Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-20
BALL STARS OFF ARE
 ON THEIR WORLD TOUR
Gisnt-Whise Sox Aggregation Sail From Vancouver and will Arrive in Yokohama for First Game Dec. 3.

 VANCOUVER, B. c, Nov. l9.-Aft- CT transforming through the Middle West, the Southwest and West Of the United States ever since the close of the baseball season about month ago the aggregation of baseball stars, composed of the players of the Chioa- go White Sox and the New York Giants, supplemented by other crack players and accompanied by a large party embracing several club owners and their guests, umpires and other baseball ofhcias and a number of of ladies. reached Vancouver today to sail from this port on one of the pala- tial steamships of the Canadian Pa eIhc Steamship company on their tour around the world.
 Foreign countries have been visited twice before by American major league players. The first trip was made in 1874, by the Boston and Phd. adelphia Athletics of the National league, under the direction of A. c. Spaldhg. The teams visited only Great Britain and made excellent i'm precision. The second trip to foreign lands took place in the winter oS 1888. The party consisted of the Chi cago National league club under t9e presidency of A. C. Spalding and the captainship of A. c. Anson and a team composed of players selected from the National league and the Ameri- can association by John NJ. Ward. This was an around the world tour hy way of Australia and home by the way of Great Britain
 For the last six years MT. John McGraw of the New York Giants, and Charles Comiskey, president of the Chicago White Sox, had in their mind the plan of arranging a tour of the world for their teams and du- plicating. on a much larger scale, the world tour arranged by A. c. Spalding twenty-five years ago. Last January, when MT. McGraw was lh Chicago, he met NIT. Comiskey and after they had talked the matter over they decided to carry out their ambitious plan. Richard Bonnell, an experienced tour pilot. was engaged to travel in ad- vance of the party and to make all the arrangements for their comfort at the various points to be touched by them. Ted Sullivan, veteran club manager and pilot was made the man ager of the tour who was to accom- pany the party on its entire journey.
 The members of the party were SC Iected by President Comisky and Manager McGraw and they soon dis covered that the difficulty was not so much in selecting tLose who should 20 nut in excluding these who wished to go but who, for one reason or an- other. could not be taken. As finally selected the party includes the fol lowing: Charles A. Comiskey, presi- dent of the White SOx, and wife; Manager Jchn J. McGraw. of the Giants and wife; Manager James J. Callahan. of the White Sox, and wife; Buck Weaver and Morris Rath, ot the White SoN Sam Crawford, of the Detroit Tigers; Hal Chasa. of White Sox. and wife; Germany Schaefer' of the Washington Americans; "Reb Russell, of the White SOx, and bride; George Evans, Ray Schaik, J. Four nier. Red" Faber, c. Lewerenz, Jim Scott and Joe Benz all of the White Sox; Larry Doyle and Jim Thorpe oi the Giants. each accompanied by his bride; Chief Meyers, of the Giants and wife: Fred Merkle, of the Giants; Sherwood Magee, of the Philadelphia Nationals: Hans Lobert, Philadelphia Nationals; Arthur FromIne, George wiltseand Bunny" Hearne, all or the Giants Mike Doolan, of the Phil adelphia Nationals; Iy Wingo Of the St Louis Nationals: Jeff Tesreau, Of the Giants, and bride; Umpire Bill Klem. of the National league; Um- nire lack Sheridan of the American league; Ted Sullian, general manager of the tour; a party composed or guests of Mir. Comiskey. and including James R. MeAleer, president Of me 
 Boston Red Sox, and wife; Louis Comiskey, son of President Comiskey' accompanied by his bride; Joe Far rell and wife, Jim Mullin and wife, Mrs. William Keough, Tom Lynch. Al Slight and Billy Leahy, and a number Of others mostly friends Of the originators of the tour. The fact that there are six brides in the par ty, five Of them the brides of ball players. adds additional interest to the tour.
 The first pert the party will reach on it's way will be Yokohama. where the teams will play a game on Decem- Der 3. On the following day they will State Or Ohio. city Of Toledo. ta