The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-20
A GOOD YEAR FOR CRICKET.
CLOSE CONTESTS THROUGHOUT
PAST SEASON.
J. l.. POYer OF Brooklyn Beats the Batting
Record or Metropolitan League. win
VI. R. Cobb Of staten Island a Good
Second Clarke Leads the BOwIers.

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SECOND -Clarke Leaus tne bO"ters'
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me seasoh 'IrcNes SUI yusS ~
~ C'ts 49, 80, ,ooa -. ona
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:, ~ - 80" 80" 500 TS.
Nv Ss - 80.
$3.50 r.. g .o-.r.I
n.ele9 y 49, -. ..nsa,nad
SEASONS pas. 'yn," he" n tne ~.
TNn ~ SaSen tH'a"u ~ ~ ,ha 49,
chaInpIohs VI 10 ,mv eer" y. .n ~
pettioh vas y uenn"eI' pIo sv
neS m" Sa" IT, - $780, tnch n
u a,e'9o" '"O ~
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sheoSteinS Duly ~ nS sos
Ioa'S N"n ~ pu -a.- -.
luns ;" ~ ea,h hai,r az,
.ouun"Iu' a. y InHS,,o, g. ,ooS n. had ~.
mau oy : ~. -,
aiucu NI7e"'N'ruu " - HIua"sd M.
century non. mr II v. :. amn -. A.
nP py Scolxs NV " m",s e 1850 ~
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po',lnH ~ =" .a. ,L,L
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"a r ~" WV" !. S,-aH r..J au.hoa a..
~ NraIhe VI ouaven ieua"u
III ~ o"''s ~" -
doing little trundling IN the early games
ended with an average OF 4 runs for ~ wickets
captured. lie just managed TO qualify for
.e w ~ -, a.. ha.ox
the SEASON .nrtt"y .aN'nE Wy VIZ -
bowled right through the season and had
taken 40 wickpts at an average cost of 5 runs
each. H. hushtoh oil brooklyn was 'nIIu'
with q wlckets at an ACREAGE OF % runs per
remarkable feat known as the hat trick"
.~s.aoI a.. -, how,ara rlorLe
waH p"Li0i"'u pg h p"o"EI'.n ,adnin.
the enviable distinction. The hest bowling
performance or tho year VAS possibly done
by W. Bunc" oil Paterson IN capturing =
wickets without a run helhE scored on nun.
,Sc mosI ""mhar Of ming "a in all ~
," Tha ,an,niars scorad oi,ht yictories or,
,l".ua1o'y .a,'in ,ri.o aaaiO.t
% Rr S%siyT N" Tp"m '' 8 and f'% one" q each against
Manhattan and Paterson. The fine record
-. .a..Ih,o b., .ha
mace by 'he team was maui posSto" ny u
all around excellence Of Cobb. Kelly ana
onishsd ann in tho having Kelly stood
s.nond in houIing and nod an averaga of 10
second III DOWNING an" udu dh aNeIaEr
with the bat, while Clarke was nrst with the
hall and finished with a double hgure average
with the hat. The improved form shown by
W. ~ m,r"Lio i. ha1,ina no. ona Of tbe feot-
urea of the season. he scored an aggregate
of 23i runs with a high score of 60 not out.
&. IL +, Grifnrh, p. n. Bousneld. c. p. Hur-
ditch, X. ". H.. Powell and Archie Gum did
consistent batting throughout and had aver
! ages ranging from rs down 10 -. .Hurditch
also cNcelIed as a wicketkeeper ana his sue
games.
he Brooklyn club entered two teams in
the leagne series and came out fairly well
ia the competition. Team A tied with Pater-
son for second place. winning s games out
of 70 and losing ?. but for the poor policy
Of sending teams not fully, representing the
have gone through the season without de-
feat. Power. of course, ,dlstanced al his
fellow players IN his wonderful bstting per-
torrance. only once IN the series did, he
fail to get I'm double figures, wblle IN boWIng
he was steady and rcsourceful and always
10 he depcndcd on. W. r Jackson had an
average Of p, Tor $ completed innings and
started on wen win a me score on ~ ~ ine
first game. &. r.. Blader, VINO participated
in only hve games during the latter part oi,
the season. had an average OF over 20 anu
captured II Ylckets IoT an average OF ; runs
apiece; r O.fan,dRr, \, hn VA !" III S So,vro
san ana t.; MhcIBSlson nsu uVnDie MRuIS
9, and the all-rOu4d Worf OF A. Lowell. ..
smith u; rover an" a. orph Sa5 ~ Se'uenIe
possessed be{ter DOW my taIenta miu'h nlgher
ponltton wou,u ndVS oSsp h btji defo,,od
once by Brookiyn ana once Py staten Island
defeat feat, ana ana i ,n ,b soS %oL Pos ~ wa" sm d4e ngfaIWSE
n..a.H NJ n,t,gn mud W hnHIa Nth hnlI
Hooper. " huiiGe anu :" boun' WIN pan
and bat, The od IirSt named SH t 2noD 81 Mi C5t
AZ an AVERAGE Gost " : IIiS noopei hccuItu
20 wlckets a9u ,aS av rtIn 81 ~ no MIL a annd , O%t'
bunCe lOlaKeu ioU [uila ~ inIlhE ~ u tooh
Is Nlckets ioL . run9 'hoI' Will nouuS Jap,
tuieu y NI'hc'9 INV j" Az "'ei"SV vi ID
AT paltinE, Co, oo,, ia r,i-i. uou
me hInES IUu1Ig Ieami ~ daIiy VII
~ stlilhs ipur nlCtoItaS Hut u tNe,nr E"mes
paaSeu. o III * ~ % %nI IhouIpy e"iGG W
hgam ShoSn III ane Mea ma pG mi niM.
bhrhes lgu Lmt poMienS anu hsu pNceIitIou-
ally good ,hgures, Nhlle y. y Mahon, r. IS;
neece am ~ Di maci'Wvh ahon an "a srst in
over 10 runs a Wl'hel, NlJhon Nas mrs, IN
Datilhs, MIN an dytraEt 81 neatig ~ Luns,
WINE Tohslstent NOTE Widh n pay Was sho"h
py,J l. oI1HLl hyeCe anu n =. A1Moou,
Inc hIohtoialr ciuo iLaSGu Is nIst season
unuep me ddsPaces Oh tnG , 'VnnSSnr anu uou az
Wen as coiBu Pe eNptcled uliuet Vne Hiicuna-
stances, boWiiHg was y cd Weak HoiN wibi Hhs
pesu antHiEe Dtns c'eu ~ a w. 1919
mouse Win % Nlckets 10. ~ runs' y; lurner
anu p. W, DaItletI prOpeu n'IS rAnshsnJs
Inc i1ln'Er y 'yhVhe CsOsotmre "a ~ n ~
80 - onteoa Tn iost nar,ad Ala The bast
batting Scoring liz runs with an average
OF : uarbo,,a, r.oo-d y rotbor disor-