The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-08
OUR BASE RALLIsrs HONE.
After Tour of Rlg Part ofths World
They Arrive In New York,

NRw YoRE, April 7.-The base bal
men have arrived. The men touched
terra firma at the foot OF Twenty-second
street and North River at 8 o'clock Sat,
urday morning, The team came by the
steamship Adriatic, which was sighted
off Fire Island at 10 minutes To 2 O'Clock
.. m. The steamer Laura Starin, with
nearly 200 persons on board, met the
Adriatic at Quarantine at 7 o'clock, and
took the party on board In the midst oi
footing Of tug boats, whistles, dipping
Of flags, and cheers from either shore,
Atthe topmast Of the Starin was flag
upon which was to be seen "WelCome
Home" The same motto was on both
sides Of the steamer on large stripes Of
white duck. Soon the Starian ran up
alongside the AdFiatic, Then there was
scene from stem TO stern OF the
Adriatic; every throat burst forth until
the cheering had absolutely resolved
itself into yelling Nor was there any
recess, for as soon as the lung power OF
one party either weakened or gave out
there were those who had gained over
again their vocal powers, and they made
good use Of them,
Most OF the team wore English caps
Apd oVerCoats. When the reception
steamer was made fast to the Adfiatic
Messrs. Joseph J. 0'Donohue, John NJ.
Ward, j, w, Spaldlng and several Of the
reception committee went on board.
Here there was a hearty hand.shaking
and plenty Of congratulations. Arrange
ments were at once made for the trans
fer Of the tourists, The party who made
the transatlantic trip were:
Chicagos-Anson, Burns, Ryan, Sulli-
van. Petit, DAILY, Tener, Baldwin and
Pfefer.
All Americas -Hanlon, Fogarty, Wood,
Crane, Healy, Carroll, Earle, Donnelly,
Brown and Manning.
They were accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Spalding, Mrs. H. ]. Spald-
ing, Mr.. spalding's mother, W. @.
Lynch, Captain Leigh Lynch, W, ].
Snyder, George Wright, O, Bartholo-
new, Leslie Robinson, Mrs. A. @. An
son, Harry Palmer, s, Goodiriend, and
the little negro mascot, Charles DuYal,
who carried a ponderous shelalah.
Nearly every one Of the members Of
the team were armed with sticks and
canes. Williamson was not with the
party. He hurt his right knee while
playing in Paris, over two weeks ago,
and he and his wife remained in Lon.
don. They will follow in a week, how
ever. In speaking OF the trip the mem
bers OF the team said in one chorus:
"We were treated right royalty and
had a splendid time" They recounted
a good deal OF their experience and dspent
the rest OF the time which the vessel
took to reach Twenty-seCond street in
reading letters which were handed them
by friends. From Twenty.seCond street
the entire party was driven 10 the Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
In speaking Of the financial success OF
the trip, Mr.. Lynch said they had paid
expenses, aud II anything were ahead,
During the entire trip not one OF the
party had suffered from days sickness,
and they had travelled nearly $4,000
miles. When the last game Is played at
Chicago it will be Just exactly six
months to day since the beginning OF
the trip.
The All-Americann team Is Just seven
games ahead Of the Chicagos. Captain
Hanlon, when rsked as TO what hisplans
were for tho coming season, replied that
he did not know but that Pittsburgh was
good enough for him, aud he would 20
there II everything could be satisfactorily
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