The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-23


the part of the young men of the various
large cities of our sister States, to form
themselves into sporting clubs" Games
of "Cricket," Base Ball, with row and sail
boat regattaS, are attracting great attention
and much enthusiasm. Nothing can be
more beneficial to the physical and mental
man, than to engage heartily in "out door
sports" The boy of the quickest parts in
the school room, is not generally found to
he unusually slow on the playground. 1t
requires healthy body to preserve healthy
mind, and exercise is absolutely essential to
keep healthy body. We clip the follow
ing sporting items from the Louisville DEM
OcraL and urge upon our young men the
propriety of establishing some outdoor
games of their own:
A great cricket match came off at Hobo
ken last Monday and Tuesday, between the
Philadelphia Club and the St. Georges, of
n. Y. The result on Tuesday evening was,
for the st. George's-frst innings, 90;
second, 6s-total, Ill. For the Philadel-
phia-frst innings, II; second, 41-total,
lIS.
A great baseball match was played on the
18th inst, on the Fashion Race Course, l.. /.
The ground for spectators will seat 10000,
with special provision for ladies. No intox-
icating liquors nor gambling permitted on
:the grounds.
A cricket match was played, on the 18th
inst, in Cleveland, between the Union Club,
OF Cincinnati, and the st. Georges of Cleve-
land. The result was, the Union Club, after
making so, retired from the field, thus stop
ing TIE game, without giving any reason.
A race was run at Pittsburg, on the 10th,
between the row-boats Pike and Holmes
Thousands of people lined the shores of the
Monongahela, and the river was covered
with small crafts. The Pike was conquer
or though the Holmes men did some fine
rowing.
In reference to the game of cricket, we
find the following in an exchange:
The word is from Criccin (Saxon), a
crooked stick, as the bat was originally
curved at the striking end, looking very
much like an old fashioned table knife-in-
deed, it may have grown from the hockey
stick or sshinney.n Pyscroft contends that
the game is as old as the thirteenth century
maintaining that cup-ball, in which the
score was made by runs, and the player put
out by popping the ball into hole in the
ground behind him. The theory is proba-
bic but not demonstrable. A game called
'Creag," more likely to have been nearly
of the same nature as cricket, was played in
those days, and Edward the First paid his
chaplain one hundred shillings for the use
of his son-afterwards so cruelty murdered
i'm this and other games. We are afraid
the chaplain taught the young man to bel
on his game, apractice now discountenanced
by cricketers.
For many yeare cricket was only played
by peasants, but eventually the nobs took
kindly TO it, The Prince Regent, albeit g
very stupid gentleman in other respects
was an admirable cricketer. Byron, vii
-berforce, and the Duke of Richmond, also
were ardent cricketers. 1t is, probably, tn,
most popular game now played in England
alike with peer and peasant Old men
young men, and boys play it. tits as com
mon there as baseball is on this side of tn
Atlantic, and perhaps more so. (" The bar
racks of England a reliable writer tell
us, "are provided with cricket grounds.
The same writer relates. that "the Duke 9
Wellington encountered q number of off
GERS playing cricket on the of the battl
of Waterloo, near the scene of that battle
and to two ardent cricketers-Captain Coz
don and the Duke of Richmond-he cor
fded the plan of the position"
tits splendid game-manly, healthy, an
exciting. Slowly but surely il has plante
itself firmly in America. Most every cit
of importance in the land has its crick,
club. - - Il, .~s- -