Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-16

Toner elther affirm or deny this yarn
perhaps he didn't like 10 admit that
he was 80 unsuccessful In making 40
simple thing as baseball clear even
to an EnglIshman I'm inclined Ia
think, however that John did not
have that private audience with tho
prince He wasn't pitching that day
and | SEQ no reason why he should
have been singled out as spokesman
for tho great American game
Next day we played game on
Lords Cricket grounds. the huest in
England at that time, and We gave tho
crowd Of 1000 mighty good show
for their money Tho crowd must
have thought 30, too for never heard
more bracing cheering even In Chi.
cago II was close tussle until the
last moment when Baldwin and |
made errors that gave the AllAmcr
teas the game. they winning by a
single run
The following day We played game
on the Crystal Palace grounds at
sydenham before q big crowd, and the
AllAmericas won It by a score Of to
? The next morning we left London
for Bristol, the home OF the famous
crlcketers, the Grace brothers, who
had given us special invitation to
visit them Arriving there at noon.
we were met by turnouts at the sta
ton and driven 10 the Gloucester
Cricket grounds. brand new and about
the best In England The very first
thing on the program was a hearty
dinner. and although we knew from
experience that the game to be played
Immediately after would suffer In con-
sequence, We did not let that inter.
fere with our enjoyment Of the sumpt
nous repast, for such II certainly was.
The duke OF Beaufort did the honors
on that occasion, and although, Az
general rule have mighty little use
for dukes had to make an exception
in favor Of Beaufort, who was one OF
the jolliest and most democratic old
sports ever ran mp against lie re-
minded me OF my father
Well, | leave you to imagine what
that game was have no reason to
kick. for we won, but | don't mind tell.
ing you that II wouldn't do to put up
game Of ball Ike that In America,
After the game was over the Grace
brothers and some Of the other crack
cricketers wanted to try their hand
at the American game, and the Chica-
Cos took the field, while Ryan and
Crane pitched wish YOU could have
seen those big cricketers bat! They
couldn't negotiate the quick delivery
OF the Americans and the twirlers had
to slow down considerably before
they managed to land on the ball,
Doctor Grace making the only safe hit
OF the day.
We returned to London that night
and neIt day played our farewell
game In the big metropolis on the
grounds Of the Essex Country club be.
fore crowd OF 5000 persons. Crane
and Earl and Baldwin and DAILY were
the batteries Tho game was chock
full OF hard hitting and although the
score-l2 to In favor Of the Chicagos
wouldn't have pleased MI American
crowd little bit, II uckled those Eng.
lishmen immensely, and next morning
all tho papers declared II the best
game ever played on English soil.
II had been arranged 20 pull of q
throwing contest Rft0r the game DO.
tween Crane and Conuor, an Aus.
trslian champion, but the lattsr backed
out and Crane save a solo exhibition.
throwing cricket ball 10 yards and
a baseball 20 yards That evening
we were treated to a banquet and our
fue old friend, the duke OF Beaufort.
dropped In. as he expressed 1t, TO
Spend an evening with those splendid
fellows from America"
It had been arranged that We should
make flying tour IA far north "a
Glasgow before crossing over to Ire
land wish you could have seen the
special train In which we travelled on
that trip. II consisted OF nine cars.
two OF which were dining saloons, two
smoking and reception cars and the
balance sleepers The exterior OF the
train was exceedingly swell, the body
color OF the coaches being white en-.
Rmel with trimmings OF gold and seal
brown and the royRl arms in gold and
scarlet on tho carriage doors, while In
each side OF tho coaches Was the In
Bcrlpton In fancy lettering Tho
American Baseball Clubs" Talk about
travelling de nNel That train was GER
talnly one OF tho do luNiest proposi.
tons ever went up against
The game wo played at Birmingham
that afternoon was one that would
have delighted an American crowd.
When Il was called at the end OF the
tenth inning on account OF darkness,
the score was a tie each team having
four runs 10 IT'S credit Baldwin and
Henly both doing themselves proud.
Next day We played At Sheffield In a
pouring rain and had to quit at the
fourth inning on account Of the mud.
Tho day following we had q similar