The chronicle=news., 1913-06-07

daily more interesting and the sit
uation here today gives rise TO the
question whether baseball Is not 10
become a world game instead of an
outcome OF international contests y,
the end of the season.
Ehsland's national xame. cricket.
is facing u crisis. The people IRE
complaining that II Is too slow. and
1t Is being compared. greatly To its
disadvantage. TO the snap. speed and
sustained interes, of baseball. Gate
receipts for the county champion
ship matches have fallen 50 fast that
Icricket fans" are worried over the
future Of the game. Cricket follow
ers want exactly what the baseball
public occasionally clsmors for more
hard hitting. The great complain;
lS that The players Of the present
day are given too much TO safe play.
infiead of taking chances by hitting
the ball hard.
and seldom furnishc, any exeiting
finishes seems NJ best very slow &c
Americans. but one Of the complaints
against cricket today is that the
players loaf ut their work. They
stroll onto the field: take long rests
for tea. and generally waste time.
Some newspapers are dIscu.sin.
changes In the rules. and among 9TH
cr suggestions are harder grounds
and y liver" ball To make play
swiftcr.
Hut . more radical note IL beinE
heard with considerable insixicncc.
Cricket not meeting the need Of the
day In England. baseball IL being
seriously considered a. national
snbnii iiiutc. and the cGucs,ion ~he,h-
rs the great American game will NO;
become the summer paytime of the
British Isles II by no means Idle COS
sip. Proposals have been made SER
iousiy by u number of English sport
Ink writer's that the American game
b" given u trial. These men ar-
Disguised with the state Of cricket.
and dcciHr. any hope Of reforming
that r,mc In exceedingly remote.
with tic present authorities In con-
troi.
Baseball han already reached some
degree Of popularity In ireland. and
n number Of teams are piayin; hall
In III" Midionds. Several teams are
planning to play this summer In
London. Among these is n nine
ccmporcd exclusively OF the employ
ccs Of u London branch Of nm Amcri-
can firm. and the Columbian Park
Boys club Of San Francisco. now Wis
itIns England. will cndcavor tn In
boys here.
OF the many auctions Of art trcnx-
urcx and personal mcmcntocx which
are \ frcIu feature Of London
life. no recent sale has created 10
much Interest as the forthcoming
disposal OF the treasures left by 81,
Lawrence Dina -Taicmn.
Tadcn,a was not only n painter.
he also designed furniture and dec
Grated houses. His own house in 81.
Johns Wood was one Of the most re-
markablc In London. not alone for
Its store OF valuable art objects. an
c'cnt and modern. but for the person.
nj souvenirs from brother artists
which enrich II. The forty-fivc pnn-
els in the hall. all done by eminent
artists rs gifts. are world famous.
These panels. together with all the
other art works. are being sold by
the artists daughter. SarRent's
''Javanese Dancer. Lelghton's Bath
Of Psyche" and valuable works by
Whistler. Sir Alfred East. Sir Ed
ward J. Poyntcr, and many other
acndcmicians are included In the re-
markablc group.
Sir Alma -Tadcma had magnifi-
cent piaaofortc which he designed
himself. 1t was partly ornamented
with silver. and on parchment pan
els bore the autographs OF the most
celebrated pianistss of recent time,
all pf whom had played upon II.
Much valuable old Oriental and Eu-
ropean furniture, with furniture of
his own designs, paintings. tapes
tries, porcclRins and other works of
art will be dispersed.
The fate OF the studio itself Is n
problem. Few artists could afford
of their own dcsi IN and with less OF
the personality OF another artist ut
tachcd to them.
A good deal OF talk has been oc-