Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-08
BASEBALL MAY BE
DRIVEN FROM
CANADA
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NEW YORK.-Baseball is doomed
to a miserable death in Canada, ac-
cording to the Australian cricketers,
who are now in New York Baseball
was unwillingly forced upon the peo-
pie of the Dominion, say the visiting
/ Australians, who made the further
startling assertion that there is a de-
cided movement on foot in Canada to
GUST the great American game in
favor of the English national game Of
cricket.
Anyway, in the course of their mis-
sionary trip across the continent from
Victoria. B. c.. at every place at which
they played the Australians were well
coined with the widest enthusiasm
At their port of entry the mayor even
declared a public holiday on the day
of the match, and the whole town turn
ed out with bands and banners to
watch the local players battle with
the colOnists.
Schools Began Movement.
The movement to popularize crick-
ct in CANADA emanates from the
schools, colleges and universities.
Dean Charles E. Moyse, of McGill un-
1yersity, Is an ardent advocate OF
cricket, and never lets a chance slip
by to boost cricket to the detriment
| Of baseball Efforts are being made
IN Canada to make cricket part Of the
curriculum In the schools, as 1t prae-'
tically is in England. Every boy in
an English school is compelled, I
seems to play cricket and football,
unless he can produce physicians
certificate to the effect that he is
either lame. halt or blind.
Since they arrived at Victoria at
the end of Day. the Australians have
played at Vancouver, Edmonton,
Prince AlJert, Toronton. Montreal,
Philadelphia, Schenectady and Pitts
burg. and are booked to play on their
return journey at Ottawa. Montreal.
McGill university, Winnipeg. Regina,
Yorkton. Saskatoon, Prince Albert.
Edmonton. Calgary, Vancouver and
Victoria.
Interest In Cricket.
While the Australians Understood
that cricket has no more. chance OF
displacing baseball riin the United
States tnan, say, kite flyingss r. B.
BENJAMIN. the manager of the Aus
tralian team. proudly boasts that he
has already been asked to play In so
matches in the United States and
Canaua next year II he decides again
to bring over his team.
Cricket is making great strides in
the United States" Mr.. BENJAMIN said
today. OF course, we expected TO
lind things fiourishing in Philadelphia,
Whic. h vi6s with Staten Island as
q center of cricket In this country,
but we were very agreeably surprised
at the reception we received at Pitts
burg, whre splendid crowd turned
out to see u.s.
Il understand that interest is grow
ing in cricket at Haverford. the I'M
iversity of Pennsylvania, and at Prov
idence, and at other points in New
England. Here in New York, am
told, there are at least 5000 close fol-
lowers of the game"
just Rafting Good.
i have seen a number of games of
baseball since have been over here
said one of the Australian players,
"and ] am bound to confess that it is
a rafting good game. Your fielding
is wonderful, but have several tines |
wondered whether your baseball men
could catch hard cricket ball 80
feet from the batter with bare hands
As game to watch, baseball. I'll
admit, cannot be beaten, but see
no reason why you should not take
up cricket as pastime If you find
baseball too taxing game for all but
the professional.
We don't pretend for moment
that cricket is hard athletic pur-
suit. 1t is simply healthful out
door pastime. 1t is a game OF skill,
and the very pace at which it is |
played, with its long intervals for
luncheon and tea, allows of much Soc
ial intercourse between the players
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