The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
To a. iRD HNkETS IRON RiIN.
EnsIlsh Crick~'rrS copy american Base-
bau Methods 10y Z sing Tarpauiin.

English trrketers have taken loaf our
NJ the book Of american baseball PLAYERS
for nowadays when ~ rains the wi'k"i ~
covered by q tarpaulin In Oldcn times
and M TIL very recrnilv u Wa u serious
breach 81 the rules to cover any part Of The
PLAYING ground. no matter how u rain"d
The fact that dry ground would mproV"
the quality of tho bowling never approached
to those IN authority The NarNl"b"ne
cricket club Va- 10" first 20 -uRgr-i cover
ing the ground so It Sll he the custom all
over England very soon Va English
criti' saw N BdHg. Nn00 -r"'
The H. junction Of IN. Mar, ,"nou" ri' ke'
club to defy m" wrtt'.n law ~ cri, ket by
covering IN" bowl~rS' portion Of h" wicket
during the course ~ match IN order 10
has already been tn" means ~ saving much
time and We are shocked now bv the r'i ol.
le"tion ~ how YEAR nRn distinguished
county professional bowler Wa severely
admonished and rrbuk"d for unfair play
becnu-e when n game Vas stopped on az
count ~ ram he had the go"i -ens" before
running oh for shelter To- PIT few hand
ful- OF S1wdu-t n IN" holes 20" had mad"
by bowling Tho very thing shi'h ~ =
small way occurred ~ the early ist- and Wa
regarded bv leading authority On the
game NJ very Wirkrd - now re on ~ 'nd-d
by the MaTylebone Iri"kei club and haii'd
as a wonderful imurOVrmeni
Another fresh factor toward finishing
county mat hes has been the method ~
scoring points for the so allied county
previous seasons a county which sues '-''ded
IN " inning once and drawing all their other
matches would be- ~ the head ~ the table
with the highest pu@sibl percentage ~
lD nder that system IN" ~, "nfiNe to
COUNTIES was To avoid defeat han'" the
highly deVelOp~d Rnd di-grar~ful cult OF
drawn match Under the n"W system
the incentive this season u 10 ~ Tor y IN
~ any risk since "A drawn mat h - me- less
disastrous than loss \ 'a-- Ia illustrate
the altered conditions was the match at
nottingham between Noti- and Nork-hir"
on June Yorkshire scored rH' and got
Notts out for Ira Mr. Radcliffe. the York
shire captain. with an advantage Of 80
runs did not attempt "a e'onomIe I'm" AMI
20 out for "A " in against the weather nv max
Yorkshire 1battNd again in leisurely fashion
until they had :, orrd euo for wi.ket-.
when the innings vas lie Jared clO-ed
leaving Motifs the task Of making 49, runs
in Ave hours and ten minutes. which could
he got at the 10y No means furious pace OF
OF Mr. Radcliffe was "ommendahle, a. n
gave Notta a rhanre Of Winning by q line
effort anil such a brilliant start did Mr.
Jones their captain, give them that when he
was third man out for "A grand total OF llS
NOtt- had two hours and forty minutes
peRed, for Hard=tan and g. Gum wasted
the next hour and three-quarter- IA getting
~ runs all hope of finishing the game
VAS gone Notts a. the Nni-h retIuiTtng
" runs 10 win With four wicketS TO fall
Here was good sporting mrtch spoiled by
the ~ runs not out complied ny y Gunn IN
los minutes
May We he allowed to -ugge~i to him snd
10 any hatsman like him that nov ndays
they might take 10 heart N" inpervtouz
words ~ tho great Roosevelt. 6et In ~
get Outr'