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Show TALSS OF THEa PERSEVERANCE CLUB B-r James Albert "Wales. fi the re I severance club, , jit h of then, were ,,. t 1 ti 'I' mplonrhlp ( lit An .1 u I i Inll learrue. ant Hi li the Invlnilble Oltnilalf ' I th startling of t Has us ' ' Won I.ost PC . 1 ti.7 i I i!7 1 B snt,llt. ' - TO jrtl n hul ' 1" which , i the I ir.u '" ' Hi chnin- uu th I " nt' 'Ilia , Tin Ml tin ' iciii il yr ir th t lilt Pel sel eta lilt' t it, mi hM piny nn the ml to" il Ma lilli ort iitnlni t n ninusid a in Ini ' nnii hi tin? rmnf' ( iii h' I ii bom far mirl r i p mi II tusslon nn to We ei Ji iim of tho eontest Hit 1 nn f I I'll' tlii. older n'us! $ k'aJ? " v ft J tCoichCilli-d Him Aside. a 1 hid fallowed the lortuues Imn nn nnd Invincible. r'Pier mi mi1 rise In more I an , other whlrh was 1 '1 i if th eoiintr) during t n I - r the Invlnclbles ' i ! fact tint their 1,1 v Rnmt In two I' ' ni re licmusi the 1 had not bo ii 1 H i i n fine shape foi Hitr r r mid theie wns ' ' Mll'HllOH llllllUlll a' rf t pi vernnee tluh IM'lh I 111 IllUlfiR plll)ed nr i not so well trained ni nlr In t hut the) lurked t" in in "iint ilolorinlti ' ', ii i ii l timj would Mlu k Him nml wtoxt the 'Hl.i fr i iiihp uppoianti by mtnrlr a i motto, Pot- ,.."i Innl em both tnewt mil be time ami "T el.tl IIIMKHul lloth Mlrnl hurl lining the week 'l"" J ' iml when HulUI thf) f i i at the wet.. In '"' M i or llielr lives " Withe (m hlna touches to "'ill" 'IV nn' 'ln '" l,.n'' ' itolloy ctrs con- Thi , lnrp "OiitliiRPnl to n tb ,' "rr ilccorntnl lt,i " ff i . i nK.r", n,,,,,(1 '" ln , Plnir up a live. y r,M' lll" Hi em nml i . "' I lhi illKtoirlant IhonJ w, ,",",1 "iil bo '" I ml Ktiuigili to 'wMitM1. "!' ns t," I',,"p-fnw I',,"p-fnw , 'V' fr iieil In tlidr Thci ' ""'" "ii HHiI for '""nt nil.'1 J!! ',0 t le"t 'k II I ,"0ln ,01'inlnle, . Th, i , ,n.1 tho Miiroiinil. no m "t tho llcid and ,h'" . n' 1'iftliiiis were urouped on the opriislie fide A conntunt olley of ehe.rlH8wlil.Ml t, the , irlt of "h,. "' cnplon nml ln In 1 M e 1 1 15er or both teims to iut loith their bent cffnri IVii,6eriniri batt i In the fnlloulni, nldPI Tlrknm .hnUMnp OlmHf 111 Fecenrt hiiKc, Snjlei right field () Ilrlen third hm, Whettlej, left Held, fira-liiun fira-liiun llr( bine. Hjiifoid lent r field. IMnilersiin, cntiher, iind ItogerB, plteh- Ordlmillj. the viiinK teim H ui)-poiwrl ui)-poiwrl to hit rlrnt hut im tills Kilnn Hi to pla oft a chnmplonnhlp tl- It w.ib deride I to tns up roi thi cholrn I'erwinin- won the torn and fnptnln Itendfimm thoe the field, nllimini, tho homo Ilhiii lo I nt llrm Itoy limirn wnn munun and ec tho nit liitaniun n lmne on Uilli ileter tmrlflie ndMin-id 11k limner to krt ond but nt a signal fioin I'ntiher Jnck Itoy turmd ipilcklj nn I laiiRhi his man nnpplnr Oil the hnse. Then wnsncheei fmni the l'erecxemnr.. side of the Held nrd Jtoy was 10 cihouiiik'iI that he $tiurl. out the following hittmun In tho litter Inlf of the Inrlnc Ilex 'Jltknor Mint out nn a slan grounder to llirt Chalk) Olnntert koi u bne on bulls ll.uben hrtyles tame to hit and Dirk Jes Inoke I Jt him with n superloi smile lleiib u turned thi tompllment b) Fm.isliInB out it hot liner to tenter, which wis Rood for two bases Clnr-! Clnr-! slirtid foi home but the ImII whs thrown In co iiulikly that he leturned to thlid A inn for I'ersecrnme setnied cer-tnln cer-tnln ut this I nlnt 1 ut nick hnued up and Ururk out (lliileii inn Whtnlle). Thin left the smie still iv i) III the ifcond Innlni? Hoy struck out thftllrst two men and the third went out on nn Inlleld H) In th Perseverance Innings t!cori,e (iinham nml Harry llnnfonl wne out on grounders to ilrst base Jatk Ilendeison sent u lonu dilie lo left Hi Id foi three bases Itn) Hon-crs Hon-crs was urgtrt to send him home Ho ill o e n sharp liner ut thp shortstop who, ilionH, but Pkk'd, It. up In' nrlnu.to tauh lfoy ut IlrBt, s Itoy siotiBcd IU. Kiit ho turned to-the right. 'fill IrrdonIR so HllppAI on the smooth t til r qnl wrenched his ankle He tiled lb list and walk nwn' btif It pilned him so that Jue ritelu had to help him to the p!a)Crs' beiuh Poor Jlo wns utterly unable to keep on with the enme, nml when that fut was reullred b) the Peiseernme supporters sup-porters their hopes sank Uo) was their most billlliint Itrher lleub and llnriy wio steid) nnd lellnblt but were not thought to compile with Iloj l!oweer Cnptiiln Jatk put Heuh In the box mid sent Tedd) llnslgn to llKllt field llie Peiseveiiuue ' loitirs kiu a i heer for I5o) nml unother foi luub lloilh was stead) ns ilntkwurk nnd durliiRthe nct four Innings onl) twelve men fnctd him, tlueo of whom he stiutk nut Tho bojs ha! neMi sun him pltth so well Ho seemed to realize the nt-cesslt) nt-cesslt) of kftpliu; peif ttl) cool and self.poisi ised, foi the Invincible contingent con-tingent tiled In vnln In "rnltle him Dirk lvrs wns In his hist foim nnl allotted but onu hit till tho seventh In-nlUK. In-nlUK. Vt the beginning of the seventh Inning, In-ning, with the sroie still 00, the lnvln. rlblis dime lo bat anil 1 riles of "I.utky sevtiitl IJlik Ivei sent u stiejnilni? llnei lo left Hell, whl.h lnokel for u homo run s he missed thlid bise ond struted for lioin- Wilbur Wlicntley sent the lull In from dcip left. Then-woie Then-woie ifliiiuls of "Oo linrk1 ' Hold )oui bjiv-" Hut Well thouijht h could miko tho cxtrn Imsc nnd kii t on Ciplalu Jack taught the bill squarely in his mitt, unit InurAil lch "llh ".T ,,e ... sliding lo the plile The lie-it two men stnirk out, foi lleub was thoioughly loused and put on extra Ihiii. Wek Ives got out of a Until pine In the Inttei inlf foi with two on base and onl) one out he struck out tho two batsmen following Nellhei side could do nnUhlnuIn h' eighth, nml tho ninth opens I with tho stom still 0-0 A I 'ifct t stoini of the is Kieeted llio Hrst Invincible Imtsimiu .is he stcprid to Hip plntc II. i lespondel by sending a safe hit to cent.; Ill siici.ssnr was hit by u pltihtl ImII Whlih imido two on base iml nonii out 'I ho next null "cnt n l.ms 1'Uli " deep loll Hold and as It was evlleii ly Impossible rnr Wilbur to Kit It tl I"" I tinner rutcd for homo und the lnvin- - v " rib e rooters went wild with Jo) Hats and Hags were thrown in the nlr, und pandemonium relgueJ Wilbur hud stsi led for the ImII nt tho enckof lislmpj i villi tho lint Niuu nll a flci runner h. exeite.1 himself to the utmost mil ran swlftl) to the fence with his back to the ball When almost ut th- fern o he turned his held, leaped for tho bill and to evtr)ones surprise im there! It In s-ifit) Almost before an) one tould ieill7e whit hail hapi ene.i ho threw the bill In to sec ond nnd the second baemnn tout bed the bag and shot the spheie to Hrst. theteb) tonmletlng a trlnle ulnv th two bise runneis weie too far off thelt bases to regain them In timo to piovnnt being pni out It would bo Impossible to describe tho frenied Ji) of thoIersevennio partv ns the) shoultd. danced nnd waved their Hags In mil di light 'New s tho time to win1' shouted a l'ersevennto ndmlrri, ns Hsir) linn foul cim ta the lint Hut Hairy could only s-nd a little 11) to Dick Ivts Jack Henderson had nn l a sn'o hit ever) Urn he cum" to tho bat and this time wns no exception for ho ciught tin III st bill plti bed with a tei. llllc iwiig and sent a teeming KrounUi list shottop for two bases, ledl) l.nslgn fcot a base cm bills and both iiiunirs udv.in-ed on a clever double sloil With one nut and two on bises it tan be imiglncd that tho ex-tltemont ex-tltemont was Inttuse. Ilex Tlcknm went out on a foul fly, making two 1,0110 Charley Olmsttnd was beserched to make u safe hit nnd win the Kline. Hit drove a brisk grounder to t)li k lvoj, who scooped It up and ictlied the runner run-ner nt (list, miking the thlid out The score wns still 0 to 0, and nn extrn Inning would have to bo pln)cd i:vei)one Tilt sure that the tenth In-uln? In-uln? would decldo tho game, but tho tennis kc t up their tven, steady plnj-Ing, plnj-Ing, und no bntsmun reached the Hist in thS tenth, eleventh, tweirth or thli-teenth thli-teenth Inning In tne fourteenth nnd llfieenth Innings the inducibles got men on hasei, but sharp lidding pre-ented pre-ented them from scoring. During tho next three Innings tho pitchers did lemurknblo work. Despite De-spite the fact tint Ihey had pitched practically two crdlnory garni s, the) stood the strain well und did not let up for a moment. Dick Ives ttruck nut nine inn In succession dining tho sixteenth, six-teenth, seventeenth und eighteenth Innings In-nings lleub used i inlxtmo of slow nnd swift tuivcs, whlih vvem ver) deceptive. de-ceptive. Had It not been for the splendid splen-did fielding behind him however he would piobibl) have lot the Mime, for man) a supposedly safe hit was killed b) the brilliant work of tho Pcrsevei-allte Pcrsevei-allte lnllild. and the outfielders covered themselves with glory by mnklng dllfl-cult dllfl-cult tntches The spectators were aglmv with excitement ex-citement nnd ex octane). II) this time most of their voices vine husky fiom continued cheeilng, but the bright ml-ored ml-ored llaM w ivtd us vigorously us ever In the nineteenth Inning a dnul lo pin) with two men on bases ptevented the Invlnclbles from seurlntr. Perso-veranee Perso-veranee wns unable to get a man to Hrst. As the twentieth Inning opened the sun wns setting In the West, nnd It wns grndunll) growing dsiker, vet the score was still tho Bimo 0-n. The (list two Invlntltln hatsinien made safe hits 'iheie wns a cheer nt tnls nnd th joy if the home team wns lucieased when Dick Ives rent both men home with n raltllrg thiee-bise hit. Theli Ions pentup orthuslasm was let looso uurc- Bihj qprriAi loi I rSjft&B i-. '. - L?. " I VI ' 4 i -w vvirr" - I, Tho Team Went In a Tiolley Car. strnlnedl). for In nil the Innings there had wen no score up till this tlme . Tho gloom nn tho Perseverance si le of tho Held was naturally Incieased when Hair) llanford dropped an easy Hy through she'r nervousness Dirk Ives got home on the error, making tho score SO In fnvor of the Invlnclhha. lleub gritted his teeth In dslermlna-llon dslermlna-llon nnd struck out tho next ihreo men bv a magnificent effort His xum wns nbout pin) til out now, and ho felt a dull, throbblng-piln nbovo the elbow Cinch I'eisler whlnpeied a few words uf encourugtment to Heub as ho camo lo tin but fm I erovernniiS 1 he fllend. of the lpltlni; team left their seats und svvurmol Into tho Hill In a bod). They nrra)ed themiielvcs at tho edge of the diamond nnd chee cd lus tllv though with hoirse and weiry thrmti Hit er out Jleub' 'lleics where we win' We've got to hive a run old mm'' were some of the expressions thout.,1 at the batsmm but Mr Foster Fos-ter urged silence, less lleub might become be-come nervous fiom ths din Iteuh showed his self-possession hv renllng a well. placed single over thlid bnse Theie was hop after all Still Terr) o Ilrlen struck out and Wllbui hcitle) went out on an Inlleld II) Two out and one on bise with tlueo tuns needed to tie tho si ore' (lent go Oruham drove u slrp giounder be- nem weie site Ilnny llanford was burning to atone foi his cotl) murf, und he got his chance win n he sent a safe hit to ten-lei ten-lei Held Then weie now three on bsses and two out Not a sound was beaid as Jnck llendeison tame to the plite The tension was so gicat that no one seemed nble to ultei a word Dick lvts renlUed lint he wns in a light plaie He hid n whlspeied ton-solution ton-solution with his catcher then leturned le-turned to the box nnd piepued to d"-llvei d"-llvei the ball The Hist thite bills wentveiv wide but the rnlcher senied to have no dllllrull) In stopping them sifel) It was verv evident to J ick that Dick was tryiun to give Mm a bise on bulls for feiir of letting him hit for seven! bases This would forto a tun but as tho next batsman was n substitute Dkl. was nppnently hoping to settle htm In eiulck nrdei, and thcic-b) thcic-b) end the gnni with the sioie 3 to 1 In favor of the Invlnclbles Itoallrlng tint ho must hit the next bill or sierlfleo his ch ilico to sen 1 In inoia than one lun. Jack i)ed the pitcher tloselv. Stnlghl us an urimv tho fourth bill came but Mr fiom the plate. Jack stepped forward nnd swung out nt It with nil his strength Crick Jacks bit met the bill siiuiiely nnd sent It silling fair nnd high Into tha nlr The center fielder inn back lies erntel). but his effoit was hopelcrs for the bill Hew far above his head nnd disappeared over the fence. It was nevei found . fine nfter another tho base runners ciosscd the plite Plrst lleub Sayles, then ileoigo flrahahi nnd thin Hniry Hnnford anil Jnck Henderson slmost together Tho scoie w is 4 to 3. Pel severance se-verance hid won tho gnm and vvlth It the chimplonshlp of the amiUur baseball base-ball league' As cith plnjer reached tho plate ho was surrounded by eager friends, who boro htm avvuy In tilumph on sturd) shoulders The whole team wns Hnnlly carried off the Held, In this fashion, amid lejolclngs impossible to describe It wns a lilting ending to i lemurkahlc game. Yet, In the midst of all this celebration, celebra-tion, theie wns a feeling of respect for the nnnulshed team The bovs gave a hinrt) cheer for tho Invlnclbles, nnd the Inttei returned the courtesy like tine sportsmen Poor Dick IV cs broke down und sobbed as If his heait would bieik Ho had dono his best to bring victory lo his team and It seemed too bad to lose, aftei nil In the 10 Innings he had given but 1: hits nnd struck out 30 men Iteub struck out 11 nun nnd allowed 16 hits As tho crowd Hied through the gates the sun had sunk to rest nnd dnrkne'ss wns setting fast For four houis tho battle hid been waged stubhnrnl), and niturally enough tho plovers of lioth teams were almost exhausted from th"lr efforts. llveiy member of the Perseverance team was heartily ihieied on the wny homo Tho fnui miles to lllvervlew was qulckl) coverel At the village green a luge crowd had assembled to welcome tho home-eomlng party. When the fhst car had arrived and the news of the victory becinio geneially known a might) cheer went up One enthuslist run over to the clt) hall and rung the old bell. |