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TEST MATCH CAPTAINS.
AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL?.
says
THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE BY A LADY JOURNALIST.
A VENED QUESTION,
I have lived in many places, and my long experience of life tells me that most of the. Should a professional cricketer be al-troubles which rob women of health ami hap lowed to captain England in Test pines, and shorten their lives, are due to match?
Yes and aneglect: I don't wish to frighten you, but
• There is a confict :05 Indured becasse girls were in a pear' stata of No Fother
tall you taler of the terrible miserias opinion,
& controversy in the midst of health when they crossed the border line b "series of struggles to which there is, no
parallel. Nothing could be more in tween girlhood and womanhood, or becaus appropriate wreta" Tityrus recently' in women neglectal their health about the the
Athletic Fers. The time in out of shangaful season of life. joint, and the discussion as execrable as a jote at a funeral.
that
from actual experience of these differ. ent classes of women that I know, firably.
good, regular health upes the well-being sad song life depends upon regalar health of the
org of digestion. The
principal organs, of course, are the stomach, liver and bowels and they are so alied in the work they do, that i one of them gets out of order, the others umally follow spit. Of course, the stomach gets out of order very easily, especi ally if we don't take our meals regularly, or sat what don't agree with us, but I am sometimes inained to think that constipation is woman's worst enemy.
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That any cricketer, above all men, should say a word at such to time suggest that Arthur Gilligan is not the leader in whom we all put our trust, in whom the whole team has not implicit and unwavering confidence, is deplorable, Surely Gilligan has enough to do to con- tend against the Australians and a team of his own that is not physically sound.
Although it has almost seemed as if Partin is pursuing a leud commcneeil last summer, perhaps it were wiser to think
pok the Lancashire professional has women, constipation in uften the and in older women, Annenia, spoken for his class, and Lord Hawke fortiss
cause of is a soured, of
wall a great danger his class.
moat miserable complaint. But when you take Parkin says:
Why not Hobbs, as the three chief organs of digestion, and super captain Lord Harke prays remember that, if they are out of order, ve publicly to God that no professional may
pains after eating wind in the can have ever captain England. The famous stomach, headaches, bibiguanes, constinatio Yorkshire lender declares that he spoke nervousnces, anaemia, and the terrible. as he felt, and no doubt the professional which women suffer in silence, you will reality. was, in his way just as frank and blunt. see that nothing could be more important than it would have been much better for both to keep these organs in thorough working
order. of them had neither ever spoken.
WHEN DOCTORS, DISAGREE,
such a point had to be raised and debated it would have been wiser to wait. until the middle of, March, when the equanimity of Arthur Gilligan could not possibly have been disturbed.
Who shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest enscists doubt, like you
and me!
Ir you will only see to it that you do this, all will be well, and, luckily for us, the mean of keeping the digestive organs in thorough order is within our rench, in thst -established family remedy, Hother Seigel's Syran
I am impressed by three things in favour of Mother Segel's Syrup, which is undoubtedly the ideal digestive tonic, and stomach and liver remedy. In the first place, it is made of curative extracts of roots, barku and leaves,
which act directly upon the stomach, liver and urg and strengthening
is them to a Secondly, Mother Seigels to-day, just as
ay it 1 fty
For even Gilbert Jessop, and Peres Fender do not agree with Lord Hawke. Jesup seems to apprehend the time when a professional will be the captain of Syrup IN team, and views the prospect with serenity. years ago. Through all these years, it ha Fender bas quite an open mind, and does been correcting stomach and liver disorder not see why the death of cricket would with wonderfal success, Finally I know of follow the moment a professional capo other medicins which is
in backed by the tained side.
same couriucing testimony to its curative No wonder it has a world-wide" reputation and enjoys undiminished popularity. For those who prefer it Mother Seigel's Syrup is also sold in Tablet form.-323.
Sir Edwin Sterktou regards the whole Pow thing as very regrettable and pt in the best interesis of sport.
Lord Hawke, in what, must be taken as an outburst, tvowed that had Parkin been a Yorkshire player be would never have been played again-or words to that
#fect.
And all this hubbub while the English! eleven
is fighting for the prestige of their country. To re English cricketers qua relling among themselves over a point of etiquette, at such a time is simply mad draing-
PROFESSIONAL CAPTAINS OF OLD.
LEADER TO BE PREFERRED.
As cricket is a game, it should be the aim of the MC.C. and the Boards of Control, on both sides of the world, tô encourage amateurism; to enthuse those who play for the game.
It is difficult to ignore all class distine- tions, Amateurs have refused to be or dered about on a field by professionals. any of them have objected, and they to be only human, Again, a pro- fessional captain
might have some dif- heulties with his brother professionals-
the dressing-rooms.
g-rooms where tongues might ntlemans it was without restraint. tha; because an amateur, a gentleman
Let us leave Arthur: tilligan, Hobbs, and all the controversialists out of the question. Let us avoid the personal equation, and think quietly and Lover, this subject.
It is not a sound proper perhaps not visible on the Eeld, but in
fact
mot true.
200,
wer
it so pleases, has always captained Eng- In the old days to which reference has land, therefore the existing state of been made the Test matches, so-called, thing must, continut in the Brot place were not really between Australia and t embodied this thesis is England. A party of professionals, ex- ploiting the game, quite honestly be it Let us not forget that H. H. Stephen said, had no right to call themselves George Parr, James Lillywhite, Al-England. Now these Tests are re- Fred Shaw, and Arthur Shrewsbury were presentative of all classes who play cricket
captains of English tourists in in England. Australia. E. M. Grace did not refuse The leader, preferably, should be a to play under George Parr, but he is
1s typical English gentleman, who has the teams, that these worthy professionals, who charm of manner, and perhaps even the the only amateur to be found among the education, the natural courtesy, the the pioneers of Test matches, had wealth to grace any assembly or social the pleasure of taking out to the land event, and to make our Colonics feel that of the golden fleece.
Since 1887-88-there has been a constant send forth true-born English gentlemen
the old country, that Home" can stil succession of gentlemen in command. It with our love of a game for the sake of is not on record that cricket suffered be- cause of Shaw, Shrewsbury and Lilly. This is not the least reflection upon the
agame. white being captains. They avowedly professional, who in the matured opinion took parties to Australia to play cricket of thinking people. is paid to play, and iat the purpose of making money. But not to rad. Let it be remembered that the old professional captains knew how cricket is a game, and that it is even far to conduct themselves.
| letter to keep it so and encourage If
any English
player, by which is amateurs than to win Test matches. meant a professional, was placed in charge to-day there need be no fear that he would not conduct himself as a man. and behave quite as well as any other mun in all essential matters.
Because a cricketer is a professional he need not be tabooed from any posi- tion in the game, nor even from any pi- fice of State. In these days' of Labour Governments A man is to be taken at kis own worth. Generally the answer to the question-Who shall captain Eng-. Jand? is the obvious one-the best ma * for the position; not necessarily the best
player.
THE CARES OF CAPTAINCY;
Yet it is very difficult to hold fast to this plain and simple reply. It vers necessary to go back to fundamentals We should remember that cricket is a game. Years ago when Colin Blythe could not play for England because he was liable to have a 5t, there were la mentations, in the inidst of which A. C. said: Let us not forget that after all cricket is only a game. Blythe is not called upon to risk his life for that
Cricket is a game-but it is in danger of becoming very like a business. Let us all try to preserve the spirit of a gama in which professionals are employed be- cause of their skill, to give of their best, and that everything should be done to enable them to make the most of the talents that they have saiduously
cultirated. The professional wants to
a successful per
be
cessful
Το
the
and the
the more suc
the cires of captaincy, the
reso place of office, and the hundreds
of worrica on the shoulders of a profes sional who is played for, his great skill, would not be fair to him, and might very easily not be in the best interests of the greatest of batsmen and might evily fail under such a
The
Arthur Shrewsbury declined the cap- tainey of Nottinghamshire. It is not a position to be coveted, and it by no means follows that the cleverest profesional in the world would be the best captain an the world. Let as leave the professional unhampered to play his own-game. What is what he is employed for
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