The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-21
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BASEBALL T0U R


T.. MChrldc, the Wen KNOWN Nhl-
OJEo tailor, VINO has many friends in
the copper country by reason OF his
frequent visits here. mas joined the
Chicago White SoN and the New York
Giants and will accompany those
teams ON their famous tour around the
world. which is mauagcd 10y Ted Sui
Ivan who also is we'll known here.
Mr. Mcbride invariably spends three
or four weeks of every year in Calu-
met. making his headquarters at the
Calumet hotel lie is an authority and
somewhat of a crank on the national
game, rarely missing = chance To see
a game
Mr. Mcbride is a close personal
friend at Charles \. Comisllcy. owner
of the SiN. who first suggested and had
much 60 30 with the arrangements for
the tour. also of Ted Sullivan, who
les managing the expedition and it was
through them ne received the invita-
tiou tu accompany the tourists.
On hts way TO the coast to join the
around world party, Mr. Mcbride
visited for a short time with former
copper country friends in Butte and
discussed his proposed trip In a Butte
interview as follows:
In lN>>. when the Chicago team
made trip around the world, | heard
e lot about il. IT took them six and
q half months Go make the trip and on
their return there was nothing but
talk. talh, talk, on that tour. re-
solved then that il they ever took an
other one would follow them around,
Well the opportunity has come. I'm
ON my way We're going 10 have the
time Of our Young lives. We will
reach Yokohama on Dec. }. After
tuw1u" Japan we viii go through Chi
ua. then to the Philippines, Australia,
CCl Ion through the Red sea and then
to EgNrt from Alexandria we will sail
To Naples We will tour Italy with Il
special train, FOR there will he -
Americans IN the party We will visit
Florence. Rome, Milan, Genoa and
other points Of interest in Italy, and
then tr 10 Marscilles. Monte Carlo and
'lhcr points. We Will spend a week
In Paris; then go To- Edinburgh ana
Glasgow. scotland through Ireland,
sailing from Queenstown on March l.,
arriving az New York six days later.
viii Make il Right"
Some trip Relieve me, yes And
we are COINS L. make it right, too.
There viii BE nothing too good for tho
members OF The party. Already We are
assured of the most cordial reception
in the various places we will visit The
White SoX and the Giants viii play
many games ON this tour and on the
other hand, they will meet ana play
native teams in foreign lands. You
should not get the idea that baseball
$ confined 10 America. 1t Is our ma
tional sport. but it has been adopted
ia other lands. There are excellent
leagues in Japan; in China, Australia
aud elsewhere the game also is known.
There will he no lack of sport. and
while The American teams undoubted-
N will show the foreigners how the
same should he played, doubtless there
viii be- some we'll put up contests by
ihc native experts.
The fact that We viii mslle this
"trip is three months and about Is days
illustrates the advance in trausporta-
ton i'm recent years When that
american team made the world tour
ian lSSN they thought they were doing
something great to get around and
play ball at tn" same time i'm six ana
half months. AS a matter of fact,
We viii spend more time i'm places of
interest than they did although the
trip VIII consume less time. Railroad
trains aud ships are faster in these
DAYS Whereas that 1883 tour was
made in part in steamships of 5000
cons ours will be made ON boats be
side which those old vessels would look
insignificant That, of course. is all
to be expected Maybe the White SoX
- years from now will Circumnavi-
gate the globe in an airship and re-
fer to our present trip with smiles
of derision as to the time made But
even so. they will have no more fun
than We will have. That's certain"
Looks Over the City.
Mr. Mcbride spent today with his
old time Butte friends. He found
much To- interest him. although he con-
fessed that the city had changed To
such an extent that he could recognize
but few points in it. He will leave
It's evening over the Northern Pacific
for Spokane, from where he will 80 to
Portland. From that city he will 20
to Tacoma and then 10 Seattle. where
ne will join the party with which he