Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-30
"PLAY CRICKET"MOT
GOOD FOR ANY SPORT
Colonel Metca of British Incogniti VISITING Crcketers
Espounds Principles Of Game and Hopes for
II Cricket Development in america
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

nNRICKET is the supreme sport.
" We Britons believe that to the
standards of cricket is directly trace
.hle the national character of Great
pr;tain. The fundamental principles
of cricket are submerging the individual
Sar the whole honesty, fair play and
snortsmnnship, and through the medium
~ playing the game we have all OF us
had these principles drummed into us
from schooldays.
mTbey are so recognized as I'm es-
,ontial part of the game that play
cricket' Is a national expression in
business, in every act. every motive.
Cheating, unfair methods, that's not
pisoi piGooionel e, ]. Metcalf. Of the Brit
ish Incogniti Cricket Club team, paused
n his conversation at the Philadelphia
Tricket Club yesterday afternoon to
light up his pipe.
The cricket team Of which he Is the
"skinper'' had just finished hard
.ftornoon's practice of-golf. When a
sootbalI team goes to the country for
tpa;ning before big game it plays
colf It's the same with oarsmen, ball
ssiarers. runners, sometimes even box
I've So. perhaps, there wasn't any
th;ny unusual in a cricket team doing
They had even brought their own
clubs.
British Braces
II was. however, a bit unusual to
soc golfers on course. British play
ers above all others, without coats in
suspenders. s., -
And some of those suspenders were
things of beauty, from narrow, plated
thongs all the way to great. wide
leather straps with huge. silver buckles.
The British pant is superior affair,
tbe last word for wealth of material,
roominess and supreme comfort.
"Slacks," we believe, is the proper
word for British breeches. At any rate
more than the ordinary American har-
ness was surely needed in this case. we
imagine, to stay with those 'slacks,'
SO perhaps it was better after all that
the cricketing golfers DID wear sus-
penders ..
hr;yht eyed caddies said las golfers
they are great cricket players"
Most OF them hit a tremendously
long ball off. the tee. Some of the
balls, indeed. have not been found yet.
Scores of 800 are sometimes made by
cricket batters. As mentioned, these
yolfers we're good cricket players.
The Britons. were much exercised
over the caddy fees. Abroad the fee is
supposed to amount to about twelve
cents. ...
"For all of us?" asked one cricket
or as he was told the American fee.
That done, their thoughts turned, in
the direction Of all healthy athletes.
"When do we eat?' asks Yankee.
when do we dine?" asked the
youngest member of the British party
yesterday. -, :.
Directly, directly" replied Colonel
Metcalfe. I'VE are to have our pic
ture taken first" =.
That snapped, we stepped forward.
Didnt know whether they-use a -don- :
ble-N grip in cricket, or a follow =
through. or the difference between mid
Oft and m.b.w.," but Colonel Met.
calfe didn't need much urging on his
favorite subject.
'Just what is the Incognito Club"
was asked.
"Er- Incog -neye- -teye it is, rather.
he replied, pronouncing the ''i' as in
eye, with the accent on the second syl-
liable IT'S a club about sixty years
old. with no particular qualifications
except that you have to play cricket
We travel all over haven't any crease
of our own.
I'VE came to this country to try tC