"Bark Demons” Make Jardine’s Men Dance

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 May 1933, Page 7

"Bark Demons” Make Jardine’s Men Dance

BODYLINE COMES HOME TO ROOST Received Monday, 9.40 p.m. LONDON, May 22. The News-Chronicle emphasises that it is significant that while Marylebone is debating dangerous bowling a case occurred under its very eyes. It remarks that the Australian proposal to empower an umpire to no-ball a dangerous delivery looked very reasonable while Constantine, and Martindale were bowling. They both struck Hulme severe blows and he twice sank to the turf in great pain. Hulme and Hearne escaped serious injury only by persistent ducking. Their strokes mostly represented desperate efforts to protect their heads. The Daily Sketch, on the contrary, contends that the bowling was fair. Premature squealing will make England ridiculous in Australian eyes after the bitter complaints ■about Australian squeals. The West Indians blame the erratic pitch. Martindale said he was not bowling at the batsman’s body and did not pitch short. The keeper (Barrow) said the bowlers were pitching on the bfif stump and the ball was breaking back. The batsmen were hit through running into the bail.

The “Bean” Ball The body-line bowling controversy has extended to the United States. The ‘‘San Francisco Examiner” introduces it in this way. ‘ ‘The English and Australian cricket associations are on the verge of a break because Harold Larwood of the English team introduced the bean ball to the Australians. Larwood cracked no few Australian skulls with his trundling, or pitching as we i would call it. He has what the Britishers term a bounding delivery, which may be a curve ball or it may be a ball that bounds from head to head. The, bean ball was strictly an American institution, and the accepted American method of protesting against the bean, ball is for the bganee to throw his bat at the Leaner. ’ ’