Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV DIG SPIKES IN FIVE CONTINENTS Comiskey and McGraw start on a long journey -- Many lands get a glimpse of the Sox and Giants -- World's tour consumes 142 days -- High jinks on the sea -- Nation's great in the receiving line -- Hard task is assigned Statue of Liberty. While winning championships for Chris von der Ahe, Comiskey had dreamed of touring the world with a baseball team. When A. G. Spalding anticipated him in 1888 the manager of the Browns was disappointed but not broken-hearted. He would bide his time, but then and there he decided that he would head his own team when the omens were propitious for the journey. He had been one of the first to get an invitation from Spalding but Von der Ahe objected and " Commy " stayed at at home. Fortune having smiled on his undertakings he was ready to start in 1913. He had contemplated an earlier getaway. In fact the trip was the consummation of seven years of preparation. Immediately after winning the world's championship in 1906 " Commy " had announced that a world's tour was the next thing on the program. All he needed was a partner. It took him seven years to get one. Financial considerations had not figured, as the White Sox owner had let it he known that he would assume all the responsibilities. This he didn't have to do, as John McGraw, manager of the Giants, had persuaded the owners of the New York club to permit him to "borrow " the team for a trip. It has been erroneously stated that the stockholders of the Gotham club backed McGraw. Nothing is farther from the truth. John McGraw took all the risk himself and it meant pledging his entire fortune. McGraw knew nothing about the intention of Comiskey to bear all the losses, if any, for both teams. His gameness, however, was...
