“I wish I could make the Red Sox feel as sure of that as you do, Sis. If they did, they’d quit right at the start.”
“Well, they might as well, anyway,” declared Clara, with assured conviction.
“What is this I see in the paper about a tour of the world after the Series is over?” asked Mr. Matson.
“Why, there’s nothing very definite as yet,” answered Joe. “McRae has been giving some thought to the matter, I believe. If we win the Series, we could go with the prestige of being the champions of the world, which would be a big advertisement. Mac could easily get up another team composed of crack players which could be called the All National or the All America Nine. Then the two teams could travel together and give exhibition games in most of the big cities of the world.”
“Would there be much money in it?” asked Reggie.
“Oh, probably not so much, after all the expenses were taken out,” Joe answered. “Possibly there might be a thousand dollars for each player. Some of the trips have panned out as much as that.”
“Then this isn’t entirely a new idea,” remarked Joe’s father.
“Oh, no,” replied his son. “It’s been done before. The boys have always drawn big crowds and aroused a good deal of interest.”
“And they’d do that to-day more than ever,” put in Jim. “Baseball is no longer simply an American game but a world game. You’ll find crack teams even in Japan and China.”