THE SPORTHSTQ LIFE. March 2O.

BASE BALL.THE Gmf TRIRBase Ba!! Approved by

Royalty.

Playing Before the Prince ofWales The Game Under

The Pyramids, Etc.

LOVDOJI, Eo£., Marcb T6. Tb» SpaUIns base hnlttauri^ts left Paris o» the btb for this city and arrived here last Saturday. They embarked on ono of the wretched litllo channel steamers that ndd to the discomforts of tho juurney from Franco to England. At midnight the wind was Mowing a gale, and tho crazy little boat danced about the quay in ecstatic anticipation of the misery it hud in store for its victims. A half bt'Ui later, whon (h* touri.-,ts were well out to »e-*, the wiuil increased to a tornado, and for the reuiaiiitier of tho night tho channel wa< vexed with the worst aturm that bus bioun thtre for yenr^. Tho ball plavor* were I'rtiwdrfi into jnudoquate qunrters, and, accusitumu I «» thuy woift after two munihs' journttjing to uurulUod Bflflu, they ptirrendprtd iu the presence of a Kcuinue ntorni niul gnvn tbems«lve* up to the hgoniesuf a sleep- lem, tntuloruble night. Towtrd muinin? a uiunst«r WBTO carried away (ho brnlga *od nearly httt*d tho hull out of I ho water. There na* no uthur tntBbnp, however, which cuul'l oot be tfpeo.ltly itpalrHd ou land, HJ» (bat by the time the tarty r»ftched London, «t 10 o'clock ye^terdaj moruibg, ibuy void uf>*t\y tta gooJ

Flaying Be tare Royalty.TV<e n»ods whicti liuvu tnuudutbd the lower part of

England, including tha crick t»t ^-rouuJs ttt Unatol, vrheru the base tmllisti were tu bavo (.la>eil Monday, made it uece&jary tur tp^ldii,^ to cancel tlmtdutu. J'h>9 If ft iht< buys trie to r«[>hir the iuas of t\ uisbfu sleep. Ou Tuesday, bowbvcr, th* fir>t xninb in Eng­ land was played »t h*.ni»irj»tOL Ova!, under circuin- siaucea which wero bi*ib favornblv bud utifuvaritblo Iu tbe luorniu^ itbtgan to raiu, ttoJ at LOOU u heary fojc ovorlung the city It w«» at (ttr.t hour that the Iwys had ttu tLgrgtiiieul at tt>6 club bt>uso ou the Oval for luncheon.

ENTERTAINED 8Y DISTISQUlSnSD PEOPLB.

Their hosts rero a di«tio£tiitsh(>d party, uf which ibo Dulit of Ducclbuch WAS ehatrutttu, hbd tbe rue tube 13 ci'6 tLe Earls of llesstiorouyh, 8befht>kl ttud Loudett- borongb, VUcouot 0-ifciibndue, Lout Oharfon Btres- ford, Lord Ba^dulph Churcbill, I.ady Churchill, lord Kinuard, Lord Urtwke, I/t>rd I.itileton, Ihe Lord Major of London, Mr. II. White, Thur^o d'Affairwof the United Stales, Consul Guuerat \Vnlier, Mr Hc^lo- ftld Hanson, Sir B. E. Wt-bsttr, Attorney Gon^m!, and lasrt, but by no mean* Itaat, l)r. W. G. Cruca, thy famous cricketer. Toasts were glvoo fir.st tu the Qiifen aud President ID conjunction; ttsort»ltyr for the'Vrutce and Princess of Wales, hud Iboij for baso Lull aod cricktt in turn.

A CIO ATTENDANCE.

Lunch wa* fairly oter when Urns wat rallett for (he garuo. Dr. Grace and Mr Hoc-nut, tho Aiutrnlian cnclfeter, acted as escorts to the ground -The Ovul Is most delightful ground, more than twice th« si/o necessary for base hull, anJ perfectly Iiiv^l, with a smooth bard turf. But the ground had beeii Urtuchcd by continuous ruins, aod H die use fog raited over ovt rv- thing. Iu Hpite o! that fuct uot leas than 8,000 pio^l) 'ware pro8tot, some of Iberu In the bund sore ti gruuJ «!uu1 Lack of the borne u'ute, the rest diap'jned about tbe Oval, after the usual manner of cricket i;aniad.

RECEIVED BY 1 FIB PRINCE.

The gaai» began with Ail-Aou-rita first at hat and trocfotled without iucKltnt ubtil the fiih itiuiog, wbdn SiiM Kujal Higbnees ibe I'rince uf \V»1^3 nrrived ut th& main Rattv. Mr. Sp-iUhig, Dr. Grace and Mr. Bonuur m«*t IJia Itoyul Hitibnpea aud e?cortc'J him to bis ptnco. At the- close of tlte tilth iLOing, wiihiu u few mi nut. -a after Ilis Royal Hishcos^' arrlfiU, the boyn rafne to- gf-thar in the centre of tho field and gave ibree i beers aud a ttger for the heir apparent to the Kogficb fbtun^. Tbe Prince acknowledged Ifco eitluie by lift­ ing- hi* bat, bowing tied Miiilir)^ plc-astiutly .Iiumndi- tely ofteiWrtid the bojs were t-scorttd by » private way to tbe box of Bid R^yal HighneM, aisd in a rouot cectnded ftuiu the general gazo were ei^ccefuiroty In­ troduced Iu tbo Prmco. Ha tu-ver «shibitud biant-H ln-,«. jiioco fs.GfCiilttft jjjc.li t tbftU oo-iliu occasion^. 0« Ka3 a suiilu mid kind word for ouch <>f tit* play era. As they camo u t . be shook eacb if them ty tho band, eapresaiug hij ndoiirutioa for »ach muo'd piny.

df conrse all tho bova votDd him a tbnrnufihly good fellow, after wbfch they reiucaed »oJ fiuUbed tbft game, the ecorc of which wa?:AXl-AUE'A. 4B.R.B. P. i.Ej ORtCAlO. AC.R B. P. A. B

Hanlori,ct'... 500 2 0 O'Ryan.s*...... 612 't 10Ward, ss..... 401 2 1 (>' Pettit.it ..... 5 0 % 200Brown, rf.... 40101 0 : S«llivan, If.. 511 0 00Can-oil, Ih... 31090 0 Acson, Ih ., 5 2 2 'J 11 WottdtSb..... 4 I 'L 3 3 oiPfeffer,2b.... 4 2 3 440Fogaity, If... 31040 O'Teuer.cf...... 5 1 '> 0 003J«iiniog1 2b4 1231 l : Burns,3h..... 5 0 0 I 0 1fcarle, c...... 30113 2 l Bti!dwln,u... 602 2 10Healy, p...... 3 0 1 0 3 (j;Djlly. c...... 6 0 0 760

Total...... 33 4 8 24 12 3j Total...... 45 7U 27 132Ali-Aiiierica.. .............. 04000000 0 4Chicago.. ......... ............ 20000203 x 7

KUUB turned Chicago 5, Atl-Araerlca L First ou crrurs Cbiciigo 2 r All-Aoienca 1. Loft on base* OhrcastoS, All-Aiiierica 3. Total baio hits ChicaEO 21, Ail-Arueii;a8. Two-base hit Teaer. Thre«-baso biu AUSOD, Pfefier 2. First on LalU Off Hea.ty 1. off Baldwin 'j. Stolen b-tses Wurd, Wood, Uauning, Pi'cfTer. (lit by pitcher Ft thirty Stuck out By HenJy l,l.y Baldwiu 7. Ooublo play Daily, Pfeffc-r. Wild pilchfls llenly 1, PtUdAlQ I, Umpire Georgo Wnght. Tiuie 2:05.

BRITISH !StPaK8SIO»3.

Of Iho rvowd watching the gamo it must be said from 11:0 Aiucricun atandpont tbat they oxhiottcU extr-aor- tliLary aptitudo iu ,ipprcciaing tbe fio*-r points of the game. They dUplayt-d a keen curiosity to learn tbo inyst*'rit:a ot" tho curved pitch. They eujoyod espoctallf the magnificent cutfioltliiiK atd rapid returns of tho ball lioui tbe iuficlu. There wt-ru not to exceed 100 Auit-rictns present Kenrly »11 hlnyed in their soita and rarBlutly watched the g*nie till it^ close. The sentiment hoto lo~ni*ht is thst tha base b*tll ^ame has

' made a hit ia England. In the evening a(l?r tho game tha pnrty occupied

seufci at the Lyceum by inviiatiou of Honrv (rvine a ui«'o ccnipliment when one takes intu cousidrratiou tho fuct that 6-.'ai9 «f!l lor (5 each, and.aUliuu^h iu (he Linteu beasuu, tlere are f«w to ho had.

A BANQUET.Monday night the enilre party occupied boxes in the

I'riitrew Theatre as the guoata of Miss Grace Haw- th'rt-ne. Kiftteo hoxorf were reserved for tLetii. After tho f-orforiuance a reception \VMS held in tbo iheatio. "WIKsoti B^rretr presided and niiwea Kuwthortjo, Jamt-a Hc»iub«i1, Buffen, ut.d Mea<rB. W. W. K&lly, Brandou. ThoniMii, Temple, Snxe, Knux, furtado, U«?orfta Bar- rclt, John1 Irving, M. Schubert, Frank Wood, Bonnor, Iho Australian cricketer; lepresentativea of all the londun papers and others were present. Tho banquet was a delightful affair. Mr. Burreti welcomed tho players warmly and rt-ftrred to tbe many kindnesses Ii« had received iu Anmrfra Miai Hawthorue'a hoahh WHS drouk and who reniH»nd«d very K'ttceflilly. Mr. Kelly, Her niaiinger, «a- tw much Hffected to speak for iier. Te»r* etrcamed down hl^ clu-eka. Tlmre w«re r^cititioiia by Met-dra. Hariett, Tlionin« an-1 others; »ongM by Sir, Thomas, Mr. S&xo, Mi?« Katie James and Blirt- Scbuh'-rt. Wine- fl"\ved ffroly aud tho fun laatod iiiilil 3 o'clock in tho umruiug.

FASHION'S STAMP.Ilot« is tho cffirial afluouncemont of the Prince of

IV nliV visit HS auteiittily ?rt forth in the Otmri tjinnlar, JsSui'J at midnight br tho ^-rave and great functionary liliown K.-* the Court Newsman;

"The Prinrn of \Viilt-8, alt.'iidpd \-.y Mnjor-GfD. Eilfo, \v«nt to the Keuaiugton Ov«l tiiU artt-rnoon, i)'i fc.'iB preseui al u mutch of the American baao bull p' flyers."

'{'hut little pornfrrsph tct$ th« BOH) of fnpbion U[,oti fcfti-c bnll ia general, ami ihv Amtiiuau plttyera in par­ ticular.

A N'OTRWORTIIY INCIDENT.

Tt rf-ntuins lo bo said that bwse ball tn-dny upset tiaRtc ituU neatly catiso 1 a riot iu Fleet etrtet, OUD uf )juiiil< u'j* main «r erirg. Tlio ^nteriirUing *-di(or of tl.e S^oj/sjii^ii pl«c* d in hia office windows a pair of 1'iits, a bull and a caliber's mask, with a notice ox- plniuiug tht-ir tiiw-s. From morning till ui^htrt biy; but nver-chnnglng c;o«d blocked tho bidewalii ai.ii niywl iuto ttiu to:ifl\»>»y, %&'UB% optn-niouihed at the lu»rMu me- looking inipifincats. The police, powt'rlctH i)kt.'<-p tlio wonder-ttiicaen ppopla moviofc, Ihmlly ' I'i'loiicd the effort uud na>»ud unxiouely until dnrk-

» ruudoreU Ibu 0' range objectn uo longer visiblo.

Tho Second Game.On Wednesday tbe party went to tbe House of

Common* upon invitation. They were stopped at the gatop by the police, but when it had been explained that tbo Speaker had made arrange­ ments for them to visit the House in a body they were jillowed to puss. Mr. White, secretiiry of the American Legation, and tbe secretary of tbe Speaker, showed tbe visitors through the House of Lords and the Hou^e of Commons, and the Crypt. Subsequently, frcna thepoticry tlify listened to {KUH'hcs by Hr William V\j ruon Harcofiit and otbcis, Tho Dfitn of \V«stm iunter iuritvd the leanis to be pn-s- fi.t at u Hpocinl service in Ihe Abbey oti 3ui:d*y. &Ir. Vhiff ft l^o HppiieJ to tho Master of tho Uur«e for a t|i'«Jal permit t<j visit tho ^uotD's stnlU's.

TUB 'JAMK WEL!, PATRON I7.RI>.Anr.thcr largo croA'd witnessed the second Rome,

which wiw plwyi-d on Lord's cricket grounds. Tin' I'hiy WRB very excilloif, the game cloo i\iid the g[ wtiVoi 4 Keemed tu apprrclatc It, ntid they were ri)'!-Hil to chi-i'm rnor^ tfiHii onro. Of coursi1 , the £u^li-<biiK'ti (iu uot thiult i'.ift* bull t-< quit^ B-I ioten^t- Iu^ at oii^kot, tut they eipttfJd atu'i/emeul at tho :

bility of onr fioldora and admit tbat there If mucfc ex- clteraeDt and pleasure to b« found In the American game. The batting was fair, the fidldl&g brilliant aud in* bose-rnnninR dsshing Ilanlon's great fieldlnir, ruaniriL- " ' ' *"«,, contributed largely to the victory for the '- Fcgoity, Manoing, Crane and Carrel: 1 ran in great style. Anson's timely M..I.L., f.M.:vat won the day for t'Mcago, but by remarkable nttldioji; thu AU-Acueiica* closed t%e ninth iDning with the score in their favor. Score;

CHICAGO. AB.R.B. t. A. 'ALL-AM 'A. AB.R B. P. A.tltyan,Bi......4 0012 O.UaLlcn. cf...5 02400Petlit, rf......3 1020 0'Ward f 8s......4 0 0 1 1 0Sullivan,If...5 2230 1,Drown. rf....i 00100Anaon, C.....5 1142 0 Carrol I, Ib... 4 01710TfetTer, 2b.... 5 1122 liWocd, 3b»...4 10030Tfaiior.p, Ib. 5 0 1 1 9 OToearty If...3 31200 Bums, 3b.....4 00 2 20 Manning, ibi 2 3 1 20Bald'o,-lb,p 4 0 0 9 0 l.TOaric, c....... 4 0 0 10 10Daly.cf...... * 1 1 G 0 (VCraoa, P.......4 111 70

Total...... 39 6 6 24 17 31 Total...... 36 7 8 27 150Chicago.......,.*.........,.. 00100104 0 6Ail-America.................. 09000112 i 7

KurLed rtittB Chicago 3. All-America 2. First on «m>ra AII-America 2. Lv ft on bases Chicago S, All- America &. Total base hits Chicago 9, All-America 10 Two-hiue hits Toner, Ilanlon, Manning. Ihree- t/aae. hit Aneon. Firat on ball* Off Tener 2 ( off OnusS, ctt BnldwlD l. Stolea bases Ryau, Pottit 2, SulfiTftn, 1'fftllt.r, T«-D&r, Uuin*. Daiy, Uaolon, Ward, Brown, Wood, Fogartj, Manning, Earle. Hit by pitcher Pt-ttit, Pfefl»r Struck out By Crane 7, by Tener I. tinkle plays Tt-ner, Hums, Anaon, Wurd, Mtuioing, Car roll. Pasntii tails Earle 1, Aoaon 2. Wild tiitch CrttctA. Tune 2h.

A Game on the Crystal Palace Grounds.On Thursday 6,000 people witnessed the third

game at the Crystal Palace cricket grounds, and it was a tplendid. fashionable gathering, over one-third btine ladies. There were no seats and the spectators formed a circle six deep around tho ground, but with no crowding on tho field. Tbe scene was very picturesque, the people standing among the trees and oa the grassy slopes.

WlftKIKO WriBOfTT WAUD.

Tho weather was bright and cool and the grounds broad and even, but they were soft, pre­ venting last running. The crowd was very en­ thusiastic and appreciated the good plays better than in the first game, and few left before the game waa finished. Pwtlonged applause greeted the runs, whether earned <r not,and the la*e-runuinfj of UMIIOII.. Tba Utter cut Uined the team in tbe ab- BOI.CB ff Ward, who hud B artod for America. The Kaoic was close- and weti played and was won hy Han- lou and Drown in tho eighth junto?. Tl:o score then etuod a to 2 in faror of Chicago. After two were out iiaiilou made a single and stole sequel. Broun fol­ lowed with a home run, knocking the ball out among tfie trees iu laft field. Tho cheering was tremendous ftiid prolonged u they came home. Etch team made a run la the nmth, making the score 5 to 3. The fall score" is:ALL AMIB'A.AS.R-B. P. A. CHICAGO. AB.It. B. P.UanluD.-cf * 2 2 1 1 0 Ryun, W.......4 0 2 1ISruwo, If.....4 11000 IVttft, rf.....,4 001Cirroll, Ib... 4 0 1 H 1 0 Sullivan, If..4 003 Wood, 3b..... 4 001

A. E3 00 01 10 03 01 00 09 00 1

2 0 ADTOB, Ih.... 4008Fogarty, as... 40013 OlPteffer, 'Ib... 3105 MaDnimr,'2b.4 2 2 2 5 0 T«n«r, cf......4 0 0 1Earl*, c....... 40051 0 Buriis, 3b.... 3111Henly,p......4 0016 1 Baldwin, p.. 2 1 0 0Craue, rf.....3 0 1 1 0 ODaly. c......... 3 0 1 7

Total...... 35 5 7*2(519 I| Total...... 31 3 4 27 17 3*T*-ner declared out fur interfering with, b^tte-d hull.

All-America................. 11000002 1 5Chicago........................ 06200010 0 3

Earned runs All-America 2. Home run Browu, Two-baae hit> Burns, Crane. Total base hits Ail- America 11, Chicago 5. Fhst on errors All America1. Chtcutro 1. Left on buses All-America 3, Chicago2. First on balls Off Ih-aly 3. Stolen I au-8 Haulou, Brown, Carroll, Manning, Pfefler, Burns, Baldwin. Struck out liy Bealy 2, by Baldwin 7. Double plajs Rya», Pfeffer; IJaa'lon, Karle. Passed hails Daly I, K-itfe 1. Wild pitch Baldwin. Vinpire A. G. Good- frieud. Time 1:30.

MORE COURTESIES.

The clubs attended the Altmmhra Thrrtre by InTita- tiou in tho eveniug, and saw a fine variety show and ballet. They were also iuvlied bv tha Mast.-r of tlie Uorw, through the Crown Ktjuerrv nnd Charge d'At- faire* White, to visit tbe royal eta bleu this (bntuirlay) morning. TliU ia a Bpecih.1 courtegy, aa they are ii§'ia!ly not op*a til! two o'clock. Aiterwarda Arch- de.tcou Farrar hna promised to conduct tlieni thnmgb \Vestminster Ahoey, explaining the historic»l d-'tiils. Dtirina: the game Rt Ley ton to-da> there will be a throwing match with a cricket ball, belwetu George J Hoimor, chanipioD Audtralian ciicketer, and Gran9. Th* former huld th« record til lit wan br-.k^n by the latter at Mt-lLourna. The match is open toall En^lich- Dieii, and the winner will receive a suituLt^ eniblcni. In tue eveoiug thu two teams writ bu banqueted by John HoIHngdheatl at Westminister

ALL-AMERICA'S TEAM APPRECIATED.PrA.idatit Uow*. at tlie.CIawilajad Club, U BOW bare

aud said be would atve £3ii,f!UO to put the AU-Amti icu tdttui mt it Btauila in Cleve.and for the coming sciu'uu He deciures it is the stron^ost bu»e-ruptiitig nnd bat­ ting team be ever caw. They are Certainly causing Ansoo many eleeuleta uight-i, for the "old man" bates to get beaten, and the tovs worry him with the fle- claraiion that they have not yet beaten Chicago aa they wilt OQ tho wind-up trip through tbe United States.

A Game at Ancient Bristol. On Friday tbe two teams went to Bristol, Dr.

Grace's home. They were met at tbe depot .by the Duke of Beaufort, Dr. W. G. Grace, E. MGrace and a committee of the celebrated Glou­ cestershire cricketera. They were taken to the Grand Hotel in four-horse drags, where an elab­ orate luncheon was served. The Duke of Beau­ fort presided, and toasts were drunk to Queen Victor,a and the President of the United States. There were ^poeches by President Claiko. Mr. Spaldiug, Condiil-lreaeral Lathrop, all of whicn were ontbu-t- aitically received. Atiyon made a ereat speech, in which he ^ropoaed three cheera for "His DubeeUip,"

OPENING SEW GKOUNDS.

The clubs openod the new county grounds bore this af!o;no:in. The field b a beautiful lovo), and is ndornecl with handsome grand aUuda. Three thousand people, including tne famous cricket players, saw the game. The day was bright but cotd, and the player's hands bectmo so chillod that they couJd uot haudle the DHII with anything approaching skill. Conse­ quently the floldiii£ WAS very "yellow." Tho gnme \VM cnlled at the end of the seventh tuning, the (-cote standing 10 to 3 Jn favor of Chicago It was the poorest

ie the teams hftVB played in England, and was re- Ueemed only by tlie batting ot Daly aud the fielding cf Sullivan. Many of thepiays\vcro hearlily aifplaudt-d, aud tho crowd appeared satisfu-d. Score:

CHICAGO. AB.R.B. P A,E ALL-AM* A. 40 R. B. P. A. ERran, p........ 501 2 72 Hatiloo, cf... 311 4 00Pel tit, rf......5 1 1 3 0 0 Brown,p, rf..4 U 0 I 62Sullivan, If... 6 2210 0.Carroll, lh,c.4 01600 Aiifou.c.......5 0012 O'Woud. 3b.....3 00020Pfeffer, 2b.... 4 1231 0 : Fogarty,rf.ai3 1 0 I 1 0Toner cf......3 0110 0 Manning, 2b3 01111Bums, 3b....-4 00101 Karle, c...... 2 00111Baldwiu, Ib. 2 2 I 8 1 1 Healy.lf ..... 2 1 1 1 0 0Ddly.eB......... 212 1 1 0,Ciane, B8,p... 300 G 01

Total......3d 10 1012 12 4j Total...... 27 3 4 itt 11 6Chicago................................ 132210 1 10Ail-America................ ....... 0120000 3

Enrned ruua Cuicago 3, All-Amoiica 1. Firet on errors Chicago 4, All-America 3. Left on bases Chicago 4, All-America 3. Total baso hits Chicago 11, All-America 4. Two-buss bits He-ily, Daty. First OQ balls Off Brown 4, off Ryan 2. Stolen bases Uyan, Pettit, Pfeffer 2, Tener, Baldwin, Daly 3, Hanlcm, Fcgnrty, llealy. Hit by pitcher ilt*iy, Hanluii, T«uer, Baldwin. Struck out By Brown 1, by llyitu I. Double play Ryan, PfeQer. Pa&ied balls

Amou 1, Earle 1. Time 1:30.

THE CRICKETERS SURPRISED.

At the close of tbo gams the Chicago team kept in eiiinn, and Dr. Grace aud othor proaiint'Lit cricketers

tried their huntls at butting Ryan and Craue. The latter did their prwitiest, aud amazed tho cncketorg with their steed, their "drops," "shoots" and "raises." But what amazed th<) cricketers most was tbe ''out drop." Dr Grace tho:Tght the ball waa coming for his nose and stepped back, ocly to seo it suddenly tu-u and drop to thu ground eeveral feat to tha s ! de of (he plate Th^ pitching w<ia a ruveiatiou tu the cricketers, Hud greatly uinuao-J aud 1atdi«<ittid tUa crowd.

BACK TO LONDON.bq tf-ama returnad to London >U 7 o'clock. Spald- . Anson aud Ilanlon remajued, bowo\er, tilt mid­

night Iodine with Dr. Grace, The Farewell London game takes pUce to-day >it the Ley toil groimds. Noxt week's programme has been detiiiitfely arratigod for the provinces. Their first town after leaving London will bo Birmingham, aod they will tr**el tliroiiyhout England aud Scotland in a special tia!a, which has attracted much atteuHco haro.

ENGLISH OPINIOX.

What the Leading London Papers Say/of the Game.

The London Standard say»: "Aa cricketers English­ men are supreme, and men like play log *i gu:ue >n which ibey excel. Picked team* of Australian crick- eter^ have ehown renitirfeably good play against tb* muther country, but the colonittU Uftvo rartlj woo Rgainst reHJly represeutaiivo elovem, ai*d, ludeed, bcrjj tbe 1a*t aud previous vieitjra bav^t made at tinjfei pcci dl*»itlayg atffunut Te ry rnotleraie opponeota, tor ih# sie- ments of chance aud luck eater us far into cricket as into 00 tunny other pursuit*. Cricket i*, ia t.ict, th» Erjgiifelunfui'd garuo. Taste for It haa increastd a* mastery of it haa been gained, a ad ATOD if base bail were com parable to it ma gnme. cricket has to ecoioioua a- start tdat fa nova, tiou will uever catch it. The rcjotiidet mny te mada that thero ie rooui for both, but thta ia doubtf'il Sup- poHtig that base bnll is iutecuk-d to awaken gt-ntra) fn» tcre*t, uud ae aume qnalttiea are tu H corijiderabia ex­ tent uuceasaty to boih gninee, the idea wilt Jvraya exis-t ttmt men iiractUiog base tall are wasting tiuit thai nii^ht te devoted to learning to play cricked. As iiii ibttrvbtiug novelty the guuid Is welcciue. lla chance cf t»ki»g permanent hold on those who might b« cricketers is not large . *

The Poft says tha general rerdict of Englishmen, tf not cricketers, will be tlmt there ia Q'.> gaoi» they would rather plfty ttiao bas*) hall.

The Dtiity Tefrgraph says tbe general opinion will b« that the Americans are adept? at throwing and catch­ ing, but the gam* tt merely *Q etab.iatlou of rvutiden.

PALMER'S PEN PICTCBES.

In Hie Red Sea Tlie Arrival in the L.aml of the Pharoahs Playing Bi',11 Under ihe Pyramids Impressions ot Cairo.S. S". SAURR, Red Sea, Feb. 3. Shortly after

5 o'clock this morning we were all started from sleep by the sound cf the gong, and sprang out of bed not really sure as to just what bad hap­ pened. "We are approaching the Straits of Babel ManJeb the entrance to the Red Sea" said the first officer fn reply to our inquiries. "Those who wish to aee them should come ou deck." There were none among us not anxious for au opportunity to gaze upon the ttrres of A&ia and Africa at the Pfima time. So twenty minutes later we were all ou deck, gaziog curiously at the great banks of Und which arose abruptly on each aide of the narrow strait. Two lighthouses stood ntwn tha African ahcre and shej their rays out over the water toward KB. Then, as we bore away a little from tha Arabian shore, tbe red glow on the Last era horizon broke into yellow beams of light, and we who watched from the decks of tbe Salicr eaw the sunlight illumine the coasts of two coiitinor.ta eimnLEiuiPoiislv.

Ab'-ut 10 o'clock we passed the famous city of Mocha, which lay like a city of white walls «nd towers upun the now far distant Arabian coast, for th* sea "wag widening as we left the straits further behind. We vntctml it until It faded from view witu other van­ ished, but not forgotten, scenes of our grout tour U'taiml tho world. l*p to midnight we have been steaming through what teems an interminable archi­ pelago. Islands arise out of the aea on all sides of us and to look at au ordinary map one would never Imagine that navigation through this historic body of water was attended i,y so much danger. The weather ii ft 111 beautifully hrisht and cool.

Pittance sailed up to noon, since leaving Aden, 133 miioj.

In Egypt's Historic Capital.CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 7. The Spalding party

arrived in the historic capital of Egypt to-night after un interesting journey of eight hours from Suez. At Suez, which w« reached this morning at 10 o'clock, we said farewell to Captain Thai- enhorst and the good ship Salier, and entering the little steamer that lay alongside, were con­ veyed a distance of two miles to the stone piers of Port Said. The day waa a perfect one, and the bright sunlight brought into bold relief the forbidding-looking bluffs of the Egyptian coast aa they looked down upon the culm waters ot the bay and the seemingly liinitltss desert that stretched away from tho opposite shore. In th<j distance lay the whito walls of tuez, which our little steamer was rapidly near ing. Aa we drew up at tho pier, a crowd of Arabs in long looee-flttiug gowua of Una. white and black, their feet ahoelcs* and their heads wound about with white turban cluths rushed toward our bost, driving before them a trcop of Ionz eared litt'e donkeys with the queerei-t-lookini; BHdilles imaginable and their necks and britilts decorated with bnita banglea and bright-colored ribbons. We had but a few moments to catch the train for Cairo, so we mcuuted tbcse litile bfasts, none of which weighed over 2T5 pounds, an.l with tlvo donkey bojs-yeiline al our boels, trotted oft to the railway station tour or five blocks distant. Wb&t we saw of Suez did not impress ua favorably, for of all tho tumble-down, dilapidated-looking structures we have seen upon this trip the buildings at Suez take the palm. If dirt, di cay and general dhiltleesnass are evidences t'f uutiquiiy, then surely rfuez aud its people are tho most thorough!) autt'jue of all the antiquated antiquities of this nineteenth century It wns a relief to each and every one ot «s when toe train pulled out from the Mivioi!, aud, dodging about through the. villages of mud huta which the Eg.yptiar.ig aie either too poor or too much attached to to abandon tur nutra comfortaMo or modern styled dwellluys, cut across conntry into the srid desert region which extends uorihweat ffi>m Stiez as far as Ishmalui. Our train rau pstr«llel with the etecp canal for a distance of J 5inilca and then hranchtd oft westward to Cairo. Gradually the country became pleasanter lo look upon until we entered tbe iicli vai- ley of the Nile, where the growth of vegetation heemed fully as luxunoQt a? that iu Ceylon. Great fields of grain and clover, with here and there a grove of im­ posing piliiH or acacias, stretched away from each si*!e of the track; herds of sheep and goats became a com­ mon uight, aud alcng the roadways of tho migaiit g Crttals which overspread tho valley like a Mi:;e net the patent camel picddid along under*his iot*d <'f graio, while gruuj s of water buffalo stood hneo-dt-epamona tbo clover. Occasionally we saw evidences of the fidelity of the Kgyptun^to th« customs and nu-thois of their fi>refathtrs; such, for ioij^ace, as an ox turn­ ing an old-faa[ii<.<tied water wLeol, which !if!ed th« WHttrin eartheuware buckets fruui tbu main cuoat into the irrigating ditchea. An Amoiican manufac­ tured pump would do the work in balf tlie time, but that woul-i Dot be the way ID which their fathers bad raised water, consequently it would not suit the Egyptian even of tLt* generation.

FIRST 1KPKESSIOK9 OP EGYPT.At every station onrcafriages were surrounded by

Bedouins, Arabs and Egyptians, the meu big, muacu- lar-Lckin* fellows, but H^rvile of manner, aad.tho women veiled to tha.eyes, their faces disfigured by {h^ ctiaractf-ri>tic brass fnce crnament of ihe Egyptiimsj tht> /lyjircoi), and their figures thick-Bt-t, withont Kie fniutest sut-picton cf contour Moat of them bore «i»m iheli hends ti« bieketa ot frnit oranges and dr.tes while (-thers carried earthenware Jues of water from vttikh tlie cccup&iits uf the railway conches quenched their thirst for the bum of half a piastre. Ed. Crane's tittle Jasauese monkey, that given him by aa officer. of the corvette Eases, at Co In mho, sat upon the carriage window In his litile ecarl&t jacket und grefitly amused the oatlves by his funny faces and antic-1 . Just at dusk, as we pulled up at a station a-nne twenty miles from Cairo, Jimmy Uyan got out au enlarged edition of Crnue'8 monk, which bud the effect of nearly causing a panic arnciftg the UDfruspecting Egyptian-1 . Ryati dressed Clnreuca Dnval up in the Ititter'a drum major coat of scarlet end gold lace He then put a catcher's mask over the little African's face, and tying a rope around h^s waist in regulation hand organ stylo, awaited the tram's arrival at the station. As at pre­ ceding stations the crowd rushed to the train, and C!arei:ce sprang throusb the diwrway into the centre of a ectre of native*, waddling and chattering like an an^ry monkey. Women screamed and men fell over ea'Ji other ia an effort to flee from the fearful ape, which Ryan, by the exertion of great strength, forced back int-j the carriage. Clarence git at the window chattering and making faced through tho window as long a.3 we rem.tined at the station, and not a native would come within twenty-five feet of the coach. Oue can hardly blamo them, for if ever a hum an being re­ sembled a monkey. Mr. Duval did in his impromptu make-up.

It WHS after datk when we reached Cairo, and no sooner had we sieppeu from our coaches upon ibe station platform than we were beset by an army of black fellows clad in turbans and elongated night ehirt* who laid hold of ua and our baggage as though to carry us away bodily. Ed Crnno propped ono heat en tinder the chin and old Anseaent halt' a dozen more sprawling by a vigorous above. .Still they came at us as determined aa ever. We were in a fair way 10 bo smothered or pulled to pieces wheu Jimmy Fogarty called ou!: "Stpp on their trotters, boys, they can't utmid that." IJapny thought! It was cruel but it WRS our only means of relief, and we forthwith proceeded to stop on the b.irofeot <>f every heathen within reach. That settled them. They fled in all direction* and kept at a safe distance until we had reached our carriages.

HT AX EGYPTIAN HOTBL.We were driven quickly to tho Hotel de'Orlont,

whore accommodations had been secured for the party. Tlie Orient is pleasantly located facing a big circular square, from which halt a score of thoroughfares diverse like unto the spokes of a wagon-wheel, penetrating every quarter ot Cafro. Opposite is a big public garden, in which one of the banrls of the Khsoive was playing aa wo drew up at the door of my hotel, and ou every baud are booths, cafe3 and placei of amusement without number, from roulette wbeals. publicly opeiatod, to French opera, aud Inviting-looking bra?r,fri*st where one can drop in for a puff at a narghlll or a cup of chocolate and a cigarette, AH theae things we noticed aud located after we had removed tho duet of the desert from onr faces and refreshed tbe inner man with a substantial dinn«r. One can Bit In the Grand Eldorado in Cairo aud listen to a French opera, while around him at tho tables he will hear tlie Arabic, Hiudoostunee, Greek, German, Egyptian, Fronch, Italian and English lan­ guages spoken simultaneously. Such a jargon of language* cannot, I believe, be heard in RIIV othor city outaide of continental Europe, unless, perhaps, it be at Constantinople.

Before sitting down to pen thia letter to THF SPORT- INQ LIFE, I stepped to the balcony of my room, which overlooks the square, and saw Cairo in the dark of night, its towers and minaret a rising liko shadows from among tho heavy, white-walled buildings, and the lights of a thonsaud booths tinging the diverging thoroughfares with a red glare for the booths and 'jrns^nVrf of Cairo seem never to close and their pro­ prietors nevar to site?. Iu tho square below sit the donkey boys, watching for soino bel;tted pedestrian iad there are scores oi these who may need the aer- vl,e? of their hardy and much-enduring- little beaats. It Is a strange laud and still stranger people. To­ morrow is an open diiie fur tis all, a bulletin ia the office having informed us that the day m*y be spent as best su)ti each member of tbe party, so to-monotr we tOfci! me Cairo.

Sight Seeing in Cairo.CAIRO. Egypt, Friday, Feb. 8. The boys

breakfasted at an early hour this morning, all being eagor to see na much of the Egyptian capi­ tal aa possible during the hours at our disposal. A few toojc carriages, but the majority of us be­ strode the little donks, and with a donkey boy at our heel:) covered many a square mile of Cairo during the day, "We penetrated tho Arabian, Moorish, Turkish and Greek quarters of the town, riding through the narrow street?, from which the light of the sun was almost excluded by overhanging: balconie?; we handled and ad­ mired the riob tapestries nnd works of art in the bazaars, and listened to tho babble of tongues that was kept tip incwsantly on all sides of un; we crossed the hridge of tbe Nile to the Khedive's gar­ dens, where the w< alth and elite of Cairo in magnifi­ cent equipages go for an airing each afternoon; wo paw the palaces of tho Khedive on every hand great, imposing buildings surrounded by gardens as beautiful at art and nature can make them, and the Khedive, by tbe way, has more palaces by half a score tb.au he visits or resides iu. Tho day passed only too quicltiy for in all, for with all we had seen one-tenth of C*iro tad aot bteo cuvertd. Dunug the »veum£ French

orer* at tho Eldorado, the Alearlan dancers at tho Byzantioand the brightly lighted abopa or thronga upon tbe streets affoided us direraon enough. Anson, by the way, roaca^ed during the evening to put hia foot in it. lie aud his wife took a can ittge and wer.t in B!3nrch of a theatre. They drove down past tho </rand Now Hctel and the French Opera House, until a palatial looking structure, iU grounds brilliantly liglited and colored awBicg-) extending from the street to the doorways*, attractad his attention.

"Whafd this?' a*k«-t Au*e."Le ctVcHtV 1 responded the driver, who dM not

know a syllable ot English, and sniJ something fa French which sounded very much like tlie above.

"The clrcu", el.?" said tbe old man. "Well. I guess (bat is just about our size. Hold np there!" aud stop­ ping the carriage, Anao assisted hia wife to alight. They passed uiider the canopy and by two gorgeously- attired servants, who sto*d at the door. Music came from everywhere and tho air itaolf waa filled with tlie perfumoof a score of fountain*, which spuriod forth tbe most expensive extracts.

"Pretty swell kind of a circus thi*, isn't it?" ques­ tioned tho old man ot his better halt. "I suppose though," heconttnufld, "this ia the way they do things over here. I've nm«1e up my mind not to te surprised at anything that happans aay mote."

Inside they caught night ot a number of lallea and gentlemen iu full evening 6>e#8 siill the old man failed to tumble, and Mrs. Auson followed her lord with a confidence born of the belief that everything "the old maa"' does, goes. Finally Ancon ran fairly against a dark-complexioned, dlstingmshed- looking man in regular dros-<, who glanced curious'y at the big fellow and bis lady. A use Improved bis opportunity.

"Cau you tell me where 1 buy mj tickets?" he asked.

"Tickets? What tickets?" asked the dark com- plexioued man in a surprised tone,

"Why," e-aid the old man ft bit nervously, "the tickets to the circua hero," aud. he made a sweeping gesture with his right hand.

The d. c. man smiled gcod-naturedly. "There is no circus hero my frlond," said he. "Tina is my privato residence. I am an officer of the Egyptian army, and am entertaining a few of my frieuda to-niyht. I wonld be £lad, however, if you would walk ."

"Dou't tay a word, sir, ' tain the old mun, looking cheaper than when three strikes have been culled on him. "I'm a chomp, and I hope you'll be- kind enough to excuse mo," with which he bowed himself out, and then hud tu aland being laughed at by Mrs. Auson all the way back to ihe hotel.

A GAME DECIDED TPOX.President Spalding received cablegrams from Mr.

Parry, to-night, his European agent, stating that dates had been uiade for ua in Kum», Naples, and elsewhere, which would necessitate our gwing at ouce to lirindisl. Thtp, of course, apoila all plans for a tour of the Holy Land, and disappointment is eeueral in consequence. We filial) doubling all ba relieved, however, to reach tbe continent, where we shall enjoy BIX weeks or more of continuous change and adventure in the great cities of Italy, France, Germany and Knjlaud.

The bulletin in the office to-night reads aa follows: Base Ball at the Pyramid.

The Chicago and Ail-Aiucricau teams, comprising the Spaldicjt American Ba^o Call party, will report iu the hotel office ia uniform promptly at 10 o'clock to­ morrow mornine. The party will leave the hotel nt ttiat buur, camels having been provided for the All- America players, aud donkeys for the Chicago players, with carriages for the balance of the rnxity. The Pyramids will be inspected, the Sphinx visited, and a game played upon the desert nearby, beginuiivg at a o'clock. A. G. SPALDINO.

A Memorable Day.CAIRO, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 9. To-day

must eo upon the records aa one of the most memorable of our tour, as well as one of the most memorable in the history of base ball, for this afternoon the All-America team defeated Chicago in a game played upon the. borders of Africa's great desert, in the shadow of the his­ toric Sphinx and Pyramids cf K.^ypt. Half- past nine o'clock saw twenty ol tho best known ball players in America in the court of tbe Hotel d'Orient, in uniform. Every arrangement for th'e day's programme had been carefully carried out. The dragoman in charge of the camels and donkeys hid done his duty, as a glance at the eqnaro m front of the hotel indicated. A duzen long-necked camels, saddled and bridled, lay upon tiie ground, acd as nmrn gaily-decorated little donks etood patiently beside the reclining tr&velers of the dosert. At ten o'clock the earned were drawn up in. a iino in frunt of tlie hotel, with a line of donkeys be­ fore them, and then the fun of tho morning began. the crowd of donkey boya, ami diagonal, and guides, and venders of curios and tapestries, and photographs, and earthenware images, and fruits and goodness knows what uot had increased to folly-half a thousand, and every one of these was looking for tt chance to 9< cure a bit of American silver by hook or by crook. Ttie drayman in cljarpe had engaged ail tho donkeys we ntoria,!, but other ifoaKcy UOVH contrived to mix up wiih ihose appointed and succeeded-in getting some of the toys ap<.n the. baeksof the renegade donks. It was fthon tlio boys yiere apprised of their, mi-take that the dunco ozcurrfd,* and such a hut-but) as was raised in that square I qcver'exjieci to witness or listen to mitqide of Cuiro. I>onkeyif brayed, camels trum­ peted, donkey boys howled and fought and chattered nnd cried big tears of vexation in their efforts to gfllu their points, wbfhi the native policemen dusted the jacket* of every thinly clud A rah tt at got in their way, Those of na who weie (Tjviuel with ca'i.eU Bat ui~on our leclihiiig bump-back«<t bea-'ts and fairly bowled with laughter, only stopping when the police finally hmugbt order out of chaos hy tho free use of their I'liig, iitlia bambfo Btickn. Next t> me, and seated upon a camol, was Irvinsr W. Snydor, the fat, good- ii;'.tttred sporting goods dealer of Nassau street. Jm-t huw he happeufj to be asaigned to a camel he hardly knew, aud jmlgiug frr.m the exprpsaion of lib face I imagined be was at that moment trying to tolve tbo l-rultlnii. He had not long, however, to devote to re- fiei tiun, for th*i order w«a given for the camels to tirise that the photographer might make a picture of the party. I saw a startled expression cro*a Snyder*8 fnce as the blit beaat hogan to stir, aud then he pitched forward and flattened his nose against old sandhill's head as the old cirl liftfd her rump into the air. He only retained thia position tor an instant, however, for the front end of tbe camel also arose aud Snyder took a tumble iu au opposite direction. When the beast finally settled herself tne merchant of Nassau street WHS a* rattled a mitn as thero was in all Egypt. iJ >th troiuer legs had worked up to hia knees and his collar was up over hia eura, but he did not worry about such trifles, even though upon the point of having his picture* taken, Tho sole question in bis mind was that of his ability to stay where be wae until help came.

THE JOURNEY TO THB PYRAMIDS.We finally got ttart&J, and with the camels and

clou kg heading the lino and the carriages bringing up rear we moved slowly through the streets of Cairo

tjward the bridge uf the Nile, attracting no little at­ tention, of course, aa wo proceeded. At the further end of the bridge po T Snyuer was overtaken hy more trouble. A couple of big camels with some big plauks fetmppt-d to their bnmps ma u aged to get mixed up with tinyder's camel, and for the space ot a minuto or utoro the air was fillod with pieces of flying planks, rainel lc.cs and Nu&au street merchant, until one was s<>mewhat nt a lots to determine just what charac­ ter of beast the wlto'o conglomeration was. Tne camel drivers finally eucceedeJ in separating thebelig- eraiit . beast*, and Irvy rode on with his hair In hw eyes and liis hat on the back of hid head, inwardly cursing every animate thing with four It-gs aud a hump. He was just beginning to thick that camel riding was perhrfps not so bad 83 some things he knew of, when the drivers whipped the camel* into a trot, and t.oor Irvy thought this time tho hour of his rlomise had surely come. He could ni.t get breath enough to command tho driver to let up, and so had to suffer. Then somebody pegged au orange and < aught him in tbe back of the nerk, and altogether Mr. living \V. Suyder's tide to the Pyramids was nut a howling sticceft); but it was fuuny. The road to the hHUoric piles ia a bwutiful one. It runs for some dla- tince along tho left bank of tbo Nile, past tbe Khe­ dive'H paltce and tbe Governor's residence, and then br.'VJclios off across the rich lowlands of the great river nntl! it endsat the desolate-looking sandhills, upon whkh rest tho Py ram ids. Along each sido of the roadway stind aged acacia trees, the branches of which

overhead, forming a leafy avenue from !he bridge of t'je Nile to the s-iDdhilis, a- distance of seven miles.

ON THE GROUKI).reached our doeiination about 2 o'clock and

partook of luncheon in the little Kiosk, at the foot of old Chcopp, afier we had escaped from the hordo of old coin peddlers outside. Then we adjourned to the ttntiw of the Sphiux, where, grouped about the ba*o of tho rugged-looking old figure, We paused long enough to have our photographs taken, after which we de­ scended the hill to the sand flat. The teams took tho field for tbo first gima of ball, so far aa known, ever played in the vicinity of the Pyramid?.

THE GAME.Each team was tjout upon winning a game upon

such historic ground, and Ansou's men made a good start with two runs in the opening inning. Ward's forces were out for blood, however, and by taking ad­ vantage of fumbles by Ward and Sullivan, coupled witb some good, stiff hitting, piled up seven runs be­ fore they retook the field. Their lean waa not after­ wards broken, the game ending at tbe close of the fifth inning with the ncoro standing 10 to 6 iu favor of All-America. The score fallows:

CHICAGO. AB.tt. D. P. A E| AI.L-AME'A. AB.B.B. P. i .ERyan cf....... 30011 O'Hnnlon, cf... 423 1 10Pctdt.rf...... 3 2 1 0 0 0 Ward, s§...... 3 12 0 31Sullivan, lf..3 22000 Brown.rf..... 212 0 00Ans..n, c..... 212 3 0 1 Carroll, lh....3 00600Pfeffer, 2h... 30101 0;Wood,3h...... 300 0 20WiHiam'n,M3 00012 Fogarty, If... 311 3 10 Euru8,3ti.....3 0 0 2 1 1 Maniiing,2b. 2 1 0 0 00Tenor.p,lb..3 0 I 4 4 0 Karle,c........ 3 2 I 610Uahl'ii, lo, p2 0 0 5 10 Hcaly, p...... 3 20041Daly, c....... 211 0 20 Crane, p...... 201 0 10

Total...... 27 0 8 15 12 i'i Total...... 28101015 12 2Chicago....................................... a 0 I 03 6All-Amtrlca................................. 0710 2 10

Earned runs Chicago 5, All-America 6. Two-ba<e bit Crane. Three-base hits Fogarty, Sullivan, IM'ef- for. Home run Daly. Bases on balls Off Baldwin 1, off Tener 2. Stolen b;.«es Harilon 2, Wood, Fogarty, Manning. Bit by pitcher H^aly. Struck out By Ht-aly 2, by Buldwiu 1, by Teuer 3. Umpire A. G. t-paldiug. time Ib.

ASCENDING THE PYRAMIDS.After the game we returned to the Sphynx and tbe

Pyramids and viewed the groat masses of etono at our leisure. A couple of Bedouins performed the danger- cu* task of climbing to the apex of old Cheops and ilowrj again within ten minutes* time for a ten piastre piece, ttri'l .then W»rf.l, Foszarty and Manning, ac'otu-

atlundttute, undertoui Cu« wceuc. XQO bal­

ance of the party were content, however, to forejro that experience, and soon after wo were on the road to Cairo, reaching our Ijotbl by To'clock. Tha camels, Ly thfl way, came back with empty saddles.

The bnll&tiu iu the office to-night reads aa follows: "Trunks aiust bo rackeJ and in tho cfflce by three

o'clock to-morrow atiem<:oa fur shipment to Ifthmalia. The party will leave Cairo Monday at 11:15 for Port Said, where we take tho steamer for BriuclUi, Italy.'*

The I ast Day In Cairo.CAIHO, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 10. Everyone

breakfasted !ate this morning, tlie exertions of yesterday having pretty thoroughly exhausted tbe entire party, and, after breakfast, tbe work of packing our baggage, another let of which was to go through to South Hampton, occupied all until nearly lunch time. Tbe afternoon was spent in further Bight-seeing, most of us visiting the groit mosquea of Sultan Hassen and of Mo­ hammed Ali, before entering which we wore compelled to don ungainly-looking yeiiow. slip- uers, lest oar infidel feet defile the marble floors. Wo tried hard to pnrchnse the slipper* w« wore, fcut even when we offered ten tintea the amount of tbe ill- §hai*d foot casing we were met with a determined refiml, upon the ground that such a sole wmld l>a BHO- religious. The llaspen mosque, uuw Dfverallcenluriea old, is fast falling into decay, but the moeqiie of Ma- hoifliued, where the Khedi'?o wcrsbipa, U >n no ox- ce-lient state of preBertation The view obtntoed frnm the citadel, which itauds upoo the bill tack cf the city, Is doultle^a one of the prandeet in tbe worU. From its walla can be *een Cairo, spread cut Mtcn greit {lanoratua, with tLe majestic Nile leaching away up the valley, and Ihe pyramiils of Cairo, us weM as those at Sakarali the latter 20 mile* distaiit. Oue could spand a fortnieht iu C'alro and utilize t,> aJ^an- lage oue-htilf his time In sight-seeing. Still our party managed to COT*T » good dta) of ground, and most of us doubtless bring away with us a fairly com­ prehensive idea of llie city, lU people, and their pecu­ liar customs.

THR KHEDIVE'S HPOKitTfl.Tbe day after our arrival Presided Spacing h**!,

through the American Consul Genetal, cxprrww) to tbe Khedive hi.-* williugncsi to p)a> a eauit- of hall before His Highness before we leu Cairo." Tlie Khe­ dive had loft tho city for his Nile palace on state af­ fair*, however, and to-day sent Mr. JSjmUj us w<ird that, althongh he wonld be engaged uniil TtiesJay, be would bo pleased to receive our parry at hi* palace and witness onr exhibition at any tlnte after tb»t date. To remain, however,would caur-e a dclav of at least a weok, so that President Sralding t<-ni«ht decided to teuva to-morrow, in accordance with bis fixed pinna.

Sunday in Caira is but little observed. To-night the theatres and cafej are o^en as upon other nights of the week, and most of us repaired to some pi nee of amueeiiieut after dinner. We take our departure Irom Cairo to-morrow.

Tho Journey Resumed.S. S. STETTIX, Port Said. Feb. 11. The train

which left Cairo at 11:45 this morning bore our party away from the Egytian. capital to Ish- inalia, a little city on tho banks of tho canal, midway between Sues and Port Said. Here, im­ mediately upon arrival, we boarded a small steamer and at half-past 5 o'clock began our five hours'journey of forty-three miles up the canal to Port Said. Tbe night waa a beautiful one, A nearly full moon lighting up the hlua waters of th« big ditch and a ghostly-looking desert tbat stretched away on each faide of ua. It waa an excellent oppor­ tunity to sec thia great artificial waterway, and tho majority ot ua remained on deck during the entire pab*age. The canal has a mean depth of 27 feet, and vartos in width from 250 to 350 feet We passed not less than a score of big steamers on route for the R-d Sen, and the sound of our nmndolinAarid guitars brought the passengers of most of them to tlie ship's rail aa we passed. At 10 30 wo reached the Port Said mouth of the canal, and an huur ago climbed up the side, of the bandsome North Uernnin Lloyd steamer Stettin, where we f^und a hos­ pitable lot oi officer! and an excellent dinner awaiting us. At this writing we are just weighiujc anchor and will soon bo ou our way across the Mediterranean towards the coast of Italy. All of onr party are in excellent health.

Approaching Krindisi.S. S. STETTIN, Thursday, Feb. 14. The Stet*-

tin is due at Brindisi to-morrow morning. Our voyage across the Mediteranean has been some­ what rough, although wo enjoyed two daya of fine weather. To-night we have encountered the roughest weather we have known in our sea voy­ aging experience. The &crew of the thip is out of tiie water every few moments, and we are tolling about at a rate that makes writing a somewhat difficult task. Ke:>rly all have suffered from eea-s^cknosa up >n this voyage, John Tener, Fred Pfeffer, Mark Baldwin. Mrs. Williamaon, and your correspondent, being the only ones wfao have ROUO through (he tour thus far with a clean record in this respect. My next le;ter will probably-be dated from Komo.

HARRT PALMER,

WARD'S RETURN.

The All-America Captain on His Way to New Tork Why He Comes Home.

John M. Ward left the Spalding party on the 14th in the North German steamer Saale. IIo and Spalding have arrived atan amicable agree­ ment in regard to their separation. Ward, in other word*, has been able to present to Spald- ing reasons of sufficient cogency for his separa­ tion, and to overcome Spalding's natural objec­ tions to the New Yo*k captain's apparent breach of contract. Ward will rejoin the All-America team upon its arrival in New York, and Hanlon will ciptain the team in the meantime. When questioned by a New York Herald reporter as to the causes of his return home, Ward said:

*'I am called homo upon mattern of a purely prlvnte nature, and, aa I bnvo assured President Spaldino:, nothing but ihe most urgent reaeous could iuauce uiu to leave him at thia time."

Although little has been said about the matter among the players they have indulged in much speculation aa to the true cause of Ward's de­ parture.

Oy BROTHERHOOD AFFAIRS."Ward knows that the Brotherhood wants him at

Lome and he ia going there. That ia till there ia to the matter," eaid oue of ihe All-America team to­ night.

"Are there any complications in the Brotherhood's* affairs?" was asked.

"No. The Brotherhood ia as colid aa it ever was, nnd had it not U^n for tho action of the National League clubs in undertaking to put a new yoke upon the necks of ball plajei'S V.'ard would not be going home at present, in my opinion."

"To what do yon rtfcr.""The classification scheme. You snow that every

one of the ball players iu this parly has been exempted from the operation of the c;a3,*iftcntion rule until flt- teen da>s after we have returned to New York. In making this exemption the League has shown its weakness.

IT WON'T WORK.Thero are thosfl amonjr na whom the League mogiiU have nut the nerve to classify like so many sheep iu the stock-yard pen. Thc-y knew tho president of tho Brotherhood waa with ua. and they thought to pacify ua with this exemption auap. But it won't work.' 1

"What will Ward do on reaching New York? I don't know, hat you cau rest assured th*t ho will act promptly. Tbe League has made a mistake, and the moguls have .gnt to correct it before any man of thia pnrty not already signed puts his name to a contract for the coming season."

It is also intimated that tbe absence of Mrs. Ward has much to do with Ward's eager haste to return to America, as it it is known that ho is opposed to her announced intention of going back upon the stage.

cpArmxo SORRV, or coonae.Concerning Ward's departure President Spal­

ding said to-night:"I dte.ly regret it. Ward tells me thnt nothing can

alter bis determination; triat mnttt-rsof a private ua- turo of vital importance demand his presence in New York, und with thia explanation he leaves too."

"Do you know tbe nature of the business that calls Mm then-?"

"No. lie has not chosen to tell me more than I Imve told you, aud I Lave uaturally iefr<iinad from taking him."

OMAHA OVERTURE.

Pitcher Proesser's Good Record Crooks Brought Into the Fold, Ktc.

OMAHA, Neb., March. 12. Editor SPORTING LIFE: George Proeaser, our new pitcher, ia a good one. He is not only a fine t wirier, but a superb batter and base-runner. Ho had a bat­ ting average of .318 while with Cleveland last full, and was ono of tho leading batsmen of the Texas League, lie pitched gtfod bail fur Cleveland, LU one occasion shutting out the Baltimore.* with two hits and on auoihtr huMing the St. Louis Brosvug down to four bita and one run.

Billio Hart is heralded M Des Qloioos' star pitcher. Ho will have to improve a great deal ou bis work laat season or ho won't pan our.

Krehmeyer, our old catcher of 18S7, goes to Sacra­ mento [his 96HSOD. Though A little proue to boozo at tiim-s, he is a pretty good catcher.

It Is claimed that Elmer Cleveland would have played good ball la*t soison if he bad taken care t>f himself. Uo will have to forswear the "rcsy" if be stays with ^elee.

Minneapolis is kind enough to accord us fourth place in the corning rate. Thanks, but wo wiuit something better tlmu fourth. \Yu finish ahead of Minneapolis betcht r life.

Milwaukee will rutike a bitf mistake if Welsh is pnt iu the ouirttrlJ. Joe never will shine IB hut one posi­ tion anil tbtU is short stop. Aa au outtielder Jua would beN. O.

"Da<M\" Clark Is still holding out ajrlnst eignlng ft contract. I suppose we couM sra^er rtlong without "Daii," but we, would uke to have him juat tho same. Oh, coiuo in out ut ttjO wet, "!>aU."

Jack Crook-) h'ia giit'j'laned Oaiaha hearts by at la^t signing A contract, YVLc&t BRA cos.

TEMPESTJN A TEAPOT.Columbus Torn Up Oi-er the Johnson Cas*

Silly Talk of a "Star-Chamber" Meet* ing Unable to Comprehend the Law, Etc.

COLUMBUS, March 13, Editor SPORTINO LIFK: After,lhe ehoi t but fitful fever attending tho gathering of the base ball magnates or maggoU here last week, it was presume! that affairs ia bii?e ball would quiet down and tha same sing­ song, hum-drum daily grind of rntber question­ able new? would be the lot of the base ball writers in this town plot, but such seems to bav» not been the ease, and, in so far aa local interest it ccnceriied, (he ripw» !>a» I^«D of much higher tem­ perature eod mere Intere«t,njf becnusw th» i}ii*Uio.a "f » bet her or not we wore to Ins* K.diih Jobuaoa, about whom so much ha* lepo written, arose aud much speculation was r!fe> ar to the proballe outcome I confess } van willing, no Siitnnla; nl^lst, Sun.lay and Monday last, to have pirpn up the crack third base- man, with much regr-tl, I admit, aa regret goes with A deeply liiterrgiod cr-wr^T ut tho ops and downs of the Colurjubufi ("tub, (articular!; the ups The downs I:»VP r>opn very tew wiib our ppoptc Wy feet aa if u heavy frost hail niprn'd ua nn tba Mie-fiile lay-out, hut thai dwindled to th* moot iotiignihcHiit proportion* when (| ijuddf nlj dewnod upon u* that we were to loao Ji'hnton

It Whs SOETJP frv dayi after (be mnTentioD adjourned that it was learned (hat n star rhanjl-or session had 1'ecD bf*Kl on Tiit'txlny at the Neil House, and during « lull in the rcDVfntii.n proroediuKs, tetween Messrs. Kravrtliofl, Pvrnc «nd AVilUnma This charge of tk ptar chnmiflr tptajnu j» slmniuiiily denied bj Mr. William?, nrnl T iim generoin pncuwli to believe (hat Jimmy feels thut h* is wrongful;? charged in the in­ dictment, but whpfbT tli» term IP tht» correct one or not tt amounts to the same tiling, for tbi.n is what fffti done The (Vlumbus-Kim^flfi 41 tty-Johnson irobroglw v us con." over I'j ib'ise tei>tl<-inf-n. Mr. KrautholT pro. gpntrd hi' pl'Jo of ib* cnoo, anil u verdict wan rendered anginal CVInmtMis, nil without Culu tubas hav­ ing had tho Hiinbtest bint that such waa It-ing or going tit be don*-. It wan iu very had l AS to, too, for Mr Krautln>ff, A member of lh» ioint Uonrit of,Arbitration, to hit iu cliiimbt-rs oa hU ow n crmft. The very leant tbnt cmild have been d<M)» woulil have been to hav« uotili-i) the Columbus direc­ tor* to npp<-ar, even if the talk was simply ftn informal on**, aa if dniniui). itud hare givwo them an opportun­ ity to huTe their <my. Tho rwmilt of the session was that Otlnmrms had no raRf. and -hat. aa Kaunas City would fc* willing t<' take $500 for JohD«o«. it would l>« Ndvteabie to go nolii.v Columbus of lint fuel and tK> ad. vifohiT directors Tor* directors w«ire aiiupty tid»i*««l by Mr Dyrnn to pay 5f"'"i> for .Iob:iHon nml amlcttbly 8»ttt« o trouul^ouie mse; but It cauie only In tho guise <>f ailvico, which soemed not of the best to the Co)mn~ bus director*, so they tefuted to be RU d«J liy it. Tb» directorx all say that if riiey had bem informed that (he ndvtco came fr< uj a atar chamber section that hud p«s««il nr,oD the case, and that that ndvicc was the rw- aiilt the verdict., it you ptense of the aet.tioQion flit- tiu^on th« ciigi, they wnulJ wiiJiogiy have handad over ?5'*f) and thought nothing moie uf it. The price t.**)i)).t rffuaod. tlio Kansas City 'lHl<-jiaIir>n, Blo-sr», Spens and Kruuthoff, weut away, direct to Wa.-bitigtoii tf>coo3nlt with Mr. Nick Vouug, whiih cuusiihation, it seem a, resulted satisfactorily to iLrm, for !at» laak Saturday afiurnoou tlio«*» [lii^riais (ame to Columbits aud ujot Jt>htieoii, \Vikoff aud Bucktnherger at tho depot, aud informed Mr. Johnm'B iu 8uhstai:co tlmt It hat) l>«oti flecldfil that Oulnmbun1 claims to him wera not valid ftO't that they would hold him ou tho res»rc» list, nrut tlmt now Columbus conldu't havo bid service* for 81(1,000, to aay nothing of 8500.

WASHINGTON'S INTKUFKHENCE.It was also bioted at about this same time that

Washington would he glad to secure his services, for * letter arrived from there to Manager BwUenberc»r offering Doonelly for third base, but ua that genllem.'iq IB hardly spt-edy ciumch fur the Uucktye baby it wn» auawered dttcliiiiug tho ufitr with thanks, and then th« whole trick WHS exposed. Washington was to tli»» Columbus DoniieUy and 'ake Johuson. The cas« W«B rerieviol by all iuttr ad and it was decided that Jobns'.u was about lost w us, hut, HMOQ reflection, it was discovered that tho entire matter reraaluod wjtl» Jobnaou. He would certainly be at liberty to *>lgu whor«?8'iever he chogo, aud KB it was solely a question of honor with him be was approached by me and the question put to him diiect ua to whether or not tie would play with Oolumbus. or po wherever ba could get the most money. He re­ plied substantially ttrnt, inasmuch as he had been tienUd very nicely by the Culumbiu people, aud had funiit'il a great fancy for tlio people be hail met hern and ttio city, thitt I cr.uld say pimitively that he would play here or uowhcre; fiat if it wus a question of honor ho would profo by hU actions that it wtvs juat 03 po^siblo to liud that articla within him aa wit!) any of our most honorable people. He has received two telegrams from Mr. W F. ifcswitt, of the Washington Club, one of which, ttie !;i-t, which was received thfg afternoon I submit, together with his reply, whioh proves conclusively tlmt a dicker lias been made for him with Washington by Me-anj. Kiauthoff and Sp««8.

"WASUJNUTON, D. C., March IS. Ral^h Johnson («a»« W C Wito/H-' Uft^e araiDired. tur^vurqhabft A»( ,x<-ur. releasa from Kanaw City. Will guarantee your f lijci- bility to sign-with iho Washington Club. I'leaaesiaio by wire Immotiiateiy your lowest terms for u«si «m- Bon. WALTER F. HEWITT." .

Mr. Johnson, after showing the telegram to Manager Buckenlerger, replied as follows:

"CoM-'Mijrs, O.. March 13. Walter F. Hwitt, Wash­ ington, I). C'.; Much obliged, but nm SHtished witU cV'luinbus. RflLPif JOHNSON.'

His case, if be in offr-red more mony than (.'olumhm hr.s hung up for him, will not he isolated, for it is well known that Billy Grei-Hwood, owr eecond baseman, iu thw fall t'f iftSG, Ravo his word of honor to Billy Bar- nie, of Baltimore, tbat he would pl«y with tha Oriole thf folfovvioct seusoc. Ho wa» then in great demand, the country over, au I Director Billings made him a very flattering otter to play with the Batons, and offered him a two years' contract and $1,003 mor« money than liarnie was to pay hioi for the same length of time. It wiw a very tempting offor to Groenwood, who was a poor man und of family, but his hieh witee of lionor prevallod uud ho positively refused to break his word, and ho remained the two following yeara with Baltimore, a living monument to emulate, it may have lo*t him tome money, but it established for bim n reputation that will be hard to break down ainonR those who know him, and will indirectly do him far tuoregotd than the money be would hav» ruade by u dishonorable act.

DIREOTOK COIIEN IN WASHISCTON1 .

Director A. B. C'ohen has been in Washington all this week, having in view (he object of presenting to I'rrg-ident Nick Yonug his Bide of the Johnson case, inssnuiuhaa the other Kido has bei.-n shown by the Kansaa City people. It is not so much tho intentiorj of trying to bring al out any undue influence that (hia ba.-i been done by Director Cfthen in to place h!a casa uj.on an tqurtl fo-itiri^ with the other side. Mr. Young ia known tu be all timl is fair. Just and honorable, ami it is not thought he will make the fatal mistake of reridi-rlnff a decision or giving an opinion in tho mat­ ter until he has digested the case, thoroughly pre­ pared and seasiniQ'l, The Colnmlma people beiiov» that they bare a good ca?e, else they certainly would bavc let KO lontf siace. It it is fairly derided that they are wrong and must pay to Kanaia City a bonng for Johnson, then they will n< t hesitate one instant ia doing so, for it must not be forgotten tbat our diioctoid are all honorable gentlemen.

BASE HALT, LORE.The members of the Columbus Club, together with

the bsse !>ali hays wintering here, viz.. Con Htrothera, Milt West and Oeorge McVey, practice daily on the diamond these fine days.

Ralph Johnson leaves the latter part of this wfek oft a hunting trip to Kncli^h Lake, Indiana, where he will spond the balance of this month.

Manager Buckpnberjfcr has receiver! a l«tter from Jack O'Connor, who declares he will not play in St. Louis.

Widnor is delighted with the prospect of having Ed It Ugh to catch him thU season. He declarer that Bligh is tho best catcher he over hncl.

Henry Kappel is reported as recoTering rapidly from hia injury to hia leg.

The Improvements at the ball park are going rapidly forward, an°l will bo ofdecldtd advautago t-> the ball people. There will be three street car lino* innnlng lo tho Columbus grounds.

George Barnmn, the umpire, has returned from h!j trip as advance accent for tho Toledo Cadets, uud rts- pr.rta havlnx had u very largo time.

Manager Bucken>«'rpt>r leaves here Friday for Bell- ali<>. Ohio., to sign Will White, who 1ms been reload to Columbua. F. M'. ARNOLD.

TIPS FROM TROY.

Amateur Biise Ball Boomint*' Xotes of Local ProfessioiKils, Etc.

TROY,N.Y., March 11. EditorSPORTIXOLTFR; Troy will not bo represented in any profes­ sional base ball league next season, but wo shall have a local league which will furnish lovers of the game plenty of sport. The league will com­ prise five clubs, representing the following organiza­ tions: Citizen* Corrs, Tibhitn' Cadet-*, Trojan H^ok and Ladder Company, Bachelor Clnb, of Troy, and tho Gleaaon Hook and Ladder Company, of West Troy. Last Friday night t!i« delegates from these clubs m^t in ihe parlora of tho Bachelor Club's house, nnd adop'ed a constitution nnd b.v-la«'n. The meeting then adjourned until March 8. Officer* were electeJ Mon-Juy, March 18. The clubs will he uniformed and % rognlar schedule of cnniPH will be played for tIto chanipi^nsbip. The Weal Troy grounds will probably . be ?ecni erf.

Dan Mirmohan, of thU city, has signed with Mi tin** apalis for next sousi-n. \Vill Parks with FpiiugtMJ (111.land Dean H^aly ulih Nn-d.ville (Tenn.).

Thomas J. Stack, a good catcher, batu-r arid bnw- rnnner, is at homo here unsigiie'l. Ha is an hont-sr, hard-working pluyer oud would atrorgtheu any niinr>r league team. He can phiy any posiliou hut pitch. He doeari't want the "earth 11 tor playing ami in stricllf temperate. His addiess i^ 3~r> Tenth s'rcer, Trov, N.Y. Ilure ia a chnucu fur uay uiauitgor who wants a young ami ambitious player.

Mike Lucey, who iojuiod his arm while a member of tlie BounoTilltt Clnb of Hie Noitheru New Yrile league in 1886 and \vaa forced to retire, wlil rmnma playing this season and would like to hear from tnann- tfpis in want of H hrst bascnitin. Lucey 19 a (JO.'K! batter and base-runner, ia 5ft. Oin. (all and wpi^bi ubout 190 pounds. He cau be found at :J74 IVuth street. Troy, K Y.

THE SPORIINO Lire still leads the sale of spotting papers iD-tf.is city. Tho peneml vtrdtot here in "R«n,| it ooco, mad it all the lime." "Am I right? W<-H, C

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