1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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liking whirling dervishes. The cheers and yells threatened to rock the theater to its foundation stones. Bedlam broke all bounds when treasurer Vonderhorst of the Baltimore team, walked out upon the stage at the end of the game carrying the pennant the Orioles had won.
For several days the ultimate triumph of Hanlon’s men had been a certainty, and the pennant had been made for the big celebration.
Out in Cleveland, the Orioles were given an ovation as they drove through the streets from the ball grounds to their hotel.
Boys ran after their carriages and the whole town acclaimed them.
The champions were like schoolboys. As they rode through the Cleveland streets they yelled:
‘Are we in it.
Yes we are.
Baltimore, Baltimore.
Rah! Rah!’
As the Orioles entered the lobby of the Hotel Hollenden they were mobbed by baseball bugs, all of whom told the victors how glad they were that Baltimore had won. The Orioles surrounded