Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-14

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DoEsrICks ON 4 CRICKET HATCH.
have heard . great deal shout the manly
sports Of g Msrris England, and have alrsys
had grest respect for experts in the athletic
games of the Brifishers. Cricket has been
specified = game requiripg the greatest pos
si6le quickness Of eye, and activity Of limb,
and have heretofore locked upon IL as glori-
cissnsnt. In my ianb-liks innocencs I have
always. until yesterday, supposed "cricket' 70
- divsrsion, IN amusement, Q pastime, .
holiday recreation, and nothing but ocular
demonseration could ever have convinced ne
Of my grsst mistake. Two famous I. .Elsvens''
vere 70 play match at Hoboken--crack men
On both ides-hssvy bets-sporting world an
prophseying great things resolved to go-did
go-sm dissppointsd, and I may say, disgust-
ed. Cricket b not game, it is . popular fab
lacy 10 suppose it ID, but IL Il solemn core,
meny periodically performed With the greatest
ssriousness By delnded Ehgiishmen Who think
they're having fun. Fan. A crickster has
no more apprecistion Of gsnuine fun than
dead jackass has Of fancy hornpipe Grim
are the erieksteFs, and dsspondine: smileless,
detected, forlorn and bilious. The Pilgrim
Fathers, holding IN outdoor evening prayer
meeting on slde hill In four feet Of Snow in
Is III
dogs compared to these rueful crickstine Eng
hshmen out for o days pleasure. A New York
murder trial or Kentucky hanging match
would be roaring farce BY the sporfive ira
!, gedy of these two crack "Elevens.n The Ghost
Of H.miet's father. and the spectre Of the mnr-
fairs ct midnight by the light Of blue fre,
would be 2 gay and festive scene, when
likened TO the Hoboken cricket ground. With
q match in progress. Cricket Well, here
after when want synonym for all that
Is intolerably dull and stupid, shall Esay,
Cricket. when I want to express : ernnd
climax Of spiritiess detection, shall re-
mark, Cricket. When desire 70 saw Of
s1me man against whom / have mortal
grudge, that he is . grim-visagsd, jaundiced,
mslsncholic, dismal and fat, shall simply
call him q cricketer, and then I shall dodge.
And II any man accuses me in q like manner
i shall take out warrant for defamation of
character and sue him for malisiously damag-
ing my reputation to huge extent.
went to Hoboken with Damphool, Who al.
though an American, is cricketer-I hope
,Damphool may be forgiven, and indeed I
think there Is salvation in store for him. pro-
yided be speedily repents Of cricket and takes
to base ball. DamphooI told me would see
great sport-got to the ground-bestowedf my
self under . tree while Damphool went to the
club-house to attire himself-presentiy he ap-
peared again dressed in white flannel from
head to foot-he had jockey cap on his head
: and buckskin slippers ON his feet. Just before
the game commenced, he tied bed Quilt ON
each leg, and put on some leather elcves--
then the people took their places-the men
who we're not bowling. all took the same posi-
tion, with their hands on their knees, and
their chins elevated at an angle Of forty-6ve
dsgrees-then the umpire called out ssplsy''-'
and them the bowler, . disheartsned looking
man, took up the bali, which was a. hard as q
brick, and threw it with all his might at q lu-
sxxls l~~ar n n =
ding stick IN his grasp, who stood in front Of
some little sticks which were stuck in the
ground like an unfinished hen u-coep : =
There were two melancholy 6owlers, two
dropping batsman, and two unGnished hem
cooPs-.hsn the detected man saw the ball
stick, but didn't hit it; then he sadly rested
from his labors, while number of doieful men
on the other side wsarily sought for the ball
then the other bowler with . sad counteuance
threw the ball At the other gloomy batsman,
Zno made smother spirited poke at 1t with
his pudding stick; this time he hit it-then he
ran towards the other hen coop, while the man
1t that end ran to his hen-coop-then the
maker put down one mark for his sids-theu
they all rested in depending silence for Eve
minutes, during which time everybody reIig-
iously kept mournfully still-I sxpected to
hortatiop, or commence reading the funeral
services, or soma inspiring thing Of that kind,
bat no one volunteered any amusement. and
pretty soon the downcast players resumed the
mysteries Of erickst-there was more throwing
at the ben coops-and pretty soon one was
knocked down-then the b:tsman Who had
{ ought to have stood before il and stopped the
bali with the bedquilts on his legs was declared
TO DO "out'-then he retired discom6tted while
the rest OF his eleven set mp dismal groan.g
Then Damphool went in and took the pad.
At Dsnphool-Danp6ool poksd Il msnfuiiv1 "
then he run for the other heneoop, and the man
Who presided at the other pudding-stick run
TOR bis heneoop-the bedquiits on DamphooI,s
legs intsrfered with his speed, and he didn't
get along very fsst-so the man positively took
che ball and Knocked down Damphool's hen
coop-then Dxmphool was out They perye-
yered In this joculsrity until sunset, ct which
the funeral state Of things came 10 an end
then the eleven whose pudd;ne-siie men had
made the most journeys between the hencoops
.as declared to be the winner-then they nm.
ted the bedquilts from theirlegs, tock Of their
hsnnsls, and vent home. This il All there 4
Of The game cf Crickst-it may be q very brisk
amusement for some men, bat would e soon
think Of taking pleasure in q hearse, or of
going to dozen pedestrian funerals for davis
pleasure 2: q Psrticip.:ing in the gloomy esr-
have been low spirited ever since the great
Jersey match, and Am rapidly sinking under
the remembranee of khe dismsl doinrs on that
oppressive occasion DisconsoIateiy,
.. X. PHrLAsDsR DoEsrIcKs, p. b.
- A NEW DfrrlcrLfr IN IsptAxA Dryoncxs-
lsst week a. We zee ffosu report 10 the Howard
comfy Trieane. an important ease under cur di-
vorce laws w.s decided by Jndxe Buc lies. Of that
sifcelt- Bfieay the ease was this. M. William
no1.aan, OF New York city, came to Kokoma IN
Aptii, 1871, nied complaint, procured publics-
non Of notice TO his wife Emma, and Ca the sah
tel June obfained decree Of divorce On the 23d
oi October, 1855, his divorced wife 1led 4 com
PLalat oeu1andlnK that the divorce le annuIled an