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Show LEAGUE STARS TO TOUR THE WORLD New York. Sept. 4. It was announced an-nounced leceatly by Frank Bancroft, business manager of tho world's tour of the Giants and All-Americans, that tho trip would be taken by tho two teams that win tho pennants and then paiticipato in the world's stories. stor-ies. 1 But it seoma that, as the plan originated with John McGraw, I ho Giants, whether they (Capture tho National Na-tional league pennant or not, will make the trip, accompanied by a team composed largely of American league players. U. u wnitc, who was discussing I the details of the lour with McGraw, will probably leave hero this week to pave tho way. He vlll receive final instructions in a fow days and expects ex-pects to have plenty of timo to arrange ar-range for the accommodation of 30 or more players at leading hotels, In ocean ste;.mshlp3 and aboard limited railroad trains. The incorporation of the New York Glants-AU American Around-the-World Tour at Albany with a capital of ?C0,000 makes the trip a certainty. It Is learned that Roger Bresnahan may bo persuaded to go along as manager of the All-Amencans. Mike Mitchell of the Cincinnati Reds Is ,sald to have been invited to play on the All-Amorican team, and invlta-ti invlta-ti . have been extended to Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajolc. Joe Jnckeori. Trls Speaker, Eddie Collins, Chief Bender, Hal Chose and other American league stars, it is reported. McGraw has received re-ceived promises from Matlievbon, Maiquard, Doyle, Fletcher, Snodgrass, Murray, Dovore, Chief Meyers, Sha-fer, Sha-fer, 'I'GBroau, Hartley and Crandall to go with him, but if somo of them decide de-cide to remain at home no trouble will be experienced in filling their places. In fact, the promoters of the tour are swamped with applications from & star ball players who would rather 1 travel all winter free ot expense than remain idle. As originally announc- 8 ed, the tour will begin on Ootobor 5, i when the teams will play their first j game on the Polo grounds. It haB i boon tentatively arranged to visit Philadelphia and "Washington before 1 going west, where games will proba- bly be scheduled for Pittsburg, Cln- J ciiiuatl, Chicago, St, Louis, Kansas J I City, Omaha, Denver and San Fran- I , cisco. The trip across the Pacific u Will Include stops at Honolulu, Toklo, J Yokohama, Hong Kong, Manila, Syd- 1 ney and Melbourne, after which the teams will come back to Panama for J several games in the canal 7.onc, to be j followed by a. visit to leading cities In South America. 1 ' Because of weather conditions it I has been decided to abandon the idea j J of playing in European cities, also for i the reason that the men must return j homo in time to report for spring 1 practice. Many prominont baseball j men think that the tour will serve to j 1 introduce baseball in foreign coun- j I tries and in time will make the game J popular all over the world. For this I reason McGraw and his fellow pro- j 1 motors will recelvo official indorse- I Imcnt and plenty of financial support", j |
