New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-02
ETON AGAINST HARROW.
rvc1AND,s ARIsTOCRACY AT CRlCkE'
MATCH.

tFRoM AN occAsioNN LoxDoN, July H.
,.,s a significant indication Of the interest III
..h,o,;c. az common in all-especialy the uppei-
classes Of English society that the h'on, 1io,.
cricket match should have come 10 mafA '"o LII
ing of tho London season. Ohciaily' 'ni' o
occur with the rising of Parliament Ia'e III ,Ion
practically. from Yesterday on fashionao'e Ho"u .
NAV 90 ont and in fact does go out OF 'o"n W
.s nov ha To the Importance oil inc o'0''
soo,ol,y s,eaking. American habits can s"o"
,orol,e, Doub.less the Jarvis field IN 0"li'o
e. co,alv show of stalwart young n,on ""
,,rIs ~ match between the falo ana mar
- hrt the meeting IS of cohp"i"''''
limited and local type. Tine eroa' i,,,t
h,seball matches draw vast cro"os IL" "c"' rho
of a more than parti-colored comp'oA'"".
ron Harrow match is class-aimos' i"'
affair The boys, fine robust young ioo %
o;obteen or nineteen, whom 1t wonid seo" ,
call schoolboys in America, are oi gov" 81
,os;,;on and thelr achievements are watcne" W."
eager interest, not only by swarms Vi V"e" ornxvd
.nd their cousns and their aunts' bnt oy o'o"u
"s,,.aouI;,a elders connoisseurs of the game 'ho
fs hoylers and batsnen of half q century "so
,ro,,,o who fight their battles over again Vioa'i
onslv in the persons of the youngsters. ~ SUM-"
almost droll last night to hear an o'u nii 49,
CIV "Ve won by three wickets, ana W "o'' wy
event described and described, at uina,'' 49,
table with zest almost incomprehens'o'o -
1ys,cntic land of stockholders anu p.
"coruers.n The press Arrangements arc ~S,s
minnie and effective. and, to quote iIo'n ~" ,a,
oyonh. almost from minute to minute i'o'' - 49,
O'clock in the morning, Fame, IN the guns n,,i,,,
nrintlng press, was busy with the n"no' w. De-,
ron and Foley Bovill, Ramsay ana peu'o",
Thou,as the Eton Captain Young watson anu
CrawIev no sooner did their de sor than type anu
,ho electric telegraph conveyed their names anu
.,o;r nrowess near and far. And wnen "a'''n
ade fine drive 1t was instantly ""ou
ultimate pole,u Indeed but for the ugly LOOK VI
n,agiorism should like to scissor i'i -
columns copous extracts from The Ietgrop" Scia"oi
o,eartice. The writer morazes IN u pof'.hch' anu
interesting way, on the "reminiscences '"u "'''
lions attaching to the occasloh'
,t s,tv wears ago-that to say on July 30 ana 81
1sS5wEton won the toss as hoy dd yes'e,a,y, With
the records are be relied on were wen hos m.da
III for their srst innins c Si scores. and Of
NAV be called the science as apart lv'n 'H n,ctnrcs
SubIisled by Ackorman Of fathers playing IN
cylindrical hats iii the days oeio1 rticpy OF
cr,cEs:wandered up and down the world IRON nous
to the Pole scoring VICTORIES " nn Judas COAL stand
aud by the long wash Of Australian seas oe,ea'n Len
Southern Gentlemen present yesterday who were alive
when George Gordon Noel Byron piaIoa i tbn,s have
Sn. ned since the Msrylebone Cricket club was eslap
iisbed in the year 1878 Modern history mas nao iav t
hstwsen then aud now. foolish Home Uo'eriri1,n.
had not then determined 10 tax the AmericAn cv d
against their WILL leading ing to Fertilization Of the
est Republic the world ever knew C haat 49, uvei
tn woderatesized house In GerarG ST., soho; mhen
cricket was first played by the nepers oa had and
Irai,nd nod of its Ownaru very u'.i anu
corr,lpt Parliament it was. Indeed tncciun va, ,
years old before we went 10 wa, w nne.rsd seventeen
sanes vSaors l on tnethrone and the French Revo-
int no
OF Peers and Lords yesterday and the thonsnn"s s
lie SPECTATORS Of cricket y-eght years ago
Riding comfortably up on the top OF a bus yes
terday afternoon, found the broad avenue Ioad-
ing 10 Lords looking something Ike the descrip-
tions have heard of the Derby day. The road
way for half mile was filled with one COLI
tnuOus stream of vehicles mostly private carriages
and hansoms guided and ordered oy moun'ea
polico. firmly planted aud imperious in the centre
of the street. Passing the group OF nuhHeys ~
the members entrance. gorgeous but fnuhy III
nlusb breeches and powder. took my ticket at the
ceperaI entrance and slipped in with the crowd i
had been warned that the space would Dc SO
blocked with privileged spectators that my modest
two-and-six- penny worth OF fun wou'd aVaii "o
l;,t,e I found. however no difficulty in picking
out spots for comfortably watching the game; ana
for observing the main matter OF interest," the
pcople, i. would have been only hndrance 10 get
pinned into any "coign of vantage" however eA-
elusive
Fancy yourself then, with me in vast enclosure.
nearly four times as large as Madison Square, OF
short close level turf, and surrouD ded with 2raho
stands pavllions and low. quant-looking buildings
mellow with the peculiar warm. dusky brown
which comes of London climate. from end to end
The peripbery of the great oval is one unbroken
line of faces and gay. bright toilets, and harlng
parasols. Where the sheds and pavions end the
row of suectators Is closed in by dense mass OF
e carrages draes. breaks and omnbuscs, ba-
reaches or Misunderstanding that one can stand
in or on: and the whole scene further set IN Win
clumps of trees and shrubbery. peering over the
circuit walls and supplying frame of dusky bronze
green for the gay tints and high lights OF the
central picture In the centre. twenty-five 1.-The
eau-limbed Young fellows in white ilanncls and
light or dark blue caps are shifting and running,
bowlipg. batting, stopping and catching in q way
most puzzlng to the adept but to the expert OF
an interest which breaks out from moment tc mo-
ment i'm stormy applause. Needless to say that the
womcn-who are nothing if not partisan-do their
share One of the funniest little pictures which
caught my eye pretty girl on the TOP OF
drag. standing and swinging blue handkerchief
round her mead in wild delight, while her brother
acknowledgement over from the box seat and
made good -humored efforts to rap her over the
knuckles with his STICK In reprooi Oh her 'oo
tempestuOus zeal.
To tle ayman there is ut least this satisfaction
in watching cricket match, that something con-
tinually acts DONE Nothing is more irritating. in
baseball play than to vigorous youth wildly
shyiug balls at another with bat. apparently
with savage intent to hit him in the head. which
the other patiently and politely lodges. while the
un,pire with monOtonous iteration draws out.
sOne ball-two balls" till the batsman at last
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