The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

After practice every day they repaired | to the house, changed their clothes and
 had shower bath and rubdovn. Captain Henderson was soon able to choose his team. He selected nine regu. l lar players and four substitutes to conn i pose the squad. Mir. Foster gave special
 instructions to each player regarding his | own position and took great care with the 1 pitching stan.
 The day of the opening game arrived Wilbur Wheatleys posters brought a | large crowd. some 800 in all, at 25 cents each. which netted $50 to each club. The | Perseverance players appeared in natty uniforms. similar to those used by the | indoor baseball team. They batted in the following order:
 Tdcknor ss. Sayies, if: Olmstead, 2b.: 'Brien, 3b.; wheatley, If; Graham, h.;
 Hanford, cf.; Henderson. C.; Rogers, p. The lnNncibles looked upon the game
 as an assured victory for themselves, Their crack pitcher. Dick Ives, was Tn the box, and he had not lost a game for nearly two years. After both teams had practiced for fifteen minutes the Invincibles came to the bat
 Perseverance made a good impression by putting out the first three batsmen in order, and added to the good effect by scoring a run in the latter half of the inning on single by Rex and Reub's three-base hit
 Dick Ives braced up after this, and did not allow a man to reach second till the ninth inning. In the meanwhile Roy Rogers was knocked out of the box in the fifth inning, having given three bases on balls and made wild pitch. Reub changed positions with him. The score was now four to one in favor of the visitors. The Invincibles scored twice in the seventh, on errors by the Persever- l ance nfield. When the home team came LID for the latter half of the ninth the score was still 6 to 1. Graham and Hanford went out on gTounders, but Henderson and Rog ars made safe hits.
 Rex got a base on balls, making three
 on base. and Reub came to the bat amid loud cheers from the Perseverance sup
 porters. He sent a long drive far out into left held, and the crowd rose to their feet as one man, thinking it a safe hit. To everybocyS surprise, however, the
 left fielder leaped into the air and pulled
 the ball down with one hand. The bats
 man was out the game was over, and
 the score was still to 1.
 Word was received later in the day
 that the Golden Knights had beaten the
 Rangers B to 12, so the Golden Knights and Invincibles were accordingly tied for
 the leadership of the league.
 The Perseverance team prscticed and trained harder than ever after their de- feat. and on tho following Saturday they
 went to Park Heights and played the Rangers. The boys played in the same order as on the preceding Saturday, ex- cept that Harry HanfoTd pitched. and Roy and Reub played center and right
 fields. respectively.
 Both teams scored one run in the open ing inning; then neither scored till the sixth. when Perseverance got two more In tho seventh the Rangers got a tally,
 but Charley Olmsted's three-ba gger drove
 in three runs for the visitors, making
 the score to 2 The final score was 10
 to in favor of Perseverance. The in- vncfbles. however, beat the Golden
 Knights 2 to (. 90 the league standing
 was now as follows: