting three yards wide and the I necessary neces-sary lumber for the framework of the backstops The boys supplied their own lacqiiets Tho wire nettIng was pul up at either end of he playing space A framework was constructed by h placing at I each end four I5xl posts 22 feet In length and 2i foot apart The posts were IS feet above tho surface supporting two rows of ntlllng L fastened to light cronspicccs At the ends they were turned slightly to prevent Ihe balls from rolling or hounding beyond t he netting Thv nets were stretched between 1x1 posts at cither end of each court and each was supported In the center by a light slick In marking out the courts th boys used a heavy solution of masons ma-sons lime and a whitewash brush The dimensions in the oillclal I rule < book wore adhered lo and tin boys icspccted 1 he rules Jn all theIr con lentf They look turns at marking and rolling the courts As soon UK I everything was In shape the club members took up thin sport with enthusiasm and practiced constantly con-stantly Other boys clubs in neighboring neighbor-ing towns bad tennis teams ned of com so Perseverance was not to be outdone out-done In this respect In order to decide de-cide which boys best ilcsorved to represent rep-resent tho clubs a club tournament was held open to all members of the club the four winning players I to constitute the Perseverance tennis team Sixteen or thy 20 members entered the other four acting UK officials The preliminary rounds were held on Saturday afternoon Kry 21tlu The tEJk r 1 V iW 9 C 4AmwcSis nL ° e i t I II r ciir I 11 rt 7 J t r 1I u I r 111 b k J a i ll r T i I l rv r I 4J 1i I I Who Mayor Pulled the Halyards T 7 s r l 4 i 40 1 opposing players were matched by drawing lots Ihe winners were Frank Cmsun Teddy JSnsIgn Rex Tlcknor Alex McGregor Fritz Bumbach Tom Barry Joe Stein and Alfred Davidson The second round aemlIlnals and finals fin-als wen played the following Monday Teddy beat Frank Hex beat Aleck Tom beat Frit and loft hat Alfred The four wlnncis accordingly qualified for the club Icnin Tn the semllhuilfl Teddy Ted-dy Ensign beat Hex Tleknor and Tom Barry beat Alfred Davidson Teddy and Tom ought I out the finals for the individual I i championship Teddy finally I won 2fi GO H7 IO fil On Wednesday the earn under Ted dys captaincy played the Dauntless clubs team As was expected the latter lat-ter proved very easy he t Perseverance J I I boys making a clean sweep In both singles sin-gles and doubles A tournament I with thc Golden Knights was arranged for Memorial day The tournament was held on the Perseverance Per-severance courts beginning at 2 oclock The Golduu Knights smarting ftum their defeats at baseball and basketball were resolved to beat their opponents t whose hollow victory over the Dauntless Daunt-less team had I implied them with confidence con-fidence In the first series Teddy Ensign En-sign beat Robert Van Voori 60 C3 6c On the othel court Sands and Robinson Robin-son beat Tom Batty and Joe Stein 20 C2 Sfi GJ In the next series Sands beat Tom Barry Gl G0 i0 and Jones and Van Voort beat Teddy and Hex 10S 70 1C fi l7 Perseverance bad now lost both sets of doubles and bad broken even on the t two sets of singlet played Rex Tlek nor was beaten by Jones 70 llti 110 SG 07 so that t Ioo Stein would have to beat Robinson In order to He he I score At the close of the I Tlcknor Jorres series loo was leading his opponent oppon-ent 8G 2G I 7 2H 110 J The play was fast and scientific and surprisingly good for boys not over Hi I Robinson used a fancy s ° rve which bothered Joe considerably I but the I In Ilol I made up for It I by his cleverness In returning Time and again lit would Miiash Hie I ball I down to the extreme corner of his ad versarys court making the while dust fly or he would diop It neatly over I he I net Just beyond Robln ° onj reach Robinson Rob-inson took the twentysecond game however making the score J11I I I For some time limo I suosaw continued till each player I had 15 games to his ciodlt Robinson look the Ihirtyfst and it was now lilfi In the Ihnlyjsccond gnome the I score remained near deuce for a long time neither player being able to score two successive points At last Uoblnpon scored < on two driving smashes that I Joe could not touch and consequently till set was his 17lu This meant hint Perseverance had lent the singles 13 i in add tion to the doubles certainly not a record to be proud of Aflor the I contest the I boys served ice eieain and cake to their guests I after which the party adjourned to the elubhouse Jack IKmlurson was I telling t one of the fair visitors about the baseball series and to Illustrate I I his renmrkithc tald J he would show her the I pennant when he reached the I clubhouse club-house Ills I I surprise may he Imagined Mhcn he found that the 0 pennant was not in Its usual place The news of Its I dlsappoaranc spread rapidly and a everyone looked for It but In vain It was nowhere lo I be found Well this I is too bad said Jack Its hard enough to lose the tennis tournament tour-nament but 1 lo hid 0111 pennant gone is worse yet 1 wonder who could have been mean enough to steal anything like that1 lie had hardly spoken the words when someone called attention to a crowd of peoplo coming up the street back of be clubhouse Thoro must have boon at least two hundred people peo-ple In nil and In the t center were 1 two teams of horses drawing what svernod like an unusually long lumber wagon though it was impossible to see tit t-it was carrying Such an odd sight elicited general I curiosity and no one seemed to know what It was all about As the I strange procession drow nearer near-er Ii I turned from the street and crossed the field toward t till t clubhouse the teams arid their strange charge following fol-lowing Still in the dark the boys could only look blankly nt I their uriex pcctod visitors who greeted them with amused smiles lIIe long wagon was halted I at t the edge of the t crowd but I as it was loosely I covered with canvas no one could hid out t what I It bore Mayor Barclay stepped forward with a spade In his hand and bowed to his mystified hosts At I a certain place In the field quite near I the I house four I small pegs were seen in the form of a square The Mayor du the spade Into the I turf I and losced a a spadeful of earth to one side Two sturdy t laborers lookup look-up the task at I once and 1 were noon digging dig-ging a deep pit 1 about t three I feet In dinmoier Tho Mayor was almoHl con vulreil with I laughter but he recovered himself I cleared 1 his throat I and ad tensed I the audlunec Ladles gentlemen and sorely piiKIcd members of the Perseverance Club I feel hat i ome explanation in due In view of the oxiraordlnary actions of myself and Ihla delegation of sober and solid citizens I We are thoroughly In Otto right minds though t I must confess con-fess appearances are against us I Laughter To be h brief we have Co > Ill that Il-l I the town of Rlverview owes a debt of gratitude to tho IorMeveranec club not only for Us splendid work in bringing the baseball championship to us but 1 for itis I I excellent standing I and character both Individual and collective col-lective You stand for all that Is noble and worthy in i sport and you linvu made the town of Hlvorvlcw proud to count your organization among Its honored Institutions I Applause You do not always win as our friends the Golden Knights con testify today laugh ci but you take your defeats as you take your victories like true sportsmen I And now In behalf of the citizens of RIvorvlew it becomes my pleasant duty to present to you this token of thou sincere regard and lasting esteem es-teem As ho spoke these wordx I he eiowd broke and made wny for 1 eight men carrying on ihulr shoulders alt a-lt Ll uti ful white I flagpole ii 1 ftysl lx feet hi length They moppod at Ihe I pit chopped he bull of the pole Into It and slowly erected It I toUK I full perpendicular per-pendicular by moms of forked props When the pole was In place the pit was quickly tilled up and lie I surface re nodded The Mayor look one of the ha Iya rdn In his baud and a he did so C barley Olmslcd I handed him a bulky bundle of cloth The Mayor tied It to the halyards In I two places without revealing re-vealing Us charaolor Suddenly he gave n vigorous pull on Iho halyards and 1 the I Hag o unfurled II nelf to the hroerc It was themissing baseball I I pennant t Charley had been Jet Into the plans nr I the Viirprlse party MI he had concealed the I pennant pen-nant I In i his locker in order lo have it ready to hand to the Mayor at the right lime There was a hearty cheer as the pennant soared aloft Finally II leached the lop of the I pole and the Mayor tied the halyards to a cleat at the bottom There wns a stiff breeze blowing which straightened out the pennant revealing Us Inncrlptlon I AMATBUR HASKItALL T1 AGUE Season of 1002 Golden Knights Poiseverance Club Invlnclblcs rtimfcors CHAMPIONSHIP I won by PICKSIViitANUI3 CLUB 1 During the cheering and applause some of he I boys realized that a fit ling response was due so they got Reub Saylcs president of the club and brought him to the front Instead of being timid and nervous as many hoya would have been Reub had boon so well trained In speaking at the wcokly 1 club meetings that he was perfectly nt I case and left an excellent Impres tilou upon hiM auditors I Ho thanked the donors of the flagpole referring1 lo the h generous encouragement and sup port which the town had always accorded ac-corded t hI club and concluded by expressing ex-pressing admiration for the clever surprise sur-prise which had been planned and carried 1 car-ried through t so successfully He was frequently Interrupted by applause At the conclusion of Reubs speech the occasion assumed an informal character Many of the visitors had never been inside I the clubhouse and the t boys look pleasure In showing Ilium its various features The flagpole was admired by all Its graceful tapering proportions were setoff set-off splendidly by the beautiful i flag which tugged proudly nt I Its halyards The buoys were pleased beyond measure at the kindlier of their friends and Reubs speech of hanks was supplemented supple-mented by many Individual I expressions of gratitude Finally I I the gathering i broke up Cordiality Cor-diality and good feeling was manifest on every hand and as the boys shook bands with I their t departing guest they t truly felt that I It was time proudest moment mo-ment of their lives Not long afterward they t purchased an American flag the Stars and Stripes making a pleasant alternate to jhe i pen nanl A flag was raised every mornIng morn-Ing and every evening It was taken flown and slowed away carefully In the clubhouse In rainy weather of course no Hag was displayed The oiga also I bit of a track team I was he t next enterprise of tho Perseverance duly The next tale In the seileo will tell how the team was started bow a track Wlg built and how Ihc I young ath 1ft s held a field and track tnoel |