The  Game  of  Oricket,  623;  St  George's  Olub,  529 ;  New  York  Olub,  530;
Manhattan  Olub,  530;  Willow  Olub,  531 ;  SateUite  Olub,  531 ;  Boston
Oricket  Olub,  532 ;  Philadelphia  Olub,  535 ;  Germantown  Olub,  537 ;
Young  America  Oricket  Olub,  540 ;  Olympian  Olub,  545 ;  Merlon  Olub,
647 ;  Pottsville  Qub,  548;  Union  Olub,  651;  Forest  Oity  Olub,  552 ;
Visit  of  the  All  England  Eleven,  553.
PREFACE.
In  presenting  this  volume  to  that  portion  of  the  public
who  are  identified  with,  and  interested  in,  the  progress  of
Aquatics,  Base  Ball,  and  Cricket,  the  author  does  not
intend  to  enter  into  a  long  dissertation  on  the  value  of
these  pastimes,  as  he  believes  that  within  the  past  few  years
the  people  of  the  United  States  have  become  fully  aware
of  the  lasting  benefits  which  a  judicious  system  of  out-
door recreation  confers  upon  the  youth  of  a  nation.  Having
been  engaged  in  the  reporting  of  out-door  sports  for  several
New  York  journals  for  more  than  twenty  years,  for  two
years  past  we  have  devoted  the  greater  portion  of  our
leisure  time  to  obtaining  the  material  for  these  pages.  It
has  been  a  work  of  patient  labor,  as  we  were  obliged  to
open  a  correspondence  with  nearly  every  organization
identified  with  the  pastimes  of  which  we  treat,  in  the
country,  in  order  to  collect  the  desired  information.
