Show in accordance with the archie gunn the artist la Is a scot who v h 0 wits e educated in arid alid nho still has a great love tor for tile the national pame game of the british tales aslea to wit cricket will kirk the verie verse writer Is a product of wisconsin and until one day when his friend gunn took film over on staten island had hada never seen a gume game of cricket 7 teams made up of english residents were playing for the greater new york championship the spectators almost exclusively were their follow fellow countrymen klik stationed himself in a front seat alongside gunn and prepared to give to tile the sport tits ills lin undivided divided attention c A A batsman dealt the balls ball a power t ful wallon welchie Wall Wel Chit hit old chap cried gunn and well hiti well echoed othera in 6 the crowd ft an opposing osIng player placer made nia e a hard run to catch the ball as it descended into his territory ile he almost got under it 1 almost but not quite it just eluded ills his clutching fingers wen well tried tiled old chael well tried 1 called out gunn nil enthusiasm mirk kirk decided that this sort of thing must he be in accordance with the proper ritualism of the game iia decided that to show allow ills his approval lie ho would at tile the next opportunity speak up too presently the opportunity cain once more the batsman smote the ball with emphasis it rose high in tile the air A fielder for the rival club ran to catch it ills toe caught I 1 in a clod of upturned tur turf anti and aie h e tuni tumbled bled forward forwards dm ou hla his face ace anti ami the ball dropping hit him squarely on n the top of hla his head kirks yell rose high and clear above all lesser sounds bounds t well fell jold old chapt he be shouted well fell by gatal |