The Independence Jewelers were a minor league baseball team that played during the 1908 season.
[2] The team was the best-drawing squad in the league, with Sporting Life calling the city of Independence "baseball mad.
"[3] The most notable player on the 1908 Jewelers team was pitcher Gene Packard.
While pitching for Independence against Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 26, Packard had a single hit shutout victory.
The headlines in the local newspaper described the perfect game as a world's record.