The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-11

The time of the visitors was not, h,wever
entlrely taken up with receptions and dinners.
Ihey had come to play baseball, and play they
did almost every day.
F By the time the Spalding party finally left
Melbourne, after playing in Sydney. Adelaide,
and Ballarat, there We're eighteen clubs already
organized in the three provinces of Victoria New
South Wales, and South Australia and Mr.
Simpson, who has accompanied the party thus
far, was left in Australia as sort of instructor
and organizer general for the Australian leaones
1t may be mentioned here, too, that New Zea
land league was formed also, with clubs at
Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane and other
places. The single games the teams were able
to play at Auckland stimulated baseball fever
that had already been caught, and the New
Zealand league seems likely to prove success
Inc stay IN Australia was shortened by the
determination to return home by way of India.
Suez and Europe. It was the intention at first
to go from Colombo to Calcutta and play a few
games there and at Bombay; but on reaching
Ceylon the adv1ceS from Calcutta were not en-
couraging, and after playing one game on the
ancient island, very much to the astonishment
OF the natives, who could not understand why
men should exert themselves in such q violent
manner who were not compelled to do so, the
players continued to Alden and Suez.
Cairo was the next objective point, and on
Feb. 9, the day after Suez was reached the party
were under the shadow of the pyramid of
Ghlzeh, and in full view of the Sphinx Here a,
game was played, and although the shifting
sands of the desert made fielding rather difficult
the players felt that forty centuries looking
down upon them, and eXerted themselves to the
utmost. Such sight was never seen before
and may never be again; the most ancient,
monuments of almost prehistoric man and the
most modern diversion of the newest man. and
the most progressive on the face of the earth
mere were face tc face. The game at the pvra-
mids was the only one played i'll Egypt. No stop
was made at Alexandria, and the quickest time
possible was made to Rrindis
Rome used to be a great place for physical
contests, but the Italians of the present day are
not sportsmen. Almost the only spectators OF
the game at Rome were the Americans resident
there, more especially the Irish-American
youths attending the College of the Propaganda
To be sure, King Humbert and the Queen are re-
ported to have passed by the Villa BOrghese
while the game was going on, and even to have
stopped Tor moment or two, but there were
very few Italian spectators At Florence q fine
game was played, but the attendance as at
Rome, was almost entirely of American resi-
dents ana travellers, together with a few English
men, AT Nice the experience was repeated. At
Parls there was a large concourse of people, but
the French did not at all understand the game,
and are not likely to take to it,
-, After short stay in Paris the party crossed
the channel IN one of the worst storms known
there for years, and reached London on the 9th
OF March.
The experience Of the party as guests of tho
Marylebone Cricket Club was very like their ex-
perience in Australia. The fire. game on kensing-
ton oval was honored b. the presence OF the
Prince OF Wales, the Dukes of Buccleuch and
Beaufort, the Earls OF LOndesbOrough, Coventry,
Sheffield, and Bessborough, Lord Randolph
Churchill and no end of smaller lordlings be-
sides that great civic dignitary, the Lord Mayor
OF London, and about 5000 people without any
t1Ule at all The next game in London was.
played on the famous Lords ground long sacred
to cricket. Others were played at the Crystal
Palace and at Leyton's, in the famous East
End, where there was an immense crowd of
spectators 1t is possible that baseball may
now be added to the list of the diversions Of
the peoples palace"
The journey from London through the prov
inces" was made in grand style in a special train
of seven cars, which included two sleeping and
two dining cars of the American pattern No
body but the Queen las ever before travelled in
such fashion in Great Britain. Games were
played in Bristol, Sheffield, Manchester and
Liverpool, which were all we'll attended, and
which elected some enthusiasm among the on
lockers. In fact, the English trip WIS as pleas
ant as possible, and the great American game
was tavorably received everywhere Still there
is small likelihood that baseball will take any
such hold of the public mind in England as it
did in Australia, that it will very soon be-
come even serious rival of cricket.