Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-06
,GIANT-WH|TE SOX
TOURISTS RETURN
HOME AMID CHEERS
WOrld-Girdling Ball Players
Get Royal Welcome as Lusi+
tania Arrives.
PLAYERS GET FEDERAL
OFFERS VIA WIRELESS
Magnates of Organized Base
ball Reach Tourists Ahead of
Outlaws Down Bay.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The world
girdling American baseball players
came home today in snow storm,
while harbor craft footed and ENJOYS
from the Federal League figuratively
waved contracts, the Giant-White Sox
combination drew into quarantine
:, shortly after o'clock
The Federal League representatives
were unable to obtain passes to board
the Lusitania to greet the travellers
down the bay Organized baseball
was more fortunate in having OBJ
tanned revenue cutter passes in ad-
vance and a delegation was able to
board the ship before she caame UP to
her pier.
The ferryboat Niagara. chartered
for the occasion, and laden with fans,
steamed down the bay to greet the
tourists, Men and boys on board,
dressed in baseball uniforms, lined the
rails and waved flags as the band
played. A light snow was still falling
as the Lusitania nosed her way up
the river. The ball players stood at
the rails cheering wildly in response
TO the welcome, and one in their num-
Der unfurled a huge American flag.
In final concert on the liner last
night Herman Schaefer sang German
songs and Mike Donlin displayed his
talents as an entertainer.
The Giants White SoX baseball
touring party gathered in Cincinnati
on Saturday, October IS. where the
first game of the long schedule was
played against the Cincinnati Club.
From there the players travelled in
a special train by easy stages to the
Pacific coast, playing frequent games
en- route. Doubts regarding the finan-
cial success of the trip We're early
removed by the Unexpectedly large
attendance, and when the squad sailed
from Seattle on November 10 thirty
two games had been played in thirty
three days. The party arrived at
Yokohoma December 6, four days
late. after a rough voyage. From
Japan the itinerary carried the tour
lists to China, Philippines, Australia.
New Zealand, Egypt, continental
Europe and England.
Large Crowds Saw Games.
During the foreign part of the tour
the largest attendance was recorded
In Japan, Australia and England.
The biggest gate receipts were coll
lected at the game played in London
on February rs, when 10000 Specta-
tors. including King George, wit
nessed the defeat of the Giants by
the White SoX in sensational eleven
inning game This game officially
closed the tour. the party sailing from
Liverpool on February 27.
More than seventy games were
played during the trip, and the list
would have been larger but for rain
at Paris, Rome and several cities in
China and Japan. Notwithstanding
these setba cks, the financial returns
were far in excess of expectations
and the profits are estimated at
neariy 100000 Manager McGraw of
the New York Nationals, and Charles
comiskey, president of the Chicago
American League Club, who financed
the expedition, ceased to worry about
the success of the tour several months
ago. generous dividend is assured
not only for the promoters but for
those players who entered upon the
"trip on a sharing basis.
- More Foreign Tours Planned.
Tentative plans have already been
made for foreign tours during the
winters of 1914-15 and 1915-16. South
America. Africa and part of the ter
iitoTy covered during the present
tour viii be visited. Many of the
PLAYERS enrolled in the present party
have expressed their willingness to
embark under similar conditions for
tie tours as mapped out.