Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-20

Twenty-Five years ago fandom was
quite as keen for the Spalding round-the-
world TOUR of the Chicago and "Ah-
American clubs as 1t is now for the
forthcoming tour Of the McGraw-
Comskey aggregation.
The Spaldings sailed from San Fran
cisco November IS. 1888. for Australia,
by way of Honolulu, Samoa and Auck-
land. New Zealond; the McGraw aggre-
gation is scheduled to start from Van
couver Novem. er 10. As the one headed
p New York bay on the eve OF the
base ball season of 1883, so the other
nay be looked for next spring, to be
greeted at quarantine by a fiotilla OF
tugs and De Wo.f Hopper and brass
bands and all the noisy otservances due
20 returned globe trotters.
The base bail world has grown some
What in twenty-five years, though 1t Is
still the same old game. John McGraw
and his merry men expect to visit the
philippines and compete with the natlve
players under the American nag. In
isos, before. the Spanish war was ever
dreamed of most Americans, as Mr..
Dooley has sa d, thought of the Philip,
pines, II at all. as brand OF canned
goods. What the Fil.pinos thought Oh
IS or base ball is beyond conjecture
McGraw will take his players TO japan
and there encounter native league OF
respectable strength. In 1SSS-lSSS Japan
VAS hardly on the map.
Tune Stirred Sailors.
In their entire circuit of the globe
the Spald.ngs saw the Stars and STRIPES
at sea only twice-once on the old Essex,
in the harbor of Colombo, Ceylon, hying
the homeward-bound penant after two
years cruise In China ports: again at the
truck of a lumber lugger from Bruins
wick, Me-, locked in the doldrums In the
middle of the Indian sea. las idle as
painted ship upon painted ocean"
Remark in passing something that came
off on the occasion of that encounter,
which most of those who were there Will
remember until they die. On board the
base ball ship was Mrs. Leigh Lynch,
woman cornetist born member OF the
once celebrated Berger family. She stood
on the after deck and played Yankee
Doodle The schooner lay close by and
II was broad day. 1t was worth travel
ling the distance to see those Yankee
sailors swarm up the rigging and yell
their delight. after being becalmed for
full fortnight In an alien sea. to hear
the grand old ragtime.
The Alameda, which was the name Of
the ship in which the Spaldings crossed
the Pacific, carried to Honolulu the
first news of President Harrison's cleo
ton. This was on Sunday. November %
1883. almost three weeks after the election.
There was no Pacific cable then; no
fast ships even. and only a monthly
service between Frisco and Hawaii. The
first question the tourists heard when
they steamed into Pearl harbor was.
who's elected?'
Speaking of cables. the newspapers
paid some fancy prices for their news
Of the Spalding tour. ] remember pay
ing the equivalent of $2.s7 q word Tin
advance) for a message from Auckland
to New York. My papers demanded q
full score and every ffgure counted as
word.
Would Not Permit Base Bali.
Hawaii was not at that time a terri
tory of the United States, but kingdom
on its own account Kalakaua rsigned.
A fine. genial. kingly looking old Kan
aka he was hot sport and dearly long
ed for ball game-and q bet on the
game. But 1t was Sunday and the mis-
sionaries were In the saddle. Nothing
doing. Kalakaua. IL IL feared. went 70