Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-11
NOTES OF THE CRICKETERS
Some suggestions on Base Running
In View of the Hip Game ON
the Fourth.

Before the game against Denver on July
1, Captain Francis should take FIVE or six Of
the team and beat them half to death with a
stuffed club and then proceed to lecture them
on running. In the last two or three Satur-
day games the way some Of the old players
have run each other and themselves out is
simply outrageous. And on the other hand
the way some of them have been throwing
away runs through pure and simple laziness
is equally bad. There is no necessity to
take desperate chances Of losing a wicket
for the sake of a run; indeed, 1t is better to
sacrifice a few possible runs for the sake
of being sure of keeping UP the wickets, but
when a batsman deliberately throws away
run after run, 1t not only becomes very
monotonOus for the spectators, but the runs
he Is losing for his side through his indif-
ference might win the game. The batsman
who Is at the bowler's end Of the crease
should be ready to run the moment the ball
leaves the bowler's hand and both batsmen
should run the first run as fast as possible
and recover themselves Immediately in order
to be ready to run without giving or re-
ceiving any signal or in any way guarding
against being run out, and others don't begin
to run unless they see the ball about a mile
beyond the o%utf1eld, and then they make one
or perhaps two runs off a hit which II run
out properly should bring them four or per-
haps FIVE.
Omaha should have no difficulty In de-
feating Denver on July 4, but the foolish
running which has been INDUCED in lately
on the home grounds is sufficient to insure
defeat to Captain Francis team II It pur-
sues the same tactics on that date. There's
some excuse II inexperienced players make
errors In running, but with old -timers there
is none and Captain Francis should see that
this foolishness Is stopped at once.
Secretary Reynolds of the Omahas Is in
receipt of a letter from the secretary OF the
Manitoba association asking him to send
photographs of the most prominent players
and officers of the club in order that the
papers in that region may publish cuts of
them during the tournament in July. The
writer suggests that all the members of the
team which is to make the trip send their
photographs to Secretary Reynolds at once
so that he may Immediately have a COM
poeite picture made, properly showing the
really handsome men who will represent
Omaha. This picture should be sent to the
Canadian editors to publish. II this Is done
the attendance at the games will surely be
immense.
There are persistent rumors in the air that
Denver will not send a team to Winnipeg.
If such is the case the tournament will not
be held In Denver next summer, as 1t would
under ordinary circumstances. The bylaws
OF the Northwest Cricket association dis
tinctly say that If any club fails to be rem
resented at any of the tournaments It shall
forfeit its right to have the tournament at its
home grounds when its turn comes, and
that the club next In order shall have 1t in
stead. This being so, Chicago will capture
the meeting for next year. The local play
ers Will very much regret Denver's inability
to hold up its end in the association, and the
change In the location OF the tournament
will be a disappointment to all, not that
the trip to Chicago is more difficult than the
one to Denver, but our boys have been to
Chicago several times and a trip to Colorado
would be a novelty to most of them.
Secretary Reynolds or Captain Francis
would be glad to hear from the Lincoln
state university In regard to a game. Last
season various reports reached Omaha or
how the boys down there were taking to the
game and becoming quite expert a. it. and II
Is to be hoped that the interest has NOT
waned altogether. If the boys think that
they cannot get a team of eleven who could
make 1t interesting for the Omahas. no
doubt Captain Francis could be induced IN
let them put fifteen or twenty men on the
team against his eleven. Anyhow. n the
boys care to open UP negotiations on the
subject they can do so by writing to Sec
retary Reynolds at 1902 Farnam street. or m
the sporting editor of this naner