The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-21

rates, their bodies and minds "oabin'I
oribbd confined" by constant application.
We trust that Cincinnati printers will start a
Saturday Cricket Club. In six months their
clear heads and sound bodie, will demonstrate
the value of the agreeable exerciso. Count the
prOprietors the Penny PREss az participators.
WHAT Is CglCKsrP
The apparatus required in double. wicket,
which IL the true game Of cricket, is IL ball,
bats and wckets. The ball is quite solid, to
keep it from bouncing, as in town-ball play-
ing, and weighs five and half ounces, and
measures nine inches iu circun ference. The
bat is about thirty eight inches long and
about four inches broad in the widest port.
The "Unions" have bats imported from Eng
land, made Of willow, the handles sometimes
nlsid with q strip Of whalebone to give it
spring The wicket consists of three stumps,
or straight rods, twenty seven inches high, of
equal thickness, to prevent the ball from
passing through, stuck in a row in the
ground at each end Of a space twenty-five
yards apart, on an open, well-shaven green,
which is level, and free from stones and
shrubs, dry, and Of sufficient dimensions to
allow of good blow to tho ball and run.
Tho Drs@.--Thero are dressing rooms on
the ground where the members ct themselves
with their light, and easy clothing, suitable
for this game. The blue flannel Jacket, white
flannel pants, and red cloth cap, with rim to
shade the eyes, give the parties on the fsld
a dashy, American, red, white and blue sp-
pearanoe.
Dressed and 10 the field, the party, six, eight
OF ten on esoh sido, take their places, their
shoes shod to keep from slipping, their hands
covered With glove to protect the fingers
from chance crack from the ball, aud the legs
girt with a cork guard for q similar purpose,
there Is q line on the ground even with the
wicket, which is oailed the bowling crease.
Four feet four inches in front, aud parallel
with it, is the popping crease. The game is
determined by tho number of runs made in two
innings by each player, the party gaining the
greater number Of runs being the victor. Au
individual taken from one party is appointed
bov5T; his duty Is to bowl his ball towerd
the opposite wicket, which, If hit, puts the
player out An individual from the opposite
party is appointed bansrj his duty Is to stand
with his bat placed with its tip on the ground
at the popping g-crease, and to oppose the pro.
gress Of the ball, or to prevent it knocking
down his wicket He must also endeavor to
strike the ball smartly, 80 as to send 1t to
distance on the field. The field is in charge of
the party to which the bowler belongs these
are termed field men, or feld-keepers, and each
has an appointed place, from which no takes
peculiar designation, viz: wicket-kseper, long
stop, short slip, long slip, point, cover point,
mid-wicket or long field of, long leg and short
leg. II the ball, when struck or tipped by
batter, is caught, he is out; if tho wicket 10
knocked down while batter Ia off his ground
he is out. There arc numerous rules laid down
for the direction of tho game, which we need
not give in this article.
The preceding view represents the field dur
ing cricket match, with the players in proper
position. We cali upon our young and middle.
aged men to engage at once In this hcalthfu
and amusing sport. The committee of Union
Club have do:responded with clubs st Ceve
land, Chicago, Detroit, pittsburs and St. Louis
and expect to obtain their best players for an
expected match of twenty-five Westerns with
! the eleven picked men of England.