Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-27

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tame to an American as the moo of a
COW would seem to a roaring lion. or
as spring water lemonade would taste
70 colonel from Kentucky. The
game began at 10 clock in the morn
ing, with Yorkshire, the visiting team
at the bat. At one O'Clock the Yorks
were put out after making rs runs.
Then there was lunch and the crowd
stayed on the field and under the
trees for what looked to me like a
harvest home picnic in Kansas. At 2
O'Clock play was resumed and contin-
ued till O'Clock, when the game
stopped for the players and spectators
to have tea. Yes, tea. 1t was too
much for me. | saw the last haR of
the first inning would not be ended
In one day so | quit the cuicketers
and their tea and went off to look at
an old church which was more excit-
ing.
There are some peculiarities about
cricket when viewed from an Ameri
can standpoint. The association or
league corresponds very we'll to our
National or American league. A club
club Of eleven men may be all profes-
SIGNALS or, as is usually the case,
some may be amateurs. A profession
al is player who is paid and on the
score his name appears without pre-
fix, just Brown But if he is an
amateur and plays without paw, his
name is on hte score card az. VI.
Brown, Esq He is then called a
gentleman player The game usu-
ally lasts two days. The side that Dis
in stays in until ten men are put out.
The pitcher or bowler tries 10 hit the
wicket, three little posts sanding
like our base ball home plate. and If
he does. the batter is out. The bat
ter, or in English the batsman. de-
tends the wicket and when he hits
the ball far enough runs to the other
wicket, which is located at the pitch
er's box. If he knocks fly and it is
caught he is out, or if the fielder gets
the ball and hits the wicket while he
is running. he is out. Two batsmen
are up at a time and a man may make
a lot of runs. l saw Wooney, the
pride of Kent, score Sc runs, and play
ers often exceed the hundred mark.
If the game is not finished in tthree
days it DIS declared off.
The crowd was quiet and adyEke.
Occasionally they would applaud and
say well bowled, SIR but they did
not tell the umpire he was rotor
and they never urged the visiting
club to warm up another pitcher. Not
a word was said by the players, not
pop bottle was thrown, nobody was
benched and there never was
thought of such thing. The Eng
lish are better sportsmen than we
are and they applaud a good play
by a visitor. A man who tried to
rattle the bowler by screaming that
his arm was glass, would be arrested
and probably hung.
Besides the cathedral, the quaint
buildings and the cricket, Canter.
bury also offered an opportunity to
see the moving pictures of the JEFF
fries+Johnson prize fight in a thea
tire next to the church. OF course /
did not go. | told several English
men that in America we considered
these pictures degrading and as be
tween the fight pictures and the
Cathedral l preferred the cathedral.
Besides, | had seen the fight pictures
before.
Another very interesting church in
Canterbury is st. Martins, a little
one but considered the mother church
of England. 1t is said to be the one
erected for Queen Bertha before her
Saxon husband, Bthelbert, was con-
verted. This was prior 10 600. 1t is
on a foundation which was used for
Roman temple. Within the church
is big stone font said to have been
used for the baptiZing of Ethelbert.
There is no doubt but that the his
story Of st. Martins is clear and 1t
is the Oldest Christian church i'm all
England.
Associating with old cathedrals and
Saxon churches makes one feel few
thrills. Even the inn where Chaucer
put up his pilgrims seems modern.
But cricket and the prize fight pic
lures make up sort of balance and
second hand shops with wonderful
statesmen, bring one back 10 the 10th
century. Canterbury has. famous
brewery which is better patponized 10
cally than is the cathedral, and farm
ais are in town trying to get hop picl
ers just like Kansas farmers after
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