New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-07
RETURN OF THE VICTOlIS.
WELCOMING THE LACROSSE TEAM
WHAT HAS DgEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UNFAIR
PLAY.

WHAT HAS DHEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UNFAIR
rLAY.
| The Anchor Line steamship City OF Rome mr.
rived IN this port yesterday afternoon. having on b0ard
$50 cabin paaougcrs and between four ana nve nnoou
I'm the ,ecrago Tho voyage wasmado IN scycn dhs hnu
nine hours Part Of the why II WAS rongh ana part OF
the way II was oggyi bat the whole tho rnaseng'r.
had pleasant week. ON Friday some Of them aT'ng"i
sports the Fourth, aud In the evening there
was concert Among the passengers were ~ ~ h"'-
gent late United states Minister at Berlin r. A. Proctor
the astronomer, aud The American amateur lacrosse
team. Mis- Thu shy's IN the pass"ngcr list
but the moment the Singer decided not TO SAIL he
cause she WIS M On the evening Of the Fourth Mr. Far
gent and Mr. Proctor took part In the celebration ana
made speeches.
A, tho city Of Rome ncared the upper bay a steamer
approached her from staten Island whisng cordial II
some what dssonant greeting. 10 contained Erastus
Wlman president NJ the National Lacrosse Association,
ana other friends OF the players were there TO give
them a welcome home. The steamer ran
some distance Of the bay alongside OF the huge ocean
steamer those board cheering the lacrosse players
oadly Then for while pleasant greetings were ex-
chan yed until the two vessels separated MteTward
seven of the lacrosse team board the steamer
sud were taken Island. there to be CHARTERED
until their match with the acrOsseplayers from Toronto,
Which will take place Wednesday at the Cricket Cluo
grounds. staten Island. Or Thursday they viii play the
same club At the Polo Grounds
A TALK WITH CAPTAIN BAL'H.
Mr. Balch. captain Of the Lacrosse team was found
on he promenade deck of the CITY Of Rome surrounded
hy H., fellow players TRIBUNE reporter asked him.
Have you been rs successful yOu anticipaedf lie
r,pcd:
More so; both ut home and abroad From
the time that play their first match ~ team
at New-IIavcn on April -, until disbanded In Bel
fast on Jane H. the number Of victories
1,vs NJ travelled nearly I'VE thousand miles i'm not
anrff ~
No trains were missed and no engagements were can
c.lci through our FAULT We have played mall ,eNchtrc
! matches Fifteen have been won, one ~ drawn, ana
wa- lost. We have made sixty five goals against
Hov do you explain your defeat at the second game in
Belfast" ,.,,,,
mesa The weather the south ~ England was 80 bad
til Two iat,9 n1r 20 e cT'I Gi i' III ,d, i've
when vas already 700 Ven niel. iIt' n,,' ,n nu
matches in the last week where two would nave been
9nosn' ana ~ no .a. " o ~1 e' we 'o attended, t%o
hauqucts Against the IN Belfast / protested,
@ ,oqd that m qHe acesp' hs;G of e HIN .
men. RE men literally tired ont in consequence
Ia three by team that we certainly conI have
defeated hal been able TO get day or two o. ieot Tor
opponents the incest lot ~ fellows that we had met
AID tine rest Of the record moro than tia. reverse
CHARGES OF Rough PLAY UNDEsEENED.
"What about the charges of rough play that have ap
peorcd in some OF the English papcrsr
".ucl charges were always most unfair, and some
times they were absolutely false. one or two papers
began sur days ac~ arrival and they kept
70 up during Our cutirc tuy In Eugl1nd. Bat have
plenty OF official letters md extracts from some of the
u,r, which a.. prove a the charges uIc Aitcr all Ito
not mir what some NJ Gle Engu.hmon said aud "r'l"
They beaten and they feel sore abou IT, Ihtt /, AL
Bet ireland have rothug bu6 adm ration. Ihe
treatment that received there. both in private AMI IN
puu c aid aud OF of the field could NOS have been
more charming. The forty eight hours That we spent IN
Belfast makes the brght--t page IN the history of the
trip. A. Tor the papers, iu ireland they were unanimous
iu SAVING that FAR as the irish players were cone uc
found team To- he The genial fair ana centlcmItF
opponents they had expected In fact, some ~ the di
clos were very bitcr against the English papers for
-ucb sItnderpus statements. and accorded ~ great
pil.s' bc adhered strictly To ihtlr code or
rules. although differs con drrib,y from our own note
bis u Kicking and body chCcaug. tn" fact IL th3t dur
us the entire trip we conceded disputed points. Ihr
Irish appreciated tLat The English dld not "Dl r9H
Understand hos 90 h that American spnrtslnen VINO go
abroad Ii?- like ours get into trouble WITH Engsh-
~ 90 BIitou- the south OF IuEldud
not know what fair play H. especially Wn'n thry
| arc whipped. I adyis" lacrosse players never To
Witt Liverpool, tho south OF England.
. long l rho present managers ~ the game are dtft
Bui On the orr hand. TO 80 u Manchester and Belfast
VIII cuoNcr 10 j. iO-sibic.'
AZ IEl-H TEAM TO VISIT AMERICA.
"Do you THINK that Lacrosse team VIII ever visit Amer
tear