The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
Bv WILLIAM UNMACK

The crisis in the championship race
has passed. Nothing remains but an
aftermath The partisan feelings eX-
hibited during the final stages of last
Sundays games are to be regretted
Looking at the aftermath of the Bar
barian-San Francisco game the writer
does not take issue with one side or
the other. but from an unbiased stand
point il is certain that in many re-
spects both teams were at fault. for
what was almost a disgracefuI finish
TO what should have been a game
fraught with nothing but the greatest
friendliness.
The original agreements as 10 time
limit was that if no decision had been
arrived at by $50 play was to continue
another half hour" Immediately at
$50 an argument started on the time
question, one Of the officials getting his
ideas very mixed as to the original
time arrangement.
The result was the Barbarians, with
only half their team, went into bat.
and protested the course they had to
take. The decision had already been
arrived at on the first innings and it
was not necessary for the San Fran
cisco team to send their opponents in.
The Barbarian first inning closed at
4.15, and a few minutes later the coun-
~ team went to bat, as it was per-
fectlv justified in doing. At 500 they
declared their inning closed. and the
score book showed 10l runs, or in
other words, in less than 10 minutes
the batsmen had made over 100 runs.
To the writer this seems an absolute
physical LS-9Ossibility. with the class Of
cricket displayed on this coast and no
doubt this performance is a Pacific
coast record, and, in fact, not very sar
below the first class record OF the
world
Tn their first inning the Barbarians
hatted nearly two and half hours
and IN that time could only complete
145. runs. and even then the batsmen
made several boundary hits for large
amounts that not one Of the opposing
team made. AS the county team de-
clared its inning closed and the Bar
barians We're unable TO complete their
second inning the correct decision of
the game should have been a draw in
favor of the Barbs.
The san Francisco team in sending
lis opponents to the bat a second time
tried to take an unfair and unjust
technical advantage of them
In some branches of professional
sports where a win means the gaining
Of definite end every technical point
IS. with justice. taken advantage Of
In amateurism however this is not
the true ethic Of sportsmanship. and
pointing" is not the slogan Of a thor
ough amateur
Going back TO the game in question
the Barbarians were at fault in not
seeing that their score book was prop
erly attended TO. The Barbarian plav-
ers who left the field before the close
OF the game with the exception Of
one man who was severely iniured)
were also at fault. as no player should
leave any game until the umpire calls
the close.
There was a misunderstanding on
the part Of officials and players on
certain rules relating to substitutes.
The rules on this point are very clear.
Eule - states that substitutes will be
allowed only in cases of illness or
injury and for no other reason
Rule 80 distinctly states that the
consent Of the opposing side has to
be gained as 10 which person shall
act as substitute and what place in
the field he viii take
These rules are very clear and all
solutely make the second innings of
both teams illegal
On looking over the performances of
the different cricket teams this season
the thing that strikes one very forcibly
is the weakness Of every team when
two or three men from each side are
absent Every team in the competition
has very unreliable tail" Again
every team has about three men in
which they place their entire faith. and
with these men away from any particu-
lar game the result is very poor per-
formance.
Games scheduled for today are as fol-
lows: Alameda VS. Golden Gate. at Ala
media Barbarians vs.. San Mateo, at
stadium.