. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . THE WINNING TEAM WJTH HAMPTON, ITS STAR CAPTAIN AND CATCHER, HOLDING CUP. How the Game THE game was for the championshipof the System Baseball Leagueand for the Thompson ChallengeCup. Both teams trotted ontothe field determined to do their verybest and all the players looked to be inperfect condition for the struggle beforethem. The competition for the Thomp-son Cup was conducted on the principleof the survival of the fittest, and thewinners of the lines East and the linesWest championships had fought througha gruelling struggle to achieve the gloryof
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . THE WINNING TEAM WJTH HAMPTON, ITS STAR CAPTAIN AND CATCHER, HOLDING CUP. How the Game THE game was for the championshipof the System Baseball Leagueand for the Thompson ChallengeCup. Both teams trotted ontothe field determined to do their verybest and all the players looked to be inperfect condition for the struggle beforethem. The competition for the Thomp-son Cup was conducted on the principleof the survival of the fittest, and thewinners of the lines East and the linesWest championships had fought througha gruelling struggle to achieve the gloryof playing before the donor of the cupand the other officials of our railroad inthe final game to decide the champion-ship. They were bronzed and rugged,and the game showed that they hadlearned team work. In one respect fortune favored thePhiladelphia Division Club. Througha combination of circumstances overwhich manager Murray had no controlhe was forced to come to Baltimore withjust enough men to play the game. Hadone of his players met with a serious injury it would have meant disaster forthe boys from the Qua
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