The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-27

Biiiy Earle. retired msgul ~ the
Columbia team Of the South Allan
tie league. IL resting temporarily
after % successive campaigns on
the diamond Eafie Il entitled to
the coxaamea OF baildaul'a ssinbsd
the Sailor for not even that ad-
ventufuus spirit Of the Arabian
Nights led a more wonderful exist
snse than this most oEuaritabie ath-
iess playing ball taday
Esfie h the only player stiii Tn
tho game who toured the globe as
a member Of the famous AIlsAmsri-
can team % isss. whom they were
listed az Pop Annon'a opponents Ia
that memorable trip with his White
stockings.
Just a few days ago Earle threw
up the sponge as manager Of the
Columbia team. and up to that tins
he had caught an even Lee games
from isks 10 the present. Hls career
began at the age az "a Ia sent pro-
feNaiossal play in Pennsylvania That
Naa In isso. In isss he accepted his
first league engagement with the
Nashville team Of the Southern
lraHus. and IN issa made the cir
ruis around the Klst..
That trip nsfs Earle. was. the
unst Wonderful takru BY anY base
ball team. Il Was 20 years ago. bat
! remember many % the Incidents
which tack place. We left America
with the following liusupa
white Sox AnHon. DALEY. C.. J
Ryan. MARX Baldwin. Tsnrr. p. An
sou. ID. Pfeffsr. n. Williamson. 1h.
T. Burns. = =. sullivan. {. Petit.
6 :. J. Ryan. T.
Ail-Amrriras Earle. 6. va Crane.
John Heaiey. .. Fred Carrot. III.
ilmny AAnuing. n. Geo. Weed. 10.
J. Montgomery Ward. = -. FuEartY.
! Z. Ned Hanton. {. Tom Brown.
IrE
@Of that great aggregation am
the only one ~ the game. although
Haulou Ia managing brooklyn.
Ward - q lawyer IN New York. An
sun city clerk of Chicago. Tenrr IL
bank president In Pennsylvania.
Geo. Weed Vas an umpire Ia the
southern league last season. and
the others are dead or cut Of sight.
We played everywhere from the
catncouabH ~ Rome 20 Cheors OF
EGYPT. under the shadow % the
I pyramids and cut through India and
the island ~ CrYian. | remember
one Enme ia Ccyion. where II ma
ti0naiitiea Witnessed the contest.
Yankee noudle'n national sport made
hit there.
= have seen. raad and heard Of
wiid-eyed fans but In this country
they are tame compared TO what We
struck ia Naples.
we we're mobhed By $4,000 peo-
pie
In the absence of grand stands.
the crowd masHed around the dia-
I mund A. they grew closer the
players waved their hands 20 and
fro 20 get them back This seems
TO have been a continental sign to
come closer, and 80 they crowd
/ cd In.
Several got raped hard by the
bait They evidently thought u was
I soft rubber. and grew frenzied. The
/ gcndarmeB saw the crowd was about
10 break loose. and hefd a conaulia-
ton with Arson. For once "oid
I Pop threw up his hands aud fled.
/ There was no finish 90 that game.
over IN Egypt We issued no rain
checks. They had had a rain some
eight months before. aud another
was not due for several months to
come
we won % games from Anson's
team on that trip. and I think we
must have walked up some of those
old mummies in our games around
the pyramids. for the natives grew
wild. I suppose We were Inspired
by playing on a diamond over 5000
years old. II wasn't 'Hit u to the
fenee.' but Hit ~ TO the sphinx In
that series"
Since Earle started on hia league
career this renowned tourist has
fought under q flags including the
following Nashville. Southern.
Duluth. Northwestern. 81. Paul.
Mort hwestern Cincinnati. National.
81 Louis. National. Tacoma. Pa