Show thawing out IL a field so much trouble has baa rarely teen been taken tak cu to prepare athletic grounds for a match as at cardiff not long ago th the a occasion was a football match for the championship of england and wales two hundred braziers or perforated fire buckets were set up on the field and bonfires were kindled in m many a ny parts of it the flames being kept going until the frost was thawed out of the ground then the field was covered with straw to retain tho the heath heat and just before the match begun began r email army of men cleared and raked the ground |