Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06
THE BASE BALL TOURISTS.
Received on their Arrival In New Yorh
with Great EuthuSiaSm

New YORK, April 6.-Thc base ball teams
have arrived The men touched terra frma
At the foot of 22d street and North river
It 3 O'Clock this morning The teams
came by the steamer Adriatic. which
sighted of Fire Island AT ten minutes 20 z
O'Clock a. N. The steamer Laura NJ. Starin,
with nearly two hundred persons on board met
the Adrlatlc at quarantine az . O'Clock and
took the party on board IN the midst Of
footing Of tug boats. dipping of Aags ndcheers
from either shore. Al $40 O'Clock the
steam tug George W. Wood steamed
were Nat Goodwin. the members OF the
Natural Gas COMPANY. and number OF other
well-known actors. At this point tine noise was
deafening. Every steamboat OF any KIND. large
and small. whlst.ed and footed until people
were compelled TO place their fingers
in their ears. All the while a brass band
labored with all It's might. but the bandsmen
might as well have kept still for even thew
themselves could scarcely hear the sounds
OF their instruments. De Wolf Hopper and
Dlgby Bell stepped on board from the George
". Wood 10 the Laura NJ Starin They were
given hearty reception 10y the bows The
ladies on board were, n possible. more tnthusi-
astlc than the men. Not content with cheering
they began 10 sing. In jtficy
THE SWEET REFRAIN OF HONE. SWEET HOME"
was heard. This captured the men. and in less
time than it takes to write it two hundred
voices sent out the refrain across the bay.
Excitement ran high. At the topmast of the
Starin was flag. upon which was to be seen
Welcome Home
The same motto was on both sides of the
steamer ou large stripes of white duck. Soon
the Starin ran up alongside the Adriatic Then
there was a scene from stem 10 stern of the
Adrlatic. Every throat burst forth
until the cheering had absolutely resolved IT.
self 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 teams wore English caps ami oVcrcoats
When the reception steamer was made fast 10
the Adrlatlc. Messrs Joseph ]. ODonohue
John VI. Ward. l. ". SpaldlnC and several
OF the reception committee went on board.
Here there was hearty hand shaking and
plenty of congratulations. Arrange
ments were at once made for the transfer OF
the tourists. The party who made the trans
Atlantric trip were: ChIcagO-Anson, Burns
Eyan. Williamson, sullivan. Petit DAILY. 1ener
Baldwin and Pfefler. All-America- Hanlan
Fogarty, Wood. Crane, Hoaly, Carroll, Earle,
Brown ami Manning
They We're accompanied by Mr. and Mrs A.
q. Spaidins. Mrs. "A. l. SpaldIng, Sr Spald-
ing 5 mother. W. {. Lynch, Capt. Leigh Lynch,
". i. snyder. George Wright, &. iBartholom
Leslie Robinson. Mrs. 4. {. Anson. Harry
Palmer, ). GOcdiriend aud
THE LITTLE NEGRO MASCOT.
Charles Duyal, who carried ponderous shille-
lah. Nearly every one Of the members of the
teams were armed with sticks and canes.
Williamson was not with the party. He hurt
his right knee while playing in Paris over two
wcehs ago. and he and has wife remained i'm
London. They will follow in a week, however
In speaking OF the trip the members of the
teams said IN one chorus, We were treated
right royalty and had splendid time" They
recounted good deal Of their experience. and
spent the rest of the time which the vessel took
10 reach I'D street IN reading letters which
were handed them by friends
From I'D street the entire party was driven TO
the Firth Avenue hotel In speaking of
the financial success Of the trip Mr..
Lynch said they had paid expenses. and.
If anything, were ahead. During the entire
trip not one of the party had suffered from a
days sickness and they had travelled nearly
$1,000 miles. When the last game is PLAYED at
Chicago 1t will be just exactly six months TO a
Gay since the beginning of the trip. The ALI
America team is just seven games ahead Of the
Chicago.
Capt. lIanlon, when asked as TO what his
plans were Tor the coming season. replied that
he did not know but that Pittsburg was good
enough for him, and he would 20 there. IL
everything could be satisfactorily arranged
All the players looked the picture OF health,
and Claimed that they were IN good condition