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Show E PERSEVERANCE CLUB BY JAMES ALBERT WALE3. b , nt n c nizlng a base bill therm lv dlscucd at one , ekl m "" nf "" IVw lubraii ' ,hL Nnrl"B Will 1 a I pl mmngcr nf the rl it n ! I' " ,Mei th0 ( a captain till llcr. "eplnlon all Wilt, nddresa-tlne nddresa-tlne th would '"" more wlhe I "f "e " 'i .nil h 1 h HiplOI,.llp Rallies ,al miming ii leiRiie with .."? th i olden KnlghlB nnd J iMcj of Ol ml lie " ."ou til. Invincible.." nild ,, Th v mi b it any teim fre unci r ","'1 J"11 no ," t n 111. nic 1 l t HCllboll Hten lt m replied Will (eclln due of our prlhel not to I 'rl'l nf nil) thing. i, to ml') till league with the ration to win neither the ln- fnr n pi ice on th( team After the llrnt few davs of piactlce the club uninlmnusty elected Jark Henderson captain of the team for lie hart enslly proved himself the best nil around plover and mot conscientious tialner t apt Henderson mw that n coach was needed to bring out the be6t points of eve, y player He visited htuait ros-ter. ros-ter. n joung Itlvervlew liwjer. who had been captain of the bisehall team durlnc, the senior jeir Mi roster was Intel puted In the club's Sucre's, mi he ngloed to coich the tonii fiom 4 to 5 on Mnndii)s W'ednesdijs and Frldajs lake It euny nt Hi fit h said to the pitcher,. If you use too much sttength at the er start jnu will go him- Hnl Bet what they call a 'gl tss arm' He. meinbei tint peifeit lontiol nf the "111,1b more Important than nn)thlng home of the bo)s who were not bit-t bit-t PS would Held the hills sent nut by the batsmen, who muely bunted the Ho Pulled Down the Ball. 'WT any eii r Icim Is gnltu ui iplrll a h nitlly npplnrded i"iM thjt a iminltlec of thiej ;nf r lib the nlllters or the tanimrl In ic i thoiia week rlMe trr and Hidden n"1 ac ii the piopoiltlou I wnt rl i -.if t meeting "irer i c ilublii.usc. A onrtlmtl mi n ndoptid nud ""l' I I as rollout. w,i "In of xv P. ritv crimen i lull i FrM Wll on of the lnvlncl-'Harj lnvlncl-'Harj lr urei ' ,e oiginl-" oiginl-" yll"l ih nu teur Hose w Th" fit r i bibs were lorat irillu5 of ilneo miles Kich 'Vnd",'' ' ,n P"y In cnclnsed "'' ,' nn to the vlsll-uinn vlsll-uinn "'K "'liPdiilB nim 'll'er'teil' i." " " '"""I- m I-,u . 1,,'""I M" tlolden , ,,M. " " IKIH May .1- '"iMnuii "S,"1. nt r'n,lt K i-hi ,'0!'i'",M;iiini b " n--" l)!,,ll!V im- -'M t,.i ' l-ndalo r' or , ,', ""'"ttrMtw will, ' ' n , hi' !1' Hlllcl' '""I 11 ' llrl . . ''. '.ln "tlllntlt. ril ,n" ,n ii - tlln kioiiiiiIh v,a mi ii,'S""lp "'" Unco ter ;, " " '"'Ja had regular t-8 At n, ,"'"" "n,l r-ituiduy '' aPCar-1 .,'," ly , member of ' at piuctke, unxloua bull tlio extrilne being Intended only foi the purpose of training the ces an I kamlng how to hold the bat Hon t boll your handadoe together on the bat," ndlued Mi. I'ostei. Hold them nbout two Inches npirt, and let the loner hand be nt leiat mi Inch from the end of the bit When ou atrlke at the bill, don't chop up or down nt It, oi awing nt It wildly with your eyes closed, but meet It fulrly unci squarely with a illiect blow When the pitcher delivers the bill, keep your feet to-gether, to-gether, eiy neat the plate. Again, remembei that a well-placd lilt, even If It I" only a bunt, Ii better than a long dilvo rent nt landnni" After the batting practice tho bos Step1 rormed two leims and played a practice prac-tice game Wwn thoy had Pled " e,al Innings, the coich called the play-eis play-eis 111 nnd rxplaliml a lew Pilnclples 0f' Ho'no'nf 0U hold ''"'"Ihl" ".n8 wiling position when tatchlng the hill l"Sd of holding the vv lists tog. the, nnd spreading out tin- hmi.lH. vvhlch orten lesults' In breaking i, linger o, two . Voil """" 10.1'1 "ia ,P',1Bt.K.tl'; get! er mid the hands paiallcl M to l, " ko this '-and he HIiiMiiilcrt thU point by liol line 1,1 lunula In tho m in-mr in-mr shown In lli diawlng .,,,, When lleldlng n gmun.ler ' PkP-keep PkP-keep the heels together nnd the feet a ilirht aiiBlca. t prevent the bill rioni 'gellfng' ify j'ou 'When P'lnjr.""',, ball nlivnys icnih for It vvl Ii bo , bands, so as to be sure of getting It w. shall llnl.l. the puctlce toluy by a ,al(-inlle run, four times around tho Held This will develop the lungs nnd striving powers" On the following dnvs the hos Improved Im-proved Krcatlj In their playing f AN though Mr roster could not always attend at-tend piHitl.e, his suggLStlona weie larcfully followed out On stoimy daa tho bojs went through light piaulie In the clubhouse After prmtlie eviry day they tepnlred to the house, changed their clothes and had a show-ei show-ei b ,th and rubrtow n Capt Henderson was soon able to chooso his team He selected nine icg-ular icg-ular pln era and foui substitutes to (ompme the squad M,. Toste, gave special Instruction to each plajer re-gaidlng re-gaidlng hli own position nnd took great care with tho pitching staff. 'I he day of the opening game arrived W.lbui Wheatley's posters brought n large crcAvrt. some DOO In nil, at 25 cents each which netted J50 to each club the Perseverance players appeared In natty unlfoims similar to those used by tho Indnoi baseball teams. They bitted In tho following ordct: Tlcknor. ss: hajles, 'rf: Olmsted, 2b, O nrle'i. 3b Wheatlev. If; Graham, lb, llanforcl, cr, Henderson, c, lingers, p The Invlncibles looked upon the game as an assured lctoiv ror themselves Their irnck pitcher, Dick Ives, was In the box, and ho had not lost a game roi neatly two jeors Ar.ir both teams hid pinctlced for fifteen minutes tho Invincible innio to tho bat. 1'erseveiance made a good Impression b putting out the first three Intsmen in ordci, and nclded to the good effect by scoring a run ln the lattei hilt of tho Inning on u slnglo by Ilex nnd Heubs three-base hit. Dick lvc braced up after this, nnd did not allow a man to tea. h second till the ninth Inning In th- meanwhile mean-while lto Ilngeis was knocked out of tho box In the fifth inning liming given thiec bases on balls mid mado a will pitch Itcub t hinged positions with him The wore was now i In 1 In favoi of the visitors The Invlncibles Invlnci-bles Bcorcd twice In the (.evcuth, on errors er-rors by the Perpevcrnnrc Infield W htn the home team came up for the latter halt of tho ninth the score still 0 to 1, Grnhani and Hanfnrd went out on giouuders, but Henderson and llogers in ido s ire hits Ilex got n lMse on b ill making three on base, and Heub cuinc to the hat amid loud cheers from the reiteverance suppoit-ers. suppoit-ers. He fnt a long drive far nut Into lert Held, nnd tho crowd tose to their rcet ns one man thinking It was u safe 1,11 In every one's surprise, however tho left fielder leiped Into tho air nnd pulled tho ball down with one hand 'I he batsman was nut. the gjmc over, and the score w t- still 6 to 1 Wold was received liter In tho day tl at the Golden Knlghta had beaten the ltangeri 13 to I! so the vftolden Knights nnd Invlncibles weie nccoid-Ingly nccoid-Ingly tied for tlio Ie.ideri.hlp of the leigue The I'eraevernnce team prictlced and trained harder than ever alter their defeat, nnd on the roltowlng Saturday they went to Park Heights and plnjed tho Itang.rs llie bom plijeil In the pime order as on hiturday, except that Harry Hanroul pitched nnd Tin) nnd Heub plnjed centet and light llelds. lespectlveb rtoth teann scored one run In tho opening Inning, then neither scored till the sixth, when the Perseverance got two moie In tlio seventh tho Hangers got a tall, but Charley Olmsteids three-bagger drove In three runs for the vlnltors, making the scnic b lo : The tlnal score wan 10 to 1 In rnvni or I'crseveren.e, The Invlncibles however, how-ever, beat the Onlilen Knights. 2J to i, po the league standing was now as follows 'iyi) u W on Lost. P C Invlncibles .... J 0 1 (.olden Knights .1 1 tvm Perseverance Club ,,. t 1 .NO lungers 0 2 .500 On May 10th the final games In the schedule were to bo plij'ed The Perseverance Per-severance boa tried conclusions with their old rivals, the tlol.len Knlghtp, nt ltlvcrvlen, and the Invlncibles played the lungers at Glend lie. hoping to win the league championship by a third victory. Hoy lingers pitched for the Knights, and his work was of a high order During tho nine Innings he nllnvved only three bnse hits, struck out fourteen four-teen men nnd gave hut live bases on bills, four of them In the last Inning, when be got tattled nut let down Pereevernnce batted hard nnd rnntist-entlj, rnntist-entlj, securing a well-earned -victory. The stnrj ot the gumo is best told In tho tabulated score. f.OLDU.V KNIOHTS. ,.. , ... A.H. 11 11.11- PO. A i: Wright. !b 4 n ro 2 1 3 Weston cf 4 0 t o 1 o rioblneon lb t a n n o I Hllllkln 31) 4 0 0 2 0 3 Jones, 1 f 1 1 A ," l 0 Hughe rf 1 o n o o o V oort, ss 3 n 2 1 4 0 Miller, C 10 0 4 10 bands, p 3 0 0 0 11 Total 31 1 3 21 13 7 pi:nsi:vi:n .Ncn. ah n mi po a. n Tlcknor, s s .') 1 J 0 f, i Holes, r f 4 11O0A Olniolead 2b ,01121 (l llrlon. 31 1 1 2 1 o 0 Wbe.tle If ' 1 1 2 0 A Orahnm lb 2 1 0 s o n llanfonl cf 4 ft .1 1 n n Henderson, c I 3 4 11 1 n llogers, p 3 o 2 0 0 0 Totals 3T 1 U 3 1 1 Huns by Innings, 1 2 1 4 5 6 T S 1 Perseverance Club o n . i o 2 0 03 Uolclen Knlzhta 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 ft 1-1 1 ft on titises p.rr-everance 6, Golden Knights, 1 1 Irst bise on errors Perse-verame, Perse-verame, 3. Two-base lilts heatley and llemlerron Ibree-base hlls-Hav 1, and llcknor. Home run Henderson Btruck out It) lingers II, by Hands 2 llnses on b ills-Oir lingers, C, off Hands, 4 iu. bio plns Dcknor lo Ol instead to Gra. ham (.;, Tom IlaiDt the club scorer, kept a full iKoro nf cveiy g uno In tho form given above, and sent an account to the lllvervlew papers every week. It wus supposed tint the Invlncibles had ti minced the Kangeis, ami thereby there-by had seemed the championship and nllk pennant. However, we cm Imagine Im-agine how much surprise there was when the news came that tho Hangers, by n grand uphill light, had muniger) to win nut, taking advantage of the fact that Ivea hid nn oft day and could not control the ball. This wna an unlooked-for alnte of nf. fairs Perrcverance nnd tho Invlncibles Invlnci-bles had each won two games and lost one, while the Hangers ami Golden Knights were aim tied, each with one game won nnd two Inst. Delegntea from the four clubs met In the Perseverance clubhouse Tuesday nrteinoon unci decided that tho lnvln-elblo lnvln-elblo nnd Persovernncc teams nhould plaj n deciding game foi tho chum-plonshlp chum-plonshlp ut Olcnddlo Batmday, May Tho final gnme between tho leading clubs went down Into loial history as the most exciting of the season. Hpace forblda descilblng It this week, but If jou look for the next tnlo In tho serlea nu will learn how tho rival teams fought It out, and which of tho teima finally won the .hnmplonshlp pennai of the Amateur Hiseball league. |
