The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-07
The Baseball Tourists Come Back.
The Boys Who Welded the Will
low Around the World, Land.
They Arc Met By Parties of Ad.
mirers in New York Say,
And the Big Adrlatic, Which Carr
ries tho Travellers,
Cots Reception That She Never Got
Beiore-Ihe Whistles of Steamers,
the Playing of Bands Make
the Welkin Ring.

NV YoBT, April G,-Thc baseball team
has arrived. The men touched terra hrma
at the loot OF Twcnty-sccond street and
North River at o'clock this morning. The
team came by the steamship Adratic which
was sighted Off Fire Island at 1850 o'clock
am. The steamer Laurel NJ Starn, with
nearly 200 persons ON board, met the Adriatic
at quarantine at o'clock, aud took the party
on board In the midst of tootngof tugboats'
whistles, dipping of flags and cheers from
either shore At $40 O'Clock the tug George
NJ. Wood steamed alongside the Laurel VI.
starin. On board were Nat Goodwin, tho
members of the Natural Gas Company, aud
numl err Of other wcll-known actors. At
this point the noise was dcnfcning. Every
steamboat Of any kind, large aud small,
whistlod and footed until people were COM
PEELED To place their fingers In their ears.
All the while brass band laborcd with all
! Its might but the bands men might ~ we'll
have kept still, for even they themselves
could scarcely hear the sounds OF their in
struments. DcWolf Hopper and Digby Bell
stepped ON board from the George NJ. Wood
TO the Laurel NJ. Starin. They were given
nthFlN reception hN tnt boys.
The ladies on board wee, II possible, moro
enthusiastic than the men, and not content
with cheering, they began to sing the sweet
refrain Of Home, Sweet Home" This cap
turcd the men In less time than Il takes 10
write It. Two hundred voices sent out the
refrain across the bay. Excitement ran
high. At the topmnst Of the Slarin was n
iiag upon which was to be- seen, welcome
Home" The same motto was on both sides
of the steamer on large strip, ot white duck.
Soon the Starin ran up alongside the Adri-
| attic. Then there was a scene from stem to
stern Of the Adriatic. every throat burst
| forth until the cheering had absolutely re-
solved itself into yelling. Nor was there
any recess, for n soon ~ the lung power of
one party either weakened or gave out there
werr those who had rcgnined their vocal
powers, aud they made good use Of them.
Most II the teams wore English caps and
uyrrcnnis When the reception steamer
was mndc fast to the Adriatc, Mc.srs.
! Joseph !. Ononohuc, John NJ Ward, Spald-
| Ing aud several Of the Reception Committee
l went ON board. Here there was a hearty
hhndshuking aud plenty OF congratulations.
| Arrangements wcrc NJ once made Tor tho
tuusirr 1T the tourists. The party who
made the transatlantic trip were: Chicago
| Arson, burns. RYAN. sullivan. Petit DAILY,
| llaulpn, Fognriy Wood. Cunc. Hcaly, tar
| roll, Earle nnnnclly Known aud Manning
! They we're accompanied by Mr. aud Mr.. A.
| q. splding. Mr.. II. l. Spalding Mr..
ISpnldiurs mother W G. lynch. Capt
| Loigh Lynch, W T. snyder, GcuTc Wright
g. bartholomew, Leslie Robinson. Mr. A.
| &. Anson. Harry Palmer :. Guodfrcnd aud
the little negro mnscottc, Charles Duyul,
Who carried pondcrous shillolugh. Nearly
every one ol thc team were armed with
sticks aud canes Williamson was not with
| the PARTY lie hurt his right knee while
| playing In Paris over two weeks ago and no
aud his wife remained Ia London They
| will follow in q week, however.
| In speaking uf Lic trip the members ~ tho
teams said IN onethorus. I'VE were treated
right royalty aud had splendid time"
They rccuuntcd good deal ui their cNpe-
Renee aud spent the rcst II the time which
| the vessel took to reach Twenty second
street in paiinH letters which wcW handed
| them by friends. From Twenty
| street the entire party was driven 10 tho
! Filth Avenue Hotel.
In spcakins III the financial success, VI tho
! trip Mr. Lynch snid they had paid expenses
aud II anything were ahead. During tho
cntinr trip not one IT the party had suffered
from a days sickness and they bad travelled
nearly 32ul1 miles.
When the last game j. played At Chicago
II viii De just exactly siA months 10 "a day
/ since the beginning 81 the trip.
The 80 America team y just seven rnmcs
ahead NJ ihc thicngus CipL lliniun when
nskcd ns 90 biz plans for the coming season,
REPLIED that be- did not know, but ihai Pitts
| burg was good enough Tor him anil BE- would
| 10 there II everything could be- satisfactorily
arranged Al the players looked thc pie.
| tufy ~ health aud claimed that they we're
| In good condition.
Cant. Loish Lynch. one Of the managers
| Of tie party. told nu interesting story II tho
| trip 10 u crowd uf eager listeners. Among
| Other thing. be- said.
while our trip was an enjoyable one
! from almost every point Of view, while NO
| had attentive audiences everywhere, tho
| audiences In nearly every ease understood
| nothing about the game aud consequently
| were unable 81 appreciate thc best points ~
! the play. ! believe they understood and APP
| prcriitcl the game better in England than
| ANY other country We visited. You sec tho
! game of FOUNDERS which they play there.
! give sthom an idea Of what baseball D., but
/ the idea am compelled 20 admit j. sort
Of hngy one still We have found audiences
/ in SAN Francisco. when We started out ON
our tour WIN uudcfiOod les about our
| game than English uudiCnccs.'
"ln what country was our game least
| understood
"wclI. never thought u trying 10 and
| out but would Say that 10 was lees under
| stood in Italy than anywhere else. | think
| the rnme will now be- generally taken up, nc
! least in the british isles. II 10 q not an.
other tour " American ball players wodld
| not help No. torwC have shown them as much
o. We ever cam