Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

104 THE (M1ADMl2 ?>RTqKET FIELD. And of the Kolhosh nemuber who elected was neoxt Jnnue, Ami of Freddiu, otherwise caliled rit, who caught a catch too soon, And of Winkle -not old Pickwick's chmat -whose side were nover out, And of discontented blaxio, who was always in a pont. Andul somiotimes 'bout Phentoienon, who nuver gota score, And Smuaythe, of Caunda, whoso runs would liardly toto up more, And of lis Eiglisli iammesake, who bought Granmger in the pool, And of bowl and counters Blackleg wlom the M.P . couldn't fool. 'Twas on the date I said beforo wo westward went our way, To the " ambitions city" which as sot oniBurlington's fine bay,. And wrestled with theso blowlards with al our might and main, An thero wero only aie of us, and, Lord it would'int rain. W'e diC our be8t, but siowly runs kopt fallinig to our lot, For Cow Gillespie always bowled and always 011 the spot, And thoui Phenoi got fifty-two, Hope captured just ciglit more, And Hlannlton wero wimnaers on their lirst by eighty-four. But this Hope, who captured sixty, lit many up on high, And one into the M.P's hands refused, ho up did sky, Who thinmkit.g vas of iron mines or gypsun bed he'd sold, Or alluvial deposits lige of Oiimaeca gold. At Toronto wo made thirty-three, which score, I mnght reiark, Was kept withmi the thirties more to have a first.class lark, JUntil the Veteran began to mako the fielders hump, 'Tie bowlers could'nt bowl a :ail that t'en coultd graze a stumnp. And Maxie wasn't out for tei, anld miglit have got hie eighty- Vhich scoro for his ability as not at all too weighty- But lucky 'tis that anyono got a chance at ail to play, For our train was nearly tolescoped by Burlingtons file bay. The Lord's day intervening camne and each one iwent to Kirk, And prayed as liard as lie could pray to be allowed to hrk, Somte little timle at wicket, and not be bowled first bail, In fact, " Oh, let me make somte runmas before ny wickets fal." Next morning founid I Zingari ail mnustered in Port I[ope, The wicket tlat wu played upon was built upon a slope, And Captain Kirk deserted, and Phenon ruled insteaid, And when the rain cane tumbling down lie on first innings led. The thuuder roared out louder, and the rain cate pouring down, Andielai one poured down lager beer lis sulkiness to drown, And whien the pour vas over-that's the rain of course, not beer- We sallied out apain to play beneath a sky quite clear. And then the Vet, of Ottawa, and Smnaythe, of Englaud, started, And whcn the rain camîîe tumibling down tLiis pair had not becnl parted, And then we stopped for keeps, id heard the Port Hope captain tell, How if it would clear up again I Zingari 'd catch lades. And later hailed the ,Spartan, and eacih one went aboard, Hoping to find some diinuer there that mîightaway be stored, But of grub on board thiat steamboat there was an awful dearth, Nor was there left to rest ns in one solitary berth. And then we moaned our fate and ftlt a weakness in our legs, Till the captai» sent the cook below to get us ham» and eggs, Anld when we'd gobbled thIis we conigregated ini the bow, And proceeded to annoy and iake a most unholy row. First, captain sang of Jolinny dlcar whîose wife did liardly know himl, Ana of the gunc and rumis thiat most unmerciful didi blow liim; And Freddie told some stories long of catches ho ad made, 'ite Sourrilons Shet went better. lie was fibbing, l'n afraid. The momber for the Kohosh sang of friends that ail did die Because to do more than they could these animals did try, They tried to say umî, um, uin, tmn, when their speech it was w, e, wee Tie Blackleg flipped a copper up and stuck the ex-M.]P. Oh ! what a nlight was that we speut on board that awfuI Steamlier, Fron sleeping in the rain Kirk got rheuiatiz of the femiur : And when Kingston, with its forts and jal, wo reached at 5 a.m., We hustled off to rest ourselves 'fore we began the gamte. And as aci oped his eye at cight and noted it did rain, lie kmîîd of did'nt mtuch object and turned and slopt again And as each successive half hour passed andi the storn had not abated, He snoozed again and then again, nor recked that lircakfast waited. of ail th menals I ever ato, yo gods! do Tyet live ? That breakfast, oh, most adjective ! enough to colic give, It raimied ail day, and we loafcd around the Burnett P ouae ; what fun ! For worst oL rottenost botels it surely takes the bun. But the steamieor alssport hovo iii siaiht, and wo went aboard at five. Anti after voe'd grabbed chairs Ain hour the breakfast did arrive, And then wo got a pool t and auctioned off each sinnor, And Sinîaytho, of Eiglandt , favorite sold as likely to be winnor. And hero Phenoinenon began to tako some jottingsti down, Thto sammo h'il publah as a guide to tourists from his town, Thie size will bue octavo and tlh bitinding likely paper ; We auticipâto the items, as wo cribbed themn for a caper. " allops rapide, 10 a.am. , 'twill likoly rain next week, "Thio houscs oi the isBle have roofs, aiid thie natives look quito iiock, "Tio boat goes faster down the streamî than when all's calmn and still, llencq when the watcr runs so quick it must bo down a bill. S11.30, playing whist, the Illackleg horrid scores,' Tle Shoot so Seurrilous revokes and gives the villain fours, "V1ich nultipued by twenty.five explauis juait what it Cost, "And gives one some idea of what i and Scurry lost. "1, Plîenom, coiltin't maio a point, and Freddie took my tit, "Ai Scurry put his quarters up and Blacklog roped tlei in, " And Kohioslh got so imad to see the luck fall t these wloppers, "He foried ai anti-Blacklcg leaguo to save thoir peneo and coppers." By twelve o'clock, or sooner perhaps, ve ail sat down to dine, And Scurry matelied with qiuarters and stuck Blackleg for the wino, Andithon thero was rejoicinîg in tho aiti-Blackleg camp, And Kohosh jumniped for joy aid rar. hlis head against a lamp. Tie Long Salt rapids hove in sight, and Pheonm jottedl down, Somno ieumoranda for that guide to people from bis town "If Arabi Pasha dries up the MNmiioudioli Canial- "lis likelihood to accomplish which I hold a mere cabal- "Tie Long Sault water iiight be used to give the Englisli drink, It's just as g.od as vater fromt the Nile, I'vo cause to think Upoi the right a little boy is fishing for a whale, " That.fish thîat's not a fish at ail with hoterocercal tail. "2.40, passtd the Cedars ; now thow rapids are so called Bcauso the islands in their course are rocky not nor bald, But coveretd o'er with conifers, iost of the genus cedrus: This is no idle fabl- of the ancient Thracian Plhtedrus. "Lachine rapids, 5 p.n., tho lalian came on board, "That by his practised skill with wlhcel we safely hore might ford, . I've rend a ical in Glasky town or Mr. J. F. Cooper, 4 And of the noble redman whose « 1 ted 't up whoop her.' "But this specimen of nature that I now do jot about " Is an ordinary lazy-looking greasy sort of lout, " Who don't look to have a hankering for scalps of white man's gore, "But a quite contented pilot of the navigation corps. "But the way lie stecred that steamboat : first it seemed aupon a rock, "And as if we ever struck it we would never feel the slhock, Then we swooped airound sol icar it every prsonieltd lis breath, And the silence, but for squall of kide, was liko tho peace of death. " ien when the cuarrent cauuht her she leaned over suci a space, " I thouglît lier centre of gravity vould &ailwithout her base; "Aud when she righted in a surge of vater, like à waif, "I congratulated with mîysolf that jots and-I wcre safe. At last we reached the harbour of that city of the hill And pat up at the Windsor, where ve later got a bill That kind oif took the bottomu out of nost our trouser pockets, And forced the pronisiug young Colt to pawn his watch and lockets. Hore Koliosh and the Veteran began the gamo for us- Old Kirk was caled away on biz, so Pienom " ran the Bus," When Snipi lue bowled some shooter balls an Pheiom and the Vet lietired bowled out for one and two, but Smaythe he noue dhl,get. Then Kohosh sîamamed thoso shooter balls away up in the air, And rau and got sone ruas for then, though there werc fielders thr, Then after he got out there seemed to be nue long procession, I ask pardon of I Zingari for unres.rved confession. And then another man called Smith, though hue spells it, with a "y," With Hamilton, of Montreal, began their luck to try, And both dia well, and Fraser too, and Browning for a while, Till lie was cauglit by Blackleg on a good one, I should smile. And Muir vas cauglht by English Snaytho in bis left band on the rua Which catch, for first-class catches, most surely " yanks the bun," And Freddio's stch a runuer, hle's just like the supplo duer; . He ran so very faut and well, bis catch fell in hais rear.