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    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
    A "Bawl" for American Cricket
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    A "Bawl" for American Cricket

    By Jones Wister

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    "A "Bawl" for American Cricket" by Jones Wister. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 12, 2019
    ISBN4064066184179
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      A "Bawl" for American Cricket - Jones Wister

      Jones Wister

      A Bawl for American Cricket

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      [email protected]

      EAN 4064066184179

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I. COMPARING BASE BALL WITH CRICKET.

      CHAPTER II. DARK DAYS OF CRICKET.

      CHAPTER III. FIELDING.

      CHAPTER IV. BATTING.

      CHAPTER V. THE MANAGEMENT OF A MATCH.

      CHAPTER VI. GENERAL REMARKS.

      CHAPTER VII. DEFINITIONS.

      CHAPTER VIII. LAWS OF CRICKET.—AS REVISED BY THE MARLEYBONE CRICKET CLUB, MAY, 1890.

      CHAPTER I.

      COMPARING BASE BALL WITH CRICKET.

      Table of Contents

      The popular demand for perfect ball playing, has developed such marked differences in England and America, that a short comparison between base ball and cricket may be of interest to some readers, and may tend to greater toleration. Here the professional has been brought into undue prominence, because of his recognized skill, while the people ignore the efforts of the amateurs, and cannot be induced to part with their quarter to see a comedy of base ball errors, or witness the efforts of the undisciplined cricketer, to amuse himself at their expense.

      In England the superiority of the professional cricketer is quite as marked as that of the professional base ball player, but his skill is employed in his regular business, which consists in teaching the amateurs, who abound in countless numbers. They are called gentlemen cricketers, as distinguished from their preceptors, the professionals, and play their National game as well, or perhaps better. The exhibition of base ball professionals in every city of America, has given the youth of this generation, opportunities to learn the game and their magnificent ball playing upon the diamond, is a worthy example for American cricketers, and the popularity of the National Game is largely due to the skill of these professional experts. The organizations are sustained by capitalists, whose investments depend upon the character of the games, and the system has given it an impetus which has placed it in the front rank of American sport, and brought the play up to the highest standard. Cricket on the contrary is played in America almost exclusively by amateurs, who deserve the highest praise for the manner in which they have upheld American Cricket, especially when it is remembered that their English adversaries, inherit their national game from their fathers, grand-fathers, and great-grand-fathers, and that each generation of cricketers takes up and improves upon the play of its predecessor. Many clubs employ professionals as teachers, who not withstanding their superior cricket are always excluded from trophy matches.

      This comparison we believe will interest enquirers after facts, while those whose vision is obscured by a total eclipse of either game, will skip to something more interesting. The base in the National game corresponds with the run in cricket, and is ninety feet long; the distance between wickets is sixty-six feet, but between creases which is the length of a run, the distance is fifty-eight feet, or thirty-two feet shorter than a base. The average runner of a base must consume enough additional time to cover the added distance. Supposing that two and one-half seconds is required by the runner of the base, only one and one-half seconds is consumed by the cricketer in making his run. This difference in time means a preponderating advantage to the fielder upon the diamond, and a corresponding one to the batsman in cricket. The public, chiefly for this reason, has pronounced upon the sloth of cricketers, and the rapidity of those who play base ball. The unthinking spectator concludes that cricketers are sleepy, while fielders upon the diamond are consiantly performing feats of wonder. The cricketer makes his run of only fifty-eight feet with ease and almost certainty if he uses fair discretion, while the striker of a base ball must attempt his run though bitter experience tells him that it is an impossibility. It will at once be seen that the runner of the compulsary long base is almost handicapped out of the race by the cricketer who makes a discretionary short run.

      The baseball fielder has been given tremendious time, advantages over the cricket fielder by the long base as well as by the forced run. These advantages are increased by the construction of the diamond, which fouls off three-quarters of the field, thereby permitting eight fielders to be placed almost elbow to elbow in front of the doomed batter.

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