Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-24

should hc sent Tie did his work With the greatest h.
eyer took pains than and while Others
rs If he had Ills style OF play
remarkable his power of execution. lie had aiecia
or an attitude, try experiment lie fine,
Die manly player who did what he could but that
else could His blows
not undecided and MISUNDERSTANDING like MIR. Words
hams speeches wide Of like MIR Canning's wit,
foul like the Quarterly. let halls like the Edinburgh Re-
| Cavauagh.
lie the best uphill PLAYER in the world when
his adversary Is, he w0u1 play the same better,
and he flung the game through carelessnes
concc he gave up through laziness Of
roeye, but let his balls hops irthcy inch from
the grond he never missed having them There was not
only nobody equal but nobody second him. II is SUP
posed that lac could give other player half the game,
e on ,ns nO w, W. nn1 Mss
the best players in Englnn in the Elves Court ST. Martins
alone, thing before unheard He another time PLAYED
Perm, who considered first fvc player match
which of decided the MATCH Peru got only one acc
cavanagh Irishman by his birth, and n house
painter by profession He had hid aside his working
dress and walked in his snrtest clothes, the
ry sr1n S to have an .GTnoon pleasure person ae-
arecd 10 play for half and bottle
teen, all. cavanaghwon it. The the same. They
PLAYED on and each game hardly contested "Thcre'
said the unconscious player" was stroke that
Cayanagh could take played better i'm INV life
and We, cannot win game. I don't know how itis.r-
and the by ISLANDERS drinking cider laughing ali the
time In the twelfth game, when Ca,anngh only four,
and the stranger thirteen person in said What
here Cnvanagh The vonlS were no sooner rro
nounccd than the astonishcd ves player the bali drop
from ms hand and saving, What! have been breaking;
NV heart all this time to beat 10 make
another effort and vet give word, said Cavanngh
with my c'cnched fists.
wages and dinners The wall against hch thcv PLAYED Is
the same tat supports the kitchen chimney, the
wal reSondet louder than usual the cooks exclaimed
Those the irshman balls joints tremLel ON
the spit Goldsmith conSclcd hmscfbnt were places
fheo ip,r,
non oil all the five courts where he pavcd--lIr
Powell, when lie matches in Court i'm ST. liariin street
used TO fill his gallery half head viii, ana
tours and admirers OF talent, in whatever department
IL is shown He could not have shown himself in any
ground IN England, hut he would have been immediately
with nquisi,ive zer irving find what
part OF his frame his unrvaled skill lay, politicians
der tn see the balance of Europe suspended i'm
n ,nd isTe ana anrs the tTophes Of the British navy
was as good locking man the noble Lord. and muc,
open eoun'ennnce and did look sideways or down. like
mr. Murray, the bookseller lie young fellow OF
waterman at ungerior stairs and they saw served him
out IN great STYLE In word there hundreds ut this
uay VINO cannon mention his itbuut admiration
ne best ives PLAYER that perhaps lived c greatest
Shou oil the ring happily stood him instead the uuca
voice of poserity
The only person who seems to have excellcd as much m
another way cayanagh did in his, was the late John
'es' the racket player IL was remarked in him that
did not seem TO follow the ball. hut seemed TO follow
him. Give hin foot of wall and he so make The
SS 'ne four best racket players Of that day Jack
spnes Jem Harding ArmiHge and Church. Davies could
give any one OF these two hands time that half the game
eac o. these nj their hest, could give the PLAYER
LONDON The same odds Such the radaiios in all cxcr
lions 81 human skill and once PLAYED fonr capi,oI
players together, and beat them. lie also first rate
nhis PLAYER and first .es player. the Fleet or
h1g Benct he would have stood agans Powell who wa.
choned the best open ground PLAYER of his time This ast
henuencc player AT present keeper Fivcs Court
ana we nigh. recommend TO him motto his oor Who
rS mere iorsets himself his country and his And
ne nest OF II II. that by the the odds meme oC
the three worth remembering Cayano, r f,rn ,h
bursting oi a blood vessel which prevented him from PLAYING
Tor the last two or three This was often heard to
saw ne thought hard upon him. was fast RECOVERING
however, when e suddenly carried Off TO tho rere Of
au VINO kne" hin Mr.. Peel made qualification of the
present Speaker Mr. Manners Sutton. that hc was an ex
sr'hi moral character Jack Cavanngh was a jealous
ihnIr ami could nat be- persuaded meat on Fri
s me day on which he died We have paid this willing
Let no rude hand deface IL
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