Speeches by Colonel Rogers and C.H.
Byrne followed, after which came a glowing tribute to the National Game from the lips of Col.

McClure, followed by an interesting sketch of the game and its growth in popular favor by Henry Chadwick, who has the history of the game from its first inception down to the present time at his finger-ends.

A.J.Reach, Harry Wright, Tim Murnane, Leigh Lynch and the irrepressible Fogarty all took their turn at amusing the party and again it was a late hour, or rather an early one, when we returned to our quarters.

The next afternoon we were accorded a reception by Mayor Fitler in his office, who, in shaking hands with the tourists, gave us all the heartiest sort of a welcome.

That afternoon we played on the grounds of the Philadelphias, to a crowd of 4,000 people, the weather being threatening.