Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-06
TOURISTS GET
BIC WELCOME
ON ARRIVAL
Magnates, Players and Fans All
Join in Giving Globe Trotters
Hearty Reception.
By Frank G. Menkc.

vt.yV YORK, March 6.-Through
y a snowstorm that made navi-
cation hazardous the world
.:,,c- White SoX and Giants came
ill.,, View York Harbor to-day to the
-r.stest welcome that has ever
,,,5rked the return of American ath-
l,,os from foreign shore. With their
arrival the ball players ended jour
nan. Of 81 GOO miles, during which they
ua5a about 100000 clear and above
expenses.
The Cunard liner Lusitania' on
,.bicb the baseball men, led by Man
,ger rohn ]. McGraw, of the Giants,
ard president Charles Comiskey and
Manager Callahan, of the Chicago
American League club, poked her
Nose slowly through the snow and
f,g of the lower bay. The vessel had
anchored off Sandy Hook late last
NIGHT with the intention of reaching
Quarantine about 3 a. ma and dock
inc al $50 o'clock Weather condi-
lions upset this program, however,
and tae liner did not reach Quaran-
tine until $50 a. m.
nESPITE the storm, the returning
II baseball players were given
welcome such as that accorded to
heroes returning from a war. Play
crs magnates and fans all Joined
hands The footing of whistles and
shrieks Of sirens as the big Cunarder
came through the harbor made the
travellers realize that they were back
onee more in the land of the free
and the home of the brave"
A local reception committee went
down the bay on the ferryboat Nj
agara and gave the homecomers a
Welcome that will be remembered as
m.nue in the history of the national
game New York and Chicago united
in greeting the two teams and the
Wes- We'd with the East in enthusi-
asm The delegation of fans that
came here from Chicago to greet the
wanderers left their beds in the Hotel
Baltimore before daylight this morn
ing and went to their duty happily.
ItF representatives Ol VI = eliAA"Nu
l baseball conferred with the re-
Sulnine players on the way from
Quarantine to the Cunard dock and
en- the Lusitania arrival there, Speak
er announced that he would turn
down the offer of the Federals and
sign another Boston contract
Similar announcement of rejection
Of propositions from the Federals
were made by Mike Doolan, of the
PhUes and Dick Eagan, of the
Brooklyn team. Both stated that they
would sign again with the teams on
which they played last year.
Representatives of organized base
bah stole a march of two hours upon
The Federal Leaguers by going down
the bay on a revenue cutter. Repre-
Sentatves of the Federal League were
caught unaWareS and went to the
Cunard pier at the foot of West Four
teenth street to meet the liner. On
hoard the revenue cutter, in addi-
ton TO a small army of reporters and
photographers were: Ban Johnson,
president of the American League;
Y. + Baker, an official of the Phila-
de'ph.a National League club;
Charles F. Ebbets, president Of the
Brooklyn National League club;
Frank Farrell, president of the New
York American League club, and j.
j., Ianin, president of the Boston
Americans
AS the revenue cutter approached
ne Lus.tauia Deputy Collector J. G.
Williams assembled the baseball mag
Mates and made a little speech to
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