| Show I t tt r tm t Itf The Oame le Halos ti t0 Cr11cket In tIle log lowed MIDI cola + A Coming Champion i Player 11 United states Australian AL r t Play Ilerm d aoala a a elotOe ooeAeasaeae Aft 1 s a Or t a t 1 + t t tit TtlCKaTT In common with every CRfCKJIT anffcred heavily last S year In I eonaeqimnce of the war with Spells There la no doubt however how-ever that Ilk meal other game It has also received boom In public favor this naoon New clubs have sprung np in every 4lrctn and many natea and rlllea which never knew what ticket el now boat of ana or more i lilln A grant source of encouragement to all those who love the gvntl man a game should be the fact thai the western I llalM an taking hold of irlckel with great enlhuilaam fact lost year It seemed aa If there were more Internet In i It In the West than In the tail Although cricket In America U I lllll considered an Kngllihmani game set rral 1 thing have occurred recently to prove thai Americana are taking It 1 up II furnished In full quota of volunteers to fight against Hpeln Oil land and an NO awl In all rapaolllea connected with the war llieoe willow wielding warriors were to he found though naturally enough Philadelphia the ancient home of the game In title country furnish 0l the majority of the lighten The newspaper aervtce had many erlcketne in lu ranks during the campaign W A M lloode ot the Manhattan C C of New funk was the correpondnl ot the Awnclalcd Ira on Admiral Harnp sons nag hlp New York all through I the war rind Kidney tl Tovey of the I British Hchoola and ITnlveriltlea club had chirm it the New York Jourtufi dlanatch role ruler Horn after the elope 1 of the Cuban campaign ha was ilrlcken with typhoid fever and luc cumbed to the drool disease The tour of Mr I > r Warner1 tram of Hnillih amateurs last year was a great luaeeee from the standpoint of the enthusiastic cricketer though we might have been more Satisfied hod our home frame shown up letter and won at leaet one game froia the visitors Of the eight malchei played by the lirltlaheri not one wan lout I six were won and the two drawn matches were very much In favor ot the Mellon The wonderful bowling feats of the young Iancaitrlan member the team J U Alnaworth wai the remarkable feature of the tour He had made tome good performance In ingland but had novo particularly ilhllnUl > lml himself In first clan crli kel i The trouble with tm Americana who aced the Hrltllhera Domed to b < that her ware limply ecared when tlwywenl to the bat and coneequently dldn mire enough rune In Now York and Philadelphia lIoN wu novel no Iceable In the latter city they got the nrlllhT out cheaply In their lots rumplrted Inning for 14 and 111 The bawling WAS good the fielding eic p tnnallv fine In Mme ease even brll lion but the Ulllng was woefully > rak The llalifa cup ran la I furnishing ipi > ndld effort to the losing that are taking part In the annual struggle The same alt clubs in in u aa hurt year when Hermanlown again won after ai floe a struggle aa hag over taken place for the coveted trophy The Belmont learn started out but season with a rush and captured Pox straight woman hut couldn keep up the good work ind had lo be content with second ilace after tying Oarmantown for the Pin of hIt h-It u a pity that two or three of the Now York teams do not Ret Into lha liillfax cup competition At tout three IIf them the Knock chow er tin t-In years gone by aa tire New Jeraey Athletic club the Manhattan and the Staten Iilandm hava learn that would make II very Interesting for the Quaker elevens The United Rtalaa vanui Canada match proved an easy victory for file Amer ran tm and developed n new tar In the cricket orison b In then for the-n ot N X Iraveo Jr who balled iplendldly for III rune In New York the mown would hive been a dull one had It not bean for the many visit of out at town teams The champlonahlp ef the Metropolitan league I was again wan by the N J A C This organisation hood III Immenaa perloriiy over araty other team by iterlng two eleven 1 In the league and having both flnlali ahead of all crime imiwlltora This season under their new name of Knickerbocker A C the old New Jersey club eeerae hound to again furnish the victorious Stevens They leave put two teams In I the fWd again The unaipeclcd defeat of learn A by learn n on Jun II was A great urprlM The two eleven will Inc In-c ball on the Nil ot the month when a rattling Rams may be aiieeted The Individual aenaatlon of the are Pan wo the wonderful work of C llowell Clarke of the N J A C team IL Although al one lima during Iho icaion at dealhj door ha showed file wonderful vllallly and Muck by topping he average In lath bowling and batting bat-ting Them li I not iloubl that this tall Young man from the Wait Indies will eventually U regonlail a the finest cricketer In the United Stales Ws style ot hailing li good and ha le I Improving Im-proving every aeaaon lie la I not nf fueled with nervouiwee which U I the lame of ao many otherwlae good crtok etrra Illi defense la perfect and he In 1 quick to tmilih low 1 bowline Ai a bowler he would be an aciuliHKii to any team and ai n flogger In any pool linn ho li hard lo beat lie cornel 01 good cricketing stock there being tOil Clarke brother now pllylng on the < Knickerbocker A C looms There has been conildtrable talk durIng dur-Ing the past few yrari ot the establish tent of A cricket hour that would embrace tams from Ohio Michigan Illinois and Itnnaylvanla Title Don D-on the plan hu been trough up one more and there are great hopea of the affair being carried to a climax It to I almost necdleee to ray that the Idea HIt H-It good line for nothing will do the his large port more good than a properly menaced league with n good acheduli ot championship gamea There on plenty ot clubs and good material In the district mentioned and the matt outfit not to be allowed to hang On any longer Chicago cricketers hara recently do I es i mr 0 ry promlilnir pprfefEi n 10 windv City li I f11 lunate nit n-it It tii f arc n vial no d clubs arts to nun Han lordrr vliic h are a 15 t acrid donn leant to ploy I agnlnst II ixal elVini In thll way lnlT < the t-he game ll kept up and the form ot tI players Imrnrri Th week 01 cricket U Ylnnlpeg lent season did a great deal for the game In the nrlhwtsi 1Ivn from Chicago 1 > trolt Ueblver St fans Omaha and other cities In this rounlry tend Cna do tk part Denver hag enms sterling cricketer although the all 1 ham not been l playe 1 there for lnor4 than 10 or three reran Northern California Ink had it crlck rung colony for many yean and call very rood 1 game are played every n a lion tart summer In commeen with evo err other spot till game langulihitl mirwhat but now the pla > cr nro r turning to their old lure a good V u q Is I i to be extrted 1 A good omen for cricket In Ibo 1nll ad Star Is I the fnrtnn nt it roll go league with a regular mhidllle of ham i plnehip ha-m sad the fact that be l err nn the Im arc 11ed to d n tho vaulty monogram The tenth Australian team ta now enraged en-raged 1 in playing In England vihir it has n schedule of n match i arrant r i doling nu lot names agalnt i England The Antllnnlnno liui t really 1 won flea lint two ot then Th rear team although not the alrong t that has vlelted Europe u I n remarkii combination 11 Is cnmpoied f II following H K Oregory J J K i M A Noble V A rte olc W II i and V Tramper of New Mouth W il J J Wnrrall 11 Trumble C McU I 1 I Ijtver and A K June of VI tur J Darling C Hill nnd r Jon i > South Australia Noble Iavrr Tour per Method 1 and unwell hate n1 n col I cricket In this country Ir heoa r arrangements now In rmR r n n n plelrd ai In all probability tin y vt I lie the Australians will play n sI n I i of Names throughout thin country L ginning about the middle of Sept ml r nallKUT lKOVAIIU iflTIIIIIV IIIIIMIPI A tll ITiil The proudest family In eiitern i m orlnla today are the layers Tto elevation of one of them lo a Auk 1 II i could not bring more Brallrlcatlm th i did the Coney Island fall coni 1 Champion lighter Jim Jeffrlni molt I was n Attract and the was born n r Molina about II miles north of n i Inc Her father wai Christopher 11 Or who has been In his gravel in than W yean Hi was n great acrapper In file lit and when lire news came that Jim Ji rf Here 1 won referee of people cxcintmi i lie couldnt help ItJuit Ilko hit Grandfather lloyer II was more than CO yean ago thtt Christopher Buyer won his falls laur In the Hchuylklll alley lla work n tIt t-It reuwme but fought for the b1 of It Them were the days among itt Pennsylvania lermani vt tho annuli I battalions when the local mllltla 111 Its drew parade Then every small ton or nmmunlt had lla bully walking around with a chip on him shoulder Inviting some coot coo-t > knock It off They were not nr iclentino nehlrr and they met with Ire knuckle Christopher slayer attended all Iho bat lalloni In llerkl end Bchuylklll countlii and was generally the champion A tope 1 waR sometimes stretched but uiually only n ring was formed an I then the nghleri went nt It hamm and tonga until the defeated party cried naught Christopher lloyir vat nearly I feet In height ot stocky build of unusual chat meaiuremcnt and could deliver a blow 0111 force enough to kill an OL IIIMMlH I1I1IMI Illintl Joeeph gallon thus describes fit Henry Irrlngi famous dining room In the popular actor knights house at Drank Clean It might be a ilmple Lyceum Ly-ceum let In which the artist ham troy en ta repreeent an unostentatious Interior In-terior with all the Mctureiqutncii of the old da > i and all the luxurious cnn senlcncee ot the new The dark oak Ideboard and orrrmentrlplece the i ft turkey carpet the bran dog In th frnder snot the white ihlnlng glass on tho polished table give an impression or qukt inagnlflLtnca never to be for gallon Cyrano de llcrgerac la la furnish the libretto of a comic opera for From en Wilson lie will ot course be the naalgeroui Cyrano |
