Different kind and one that devoted to us much of his time and attention.

Who that has ever been to

Rome can ever forget it I cannot and I look upon the time that I put in there sightseeing as most
pleasantly and profitably spent. The stupendous church of St. Peters with its chapels and galleries being
in itself an imposing object lesson. Its glories have already been inadequately described by some of the
most famous of literary men and where they have failed it would be for a mere ball player to make the
attempt in St. Peters we spent almost an entire day and leaving it we felt that there was still more to be
seen. The second day we visited the place of the Caesars the catacombs the ruins of the forum and the
Coliseum within whose tottering walls the mighty athletes of an olden day battled for mastery. We
drove far out on an appian way that had at one time echoed the tread of romes victorious legions until
we stopped at the tomb of St. Cecelia. The glories of ancient Rome have departed but the ruins in these
latter days as some people seem to imagine on the contrary it is a city of wealth and magnificence and if
you do as the romans do you are certain to enjoy yourself for the romans do about the same things as
other people. The corso which is the fashionable drive and promenade of the residents had a great
attraction for us all and between three and five o clock in the afternoons the scene presented was a
brilliant one it being at that time thronged with handsome equipages and handsome women while the
shop windows are picture in themselves. The street itself in a narrow one being barely wide enough for
two vehicles to pass each other and yet over its pavements there is a constantly flowing tide of people
such as fifth avenue in New York state street in Chicago rotten row in London or even the champs Elyse
in Paris cannot equal on the afternoon college at Rome we called at that institution in a body and were
soon chatting with the students some seventy-five in number who came from a score of different cities
in our own country. They were a fine manly lot and just as fond of baseball which they informed us that
they often played as though they were not studying for the priesthood. Meeting them reminded me of
my old school days at Notre dame and of the many games that I had taken part in the while there when
the old gentlemen was still busily engaged in trying to make something out of me and I was just as busily
engaged in blocking his little games. After a pleasant chat Clarence Duval gave them an exhibition of
dancing and baton swinging that amused them greatly and then we adjourned to one of the classrooms
where we listened to brief addresses by Bishop Mcquade of Rochester N.Y. who was then in rome on a
visit Bishop Payne of Virginia and Dr. Oconell to all of which A.G. responded after which we took a
departure but not before the students had all promised to witness the game of the next day. This game
was played on the private ground of the Prince Borghese which are thrown open to the public between
the hours of three and five on Tuesday Saturday and Sunday of each week and a prettier place for a
diamond that the pirtion of it upon which we played and which was known as the pizza de sienna could
not be imagined under the great trees that crowned the grassy terraces about the glade that afternoon
assembled a crowd such as few ball players had ever played before among the notables present being
King Humbert of Italy the prince of Naples, Prince Borghese and family count Fenon princess castel del
fino count gionatti senora crispi wife of the Prime Minister and her daughter Charles Dougherty and
ladies the class of the American College at Rome members of the various diplomatic corps and others.
We were greeted by three rousing cheers and the tiger from the American College boys and then after
fifteen minutes of fast practice we began the first professional ball game ever played in rome a game
that both teams were most anxious to win. Crane and Earle and Tener and Daly were in the points. The
game was a remarkable one throughout the fielding on both sides being giltedged and the score a tie at
the end of the second inning each side having two runs. Double plays clean hitting and sharp fielding
marked the next few innings and it was not until the seventh inning burns crossed the plate with the
winning run for the Chicago’s the score standing to. After this we played an exhibition game of two
innings that was marked by fast work throughout and were heartily cheered as we lifted our caps and
left the grounds. Shortly after the noon hours the next day which was Sunday we started for Florence
the day being cold and cheerless one arriving there at and finding quarters at Hotel de Europe not the
stones thrown from the night bank of the ano. It was too chilly for any gaslight trips that evening and we
retired early but the next morning after an early breakfast we started in to make the most of the little
time that we had at our disposal and before the time set for play that afternoon we had taken flying
peeps at the beautiful Cathedral of St. Maria the home and studio of Michael Angelo the palace of the
medicis and the Pitti and Uffizi galleries both of which are rich in paintings the work of the great masters.
We played that afternoon upon the cascine or racecource of Florence in the midstof beautiful
surroundings and in the presence of a crowd that was small but select royalty having several
representatives on the grounds. The game was a hotly-contested one throughout Healy and Carroll and
Baldwin and myself being the batteries and was finally won by the. All-Americas the score standing that
to in their favor. It was five O clock and raining when we left Florence the next morning.