New-York tribune., 1885-07-19
COURT, FIELD AND STREAM.
CRICKET AND CRICKETERS.
GREAT ACTIVITY AMONG THE CLUBS
POINTS AND HINTS.


mercury has been uncomfortably near lOO0' there
has been ore cricket of tirst-class order played
than at any time since tho season opened. New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago Baltimore and Pnts-
bure have all had their complement OF good
matches. and one of the pecuaritles OF the week
has been the high scoring in many OF the matches-
high scoring at least for American cricketers.
SATURDAYS match at Staten Island was di sap
pointment to New-Yorkers and possibly bit OF a
surprise to tho Philadelphians. The two oes'
cricket organizations in the country were repre-
scnted on that day. and while the Ph'iaueipniahS
sent up an undoubtedly strong team In INC jug
ment of the supporters of Staten lsland tne a''o,
mt a much superior eleven in the heid AS Al, al
other games, there is much uncertainty III crio",V'
and the Staten Islanders made poor showing. In
%he frat place their fielding was poor compared TO
the magnificent form displayed by the fhiia-
deluhians The latter played well together ana ior
their club, while the home team played LOT tnehi-
selves. Staten Island also made mistake III keep
ing Hill bowling so long when it was apparent tna'
he was in anything but good form. Ihen wheh 'ho
home team went to the wicket they made q mlser-
able showing in running.
HI Brown. who bowled 50 we'll for the Phila-
delphians in the Staten Island match, IS only lteen
wears old All the Philadelphia clubs pay great a.-
tent,on to bringing their Young members s Hence
the 6paker Civ turns out better crcketers than
any other city in the Union: -, .ua man, q
'fhe Manhattans of Brooklyn. played anu ,st won g
GOOD match on Saturday from the u ~ T. 0iun, , VI
Newark. which was chiefly noticeable 13r tne heavy @
batting of j. j. Rogan. 1l2, not OUT. nosa IL nJM b
ever. gave the Newark men nVe 'n""''' ~ "''
At The beginning of the cricket season the pressl
dent of the Manhattans Mr WINE & prese, so he COM
neted for BIZ all tho cricket organizations III tho M
State of NcwY York, but up to the present tie sne
ManLottans have not received single clalenge.
his is a curious fact, and would lead people 20 sup
pose that all the other cricket CLUBS were aiao oi
'':T The ~ Manhattan Club has two new and strong
members in H. Martin and w. + Denton,C Caraew. dew
Both are Englshmen, and have played cricKet ior
number of years. The latter is an ola brg9eon sa
S,olleye boy. and came to this country about four
wears ago. settling in Kansas, where he soon organ
ized a good cricket club. THIS is his first season
WIN The Msnhattans will play club match Thurs
day next and eat good dinner at Prospect paIK;
well-known New-York crcketer suggested @ na 70
be o pleasant thing If somc OF the NewIdodK idaE
cricketers would band together and form an eleven
to 60 on short tour through the State and play az
Albany. Syracuse, Rochester, etc. The Philadel-
phans have set the example In tins matter; Inc
idea is an excellent one and would undoubtedly
tend to popularze the game, to say nothing OF the
good time the eleven would have. ,
The Zingar Cricket Club were badly beaten by
Newark on R,dH by nt The The
day was fearfully hot, yet there was not drop 1i
water on the ground with which the PLAYERS could
0uench their thirst. Finally an cnterprsing meu-
her of the club sent for keg Of beer and some sand
wiches which with questionable taste, he retalIed
TO his fellow cricketers at handsome pront. inc
Zingari are IN no hurry TO play the Ne"aiA
Cricket Club again. A..
Saturday was, as usual, busy day. with the
Philadelphia Club. The first eleven OF the Quaker
CITY Club was defeated at Stenton in single
innings game by the Young America CluDs
second eleven, by 146 runs, the score being Quaker
CITY rs Young America, 2l9. Seyfcrt PLAYED a
pretty rs for the Quaker City. while the scorers for
Yonng America were II. l. Clark, 93, n. Downs. 81
and ". L. Macher, 23. The Merton second eleven
went to Frankford and played second eleven OF
the Oxford Club. but in consequence OF the heavy
batting of the Merton men no result was reached. @
The scores were Merton, 295. Oxford. ~ for SIX
wickets Edwards's 1872. not ont. for Merton was
really brilliant performances. The first eleven OF
the Oxford Cricket Club went to Wii,nlngton ana
Delaware scored 80 and Oxford 219 for the loss OF
five wickets. Good, Homewood and Smith batted
we'll for Delaware. For Oxford, Salter made 90.
Morley 81, Broadhcad 20 and Filter, not out. ~.
The Belmont Club iourneyed to Baltimore to play
the Su or and on the
w. Scott. 73. j. A. Scott. 5S, NJ. ID. Simth, 90 and
d. B. Stevens. "a. o
Philadelphia. with the assistance of its lady
friends, gave charming garden party ON the CLUB
grounds at Frankfort; ,o, ,,.
Belmont Club of Philadelphia yesterday. but the
match has been postponed c.;.,-o.., ...o
The committee Of the American Crlcketeas Asso 20
play the All Canada and the United states. at
Toronto, next month f. Brewster, Noble and
MacNntt of the Young America Club; W. Z;
Morgan. jr Brockie Bettle and f. w. Ralston. OF
the Germantown Club /; Law and Lowry OIL the
Merton Club and J. L. Pool, of the Staten Island
Club. John b. Thayer may be able to co. but thls
is not certain. Seven of the team were OF the
twelve which went to England last year Before
leaving for Canada the team will play match with
the resident professionals of Elmwood. the proceeds
TO be presented to the widow of the late late Martin
Mcintyre. who was formerly the professional OF the
Germantown Club.
The dates fixed for the matches between the South
of England Cricket eleven and representative Plla
delphia teams. are September IL. 10 and IL, and
September 2I and 90. The first game will probably
be with the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. the same
eleven which went to England the second with
picked team. ,,.
The team of Young America cricketers left
Philadelphia tour last Monday, and after
playing in Pittsburg. finally brought up IN CHI
cago Where in the presence of .an immense crowd.
won good game from the Chicago Club. The Phil
adelphia team was composed OF N. Downs and y.
IL Hance, of the Young America Clnb j. A. Scott,
w Scott and T.. Coates, of the Belmont Club; w.
+. Bates. s. s. Thayer and X. L.. Rutter, OF the
NV. Ralston. jr. F. Ii. Bohin and L. L. kurtz OF the
Germantown Club.
FIXTURES for the week are
July 90 PittsburgP Pittsburg Young Phil PHI" Delphi,
July M0ntreal-LongwOOd v. Eastern AssOciftion
july 23. Montreal Longwood v. Eastern Association.
July "a Prospect Park Brookiyn-Manhattan " Manhat
July q. Monrcal-Montrsal v Longwooi
July 25 Nicctown-G Germantown q XII v. Quaker CITY.
July rs. Newark-Alma V. q. N t.
OARSMEN ACTIVE IN SPITE OF HEAT T